David Murray
David Murray at Moers Festival 2004, Germany
Background information
Born	January 19, 1955 (1955-01-19) (age 52)
Origin	Oakland, California, U.S.
Genre(s)	Free jazz Modern Creative Avant-garde jazz Post bop
Instrument(s)	Bass clarinet Tenor saxophone
Years active	1970s – present
Associated acts	World Saxophone Quartet Clarinet Summit Music Revelation Ensemble David Murray Big Band David Murray Octet David Murray Quartet David Murray Trio David Murray Special Quartet

David Murray (born February 19, 1955 in Oakland, California, United States) is a notable jazz musician. Murray plays mainly tenor saxophone and sometimes bass clarinet. He has recorded prolifically on a variety of labels since the mid-1970s. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (750 × 1000 pixel, file size: 290 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) David Murray at Moers Festival 2004 own photo, may 28, 2004 photo: nomo/michael hoefner http://www. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... “Oakland” redirects here. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Modern Creative is a genre of jazz music that combines older jazz genres like fusion, bop, and free with more contemporary musical styles such as funk, pop, and rock. ... Avant-jazz (also known as avant-garde jazz) is a style of music and improvisation that combines elements of avant-garde art music composition with elements of traditional jazz. ... Post-bop is a term for a form of small-combo jazz music that evolved in the early-to-mid sixties. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. ... The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. ... The World Saxophone Quartet is a jazz group founded in 1977. ... David Murray (born February 19, 1955 in Oakland, California, United States) is a notable jazz musician. ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... “Oakland” redirects here. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family. ... The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...

David Murray's use of the circular breathing technique^[1] has enabled him to play astonishingly long phrases. Murray was initially heavily influenced by free jazz musicians such as Archie Shepp and Albert Ayler. He gradually evolved a more mainstream approach in his playing and compositions. Murray set himself apart from most tenor players of his generation by not taking John Coltrane as his model, choosing instead to incorporate elements of Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, and Paul Gonsalves^[2] into his mature style. Despite this, he recorded a tribute to Coltrane, Octet Plays Trane, in 1999. His 1996 tribute to the Grateful Dead^[3] , Dark Star, was also critically well received. Circular breathing is a special technique utilized by players of some wind instruments used to produce a continuous tone without break, accomplished by the use of the cheeks as a reservoir of air while breathing through the nose rather than the mouth. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Archie Shepp is an American jazz saxophonist. ... Albert Ayler (July 13, 1936 – November 1970) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer. ... “Coltrane” redirects here. ... Theodore Walter Sonny Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... Coleman Hawkins Coleman Randolph Hawkins, nicknamed Hawk and sometimes Bean, (November 21, 1901 or 1904 - May 19, 1969) was a prominent jazz tenor saxophone musician. ... Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909–September 20, 1973) was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... Paul Gonsalves (1920-1974), a Brazilian-American jazz tenor saxophonist, was considered one of the best and most tasteful players on his instrument. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the band. ...

Murray was a founding member of the World Saxophone Quartet^[4] with Oliver Lake, Julius Hemphill and Hamiet Bluiett. He has recorded or performed with musicians such as Henry Threadgill, James Blood Ulmer, Olu Dara, Tani Tabbal, Butch Morris, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Ed Blackwell, Johnny Dyani, and Steve McCall. The World Saxophone Quartet is a jazz group founded in 1977. ... Oliver Lake (b. ... Julius Arthur Hemphill (1938-1995) was a jazz composer and saxophone player. ... Hamiet Bluiett (b. ... Henry Threadgill (born February 15, 1941), Chicago, Illinois, is an American saxophonist, flautist and composer. ... James Blood Ulmer (born 2 February 1942 in St Matthews, South Carolina) is an American jazz and blues guitarist and singer. ... Olu Dara (born Charles Jones III in Louisville, Mississippi in 1941) is an American trumpeter, cornetist, guitarist and singer. ... ... Lawrence D. Butch Morris is an American jazz cornetist, composer and conductor, born February 10, 1947 in Long Beach, California. ... Alfred McCoy Tyner (born December 11, 1938) is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet. ... Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was a jazz drummer. ... Ed Blackwell (October 10, 1929 – October 7, 1992) was a jazz drummer. ... Johnny Mbizo Dyani (30 November 1945 – 24 October 1986) was a South African jazz double bassist who played with such musicians as Don Cherry, Steve Lacy and Leo Smith. ...

