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David Murray Trio: 3D Family
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
I think of David Murray's long career in two phases: before and after Ming (Black Saint, 1980), the breakthrough album that signalled a substantial jump in maturity as well as a move toward jazz's musical center. But such a division betrays my age. From the distance of nearly thirty years, it's obvious that much of the ...
David Murray 4tet & Strings: Waltz Again
by Ollie Bivens
Saxophonist David Murray is arguably the most recorded jazz musician in history. In the last ten years alone he has released over thirty albums. During the course of his thirty-year career, Murray has played bebop, Latin jazz, swing, world music and free jazz, performing in almost every configuration imaginable--solo, duo, trio, quartet, quintet, octet and big ...
Waltz Again
By David Murray
Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Pushkin Suite #1; Waltz Again; Dark Secrets; Steps; Sparkle.
David Murray 4Tet & Strings: Waltz Again
by R. Emmet Sweeney
Waltz Again begins with a thick squall of strings and hyper-Ayler sax wailings, laying down a warning. The strings in this recording will not sit still as a plush backing for treacly balladeering, but will instead bob and weave in constant interplay with the quartet. And when the true ballads come, their beauty gleams off the ...
Gwotet
By David Murray
Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1 Gwotet 12:14
2 O'Leonso 7:57
3 Ouagadougou 12:30
4 La Jwa 10:04
5 Djolla Feeling 9:24
6 Go to Jazz 4:26
7 Ovwa 5:34
8 Gwotet [Radio Edit] 6:22
David Murray and the Gwo-Ka Masters: Gwotet
by Rex Butters
A passionate prolific player with lots to say and the vocabulary to preach, David Murray finds an aggregation capable of burning through the music with him in the Gwo-Ka Masters. Anchored by the ambi-rhythmic drummer Hamid Drake and Gwo-Ka drummer Klod Klavue, this thirteen piece ensemble rolls like an 18 wheeler downhill. Using hyper funk rhythms ...
David Murray: Gwotet
by Russ Musto
David Murray has recorded more albums in a greater variety of settings than any musician of his generation, and he has done so with consistently astounding success. On this ambitious date the outstanding saxophonist displays his remarkable range in the company of Gwo-Ka master drummer/vocalists Francois Ladrezau and Klod Kiavue, guitarists Herve Sambe and Christian Laviso, ...
David Murray and the Gwo Ka Masters: Gwotet
by Jim Santella
Don’t try to pigeonhole David Murray. He communicates in the universal language: music. Featuring guest tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, Gwotet crosses geographical boundaries to incorporate funk, blues, world beat, Afro-Cuban, and traditional “roots” in Murray’s melting pot. The title track summarizes his intended message, with Sanders and Murray soloing over an enchanting, rhythmic beat, ...
David Murray & The Gwo Ka Masters: Gwotet
by AAJ Staff
David Murray, as well as his partners in the World Saxophone Quartet, have devoted considerable time recently to concept projects, most recently a Latin big band effort and a Hendrix tribute, respectively. Two years ago Justin Time released Yonn-Dé, Murray's original collaboration with the so-called “Gwo-Ka masters" of Guadeloupe. The new Gwotet represents a ...
