Results for "David Murray"

Album

David Murray Cuban Ensemble Plays Nat King Cole En Español

By David Murray

Label: Cristal Records
Released: 2010

Album

The Devil Tried to Kill Me

By David Murray

Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: 01. Kiama for Obama; 02. Africa; 03. Southern Skies; 04. The Devil Tried to Kill Me; 05. Congo; 06. Canto Oneguine; 07. Southern Skies (Radio Edit); 08. Africa (Radio Edit).

Article: Live Review

Hamid Drake and Bindu: Reggaeology at the London Jazz Festival

by John Sharpe
November 25, 2010

Hamid Drake and Bindu Baltic Restaurant/London Jazz Festival London November 14, 2010 It's been a long time since the avant-garde has conjured thoughts of dance. You would have to go all the way back to the early days of the Swing era. But that's what came to mind ...

Article: Live Review

Mark Dresser Quintet Live at Dizzy's, San Diego

by Robert Bush
November 9, 2010

Mark Dresser QuintetDizzy'sSan Diego, CAOctober 10, 2010 Double bass virtuoso Mark Dresser is a player whose expertise in multiple genres defies categorization. His is the story of the student becoming the maestro. Growing up, he was inspired by rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix, and bassist/composer Charles Mingus, and he began his ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Charles Lloyd Quartet: Mirror

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
November 3, 2010

Charles Lloyd QuartetMirrorECM Records2010 Saxophonist Charles Lloyd's current artistic output is often depicted as a heartwarming comeback after years of silence. It is certainly true that his recent string of albums for ECM has brought him commercial and critical success even greater than the plaudits that attended his ...

Article: Live Review

Jazz Middelheim 2010

by Martin Longley
October 18, 2010

Jazz MiddelheimPark Den BrandtAntwerpen, BelgiumAugust 12-15, 2010 The Jazz Middelheim festival is a weekender that hasn't relinquished its fondness for adventure over the last four decades. Nuzzling up against stellar bookings are acts, Belgian and otherwise, who seek to jolt the expectations of many audience members. The entertaining middle way ...

Video

Tongues on Fire rehearsals

Featuring the music of David Murray
Duration: 6:10
September 8, 2010

3D Family introduces Tongues on Fire , a new musical project inspired by the revolutionary art of Emory Douglas, the brilliant draftsman and Minister of Culture of the Black Panther Party. Although his work was mainly associated at the time with the militancy side of the movement, it has evolved today to become a recognized and inspiring art around the world. The concept behind this project is to highlight the efficacy of the... visual, oratorical and musical arts as means of communicating ideas. Taking their inspiration from the works of Emory Douglas, Umar Bin Hassan and Abiodun Oyewole, the charismatic members of The Last Poets, have written 8 powerful poems reflecting in depth the past and todays cultural and political agenda. As he reflected on these verses, David Murray has composed 8 melodies that will be used as the core basis on which the music will be built on and performed by the different bands collaborating on the project such as Living Colour and The Roots for instance. The show will also include a screening of 180 art works of Emory Douglas which will be graphically mixed by the video editor, Doctor L accordingly to the mood of the performances on stage. This interaction between different forms of arts, inspired one from another, opens a new energetic vision of the legacy left by the African American activism by making visible the productivity of what has been created before. Tongues on Fire Tribute to the Black Panthers directed by David Murray, with : ?uestlove (Drums), Black Thought (MC), Ray Angry (Keyboards) and Felix Pastorius (Bass) from The Roots Corey Glover (Vocals) and Vernon Reid (Guitar) from Living Colour Abiodun Oyewole (Poet) and Umar Bin Hassan (Poet) from The Last Poets David Murray (Saxophone) + Doctor L (Video Engineer) Produced by 3D Family in association with Jill Newman productions for the participation of The Roots

Article: Interview

Bobby Zankel: Peaceful Jazz Warrior

by Victor L. Schermer
September 6, 2010

For many decades, Philadelphia has been home to a cadre of multi-generational jazz musicians who go on year-after-year composing, arranging and performing some of the best, highest level music to be heard anywhere. This tradition is exemplified in no better way than by alto saxophonist, composer and bandleader Bobby Zankel. Zankel apprenticed with legendary ...

Article: Live Review

Vision Festival 2010: Day 7, June 29, 2010

by John Sharpe
August 23, 2010

Prologue | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7Charles Gayle, William Parker, Muhammad Ali, Lafayette Gilchrist, Gerald Cleaver, Vladimir TarasovVision FestivalAbrons Arts CenterNew York City29 June 2010 For the last evening of the Fifteenth ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Gregory Jackson: Clarity

by Raul d'Gama Rose
August 12, 2010

Michael Gregory is the quintessential modern troubadour. He may not sing in a Romance language, but he turns his instruments of choice--guitar and voice--into a powerful language that enables him to recreate the sensuous, reverential and spiritual literature that, in turn, enormously enhances his songbook. Gregory turns on the charm on Clarity, a short, but memorable ...