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David Murray: Fo Deuk Revue

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by AAJ Staff
July 1, 2000

Saxophonist David Murray signed to Justin Time in '95 and makes his Justin Time debut on Fo Deuk Revue, an impressively ambitious work recorded in Dakar, Senegal in mid-'96. His ensemble on this record includes American artists such as Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Darryl Burgee, Hugh Ragin, and Robert Irving III, as well as a host of Senegalese ...

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David Murray Octet: Octet Plays Trane

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by AAJ Staff
July 1, 2000

Saxophonist David Murray's latest record, Octet Plays Trane, returns to the heart of the African-American jazz canon with joy and sophistication. Unlike many works with this large an ensemble, Octet Plays Trane steers clear of the rigidity of arranged large-group playing as well as the potential chaos coming from mass improvisation. Murray's orchestration of “Giant Steps," ...

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David Murray: The David Murray Octet Plays Trane

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 1, 2000

So, here we have another Coltrane tribute. But wait a minute, wasn’t Murray part of another Trane project of several years back? Oh well, it doesn’t really matter because Murray and the Octet are working on a level here that magnificently transcends the typical “copycat” forms of homage. This is just as much a message about ...

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The David Murray Quartet: Seasons

by Mike Neely
February 1, 2000

One of our finest saxophonists has recorded a surprising CD. David Murray who is usually associated with the avant-garde has collaborated with a first rate rhythm section to produce a melodic, mainstream disc at times akin to a Ben Webster small group session. This is quite a surprise from the World Saxophone Quartet's lead saxophone star. ...

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Speaking In Tongues

By David Murray

Label: Cristal Records
Released: 1999

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Creole

By David Murray

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Released: 1999

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David Murray: Speaking in Tongues

by Robert Spencer
December 1, 1999

Devil music? This disc contains the inscription: “There has always existed a fear throughout African American churches that jazz music was some kind of devil's music." But not on this one, friends. Teamed with the powerful vocalist Fontella Bass and organist Jimane Nelson, master reedman David Murray creates here a shouting, rollicking, joyful gospel jazzfest. It ...

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David Murray: Creole

by Douglas Payne
March 1, 1999

The protean and prolific David Murray is a force of nature. Surely, no tenor sax or bass clarinetist in the last two decades has crafted as distinctive and commanding a tone as his. Nor have many explored - much less mastered -- the many musical milieus he's investigated: free, bop, ballads, soul jazz , ...

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