Awards

• In 1980 David Murray was named Village Voice Musician of the Decade
• Murray was honoured with the Bird Award ^[5] in 1986.
• Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1989 ^[6]
• David Murray and his band earned a Grammy Award in 1989 in the Best Jazz Instrumental Group Performance category for Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane ^[7]
• 1991 honoured with the Danish Jazzpar Prize ^[8]
• The Newsday named him Musician of the Year in 1993 ^[9]

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Selected Discography as leader/co-leader

David Murray Live in Amsterdam around 1980

David Murray Live in Warsaw, Poland, in April 2003

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Solo

• Solo Live (Cecma, 1980)

Duo

• The Healers (Black Saint, 9/26/87) with Randy Weston
• Real Deal (DIW, 11/3/91) with Milford Graves
• We Is: Live at the Bop Shop (Delmark, 3/29/2000) with Kahil El'Zabar

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Trio

• 3 D Family (hat Jazz, 1978)
• Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, vols. 1+2 (India Navigation, 1977)
• Sweet Lovely (Black Saint, 1979)
• In Our Style (DIW, 1986)
• The Hill (Black Saint, 1986)
• Acoustic Octfunk (Sound Hills, 1993)

Quartet

• Flowers for Albert: The Complete Concert (India Navigation, 1976)
• Let the Music Take You (Marge, 1978)
• Morning Song (Black Saint, 1983)
• I Want to Talk About You (Black Saint, 1986).
• Recording N.Y.C. 1986 (DIW, 1986)
• Lovers (DIW, 1988)
• Deep River (DIW, 1988)
• Spirituals (DIW, 1988)
• Ballads (DIW, 1988)
• Tenors (DIW, 1988)
• Ming's Samba (Portrait/CBS, 1988)
• Lucky Four (Tutu, 1988)
• Special Quartet (DIW/Columbia, 1990)
• Shakill's Warrior (DIW/Columbia, 1991)
• Ballads for Bass Clarinet (DIW, 1991)
• A Sanctuary Within (Black Saint, 1991)
• Body and Soul (Black Saint, 1993)
• Saxmen (Red Baron/Sony, 1993)
• For Aunt Louise (DIW, 1993)
• Love and Sorrow (DIW, 1993)
• Shakill's II (DIW, 1993)
• Long Goodbye: A Tribute to Don Pullen (DIW, 1996)
• Sacred Ground (Justin Time, 2007)

Quintet

• Quintet at the Bim Huis (Circle, 1977)
• Children (Black Saint, 1984)
• Remembrances (DIW, 1990)
• David Murray/James Newton Quintet (DIW, 1991)
• MX (Red Baron/Sony, 1992)
• Quintet with Ray Anderson/Anthony Davis (DIW, 1994)

Octet

• Ming (Black Saint, 1980)
• Home (Black Saint, 1981)
• Murray's Steps (Black Saint, 1982)
• New Life (Black Saint, 1985)
• Hope Scope (Black Saint, 1987)
• Picasso (DIW, 1992)
• Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead (Astor Place, 1996)
• Plays Trane (Justin Time, 1999)

Big Band

• Live at Sweet Basil, vol. 1 (Black Saint, 1984)
• Live at Sweet Basil, vol. 2 (Black Saint, 1984)
• Big Band conducted by Lawrence "Butch" Morris (DIW/Columbia, 1991)
• The Jazzpar Prize (Enja, 1991) with Pierre Dørge's New Jungle Orchestra

Miscellaneous

• Interboogieology (Black Saint, 1978)
• Black and Black (DIW, 1991)
• Fast Life (DIW/Columbia, 1991)
• Death of a Sideman (DIW, 1991)
• Windward Passages (Black Saint, 1993)
• The Tip (DIW, 1994)
• Jug-a-Lug (DIW, 1994)
• Fo Deuk Revue (Justin Time, 1996)
• Creole (Justin Time, 1997)
• Speaking in Tongues (Justin Time, 1997)

References

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External links

• David Murray Fans Website
• Official David Murray for management and publishing
• Unofficial David Murray Website
• -commentaires de CBS 2007 sur bordeauxsalsa.com

See also

• List of jazz musicians