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This
site is devoted to the recorded output of David Murray and demonstrates
both his extensive and varied music legacy.
I first saw David Murray in concert when he appeared in my home town
of Brisbane, Australia in 1991 with the World Saxophone Quartet.
I have been a fan of his music since the mid 80s. When I first accessed
the internet in October 1995 I was surprised not to find much material
on David given that he is such a major figure in contemporary jazz
so I set up this site to redress the imbalance.
I would like my site to be as complete and accurate as possible in
covering David's recorded musical legacy so any additions, corrections and
suggestions are welcome. For the latest up to date news I recommend you check
out the
David Murray site on
MySpace. I have been asked by some people to produce a critical discography
but with the sheer volume of albums this is a bit daunting (anyway I don't
own them all!). A new web site
http://wallofsound.wordpress.com/david-murray/ is attempting to provide an
analysis of David's complete recordings.
NEWS:
David Murray will appear at the Bath Festival with the Gwo Ka Masters on 31
May 2010.
Other tour dates can be found at
http://www.3dfamily.org/schedule-artist-jazz-world.php
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New album rel. Nov 2009 by David Murray & the Gwo Ka Masters
"The Devil Tried to Kill Me" (Justin Time 224) |
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The
World Saxophone Quartet:
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Left: The World Saxophone Quartet (David Murray, Arthur Blythe, Oliver Lake and Hamiett
Bluiett)
in The Queen St. Mall, Brisbane, Australia 1991. David Murray finally toured Australia again,
some 17 years after his last
visit in 2008 with his touring band of
Lafayette Gilchrist : piano
Jaribu Shahid : double bass and
Malik Washington : drums |
| LATEST ALBUMS: |
25th Anniversary - The New Chapter (Justin
Time 149) |
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Click
here to go straight to the WSQ discography
Arthur
Blythe - Selected Discography by Freewill Artistry
David Murray
articles appear in the
following issues of
Down Beat:
October 1985 - "Searching For The Sound" by Howard Mandel
November 1991 - "The Soul of the Church" by Larry Birnbaum
January 1993 - "So Much Music, So Little Time" by Bill Milkowski
June 1995 - "Obsessed" by Kevin Whitehead (cover pictured
at right)
September 1996 - "New Life After Julius" (World Saxophone Quartet)
by Herb Boyd
July 1998 - "Hit It Hard" (with James Carter) by Jim Macnie
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You might
also like to check out my other pages:
Marcel
Safier's Jazz Home Page
or go straight to the site of one of my other sax players:
George
Adams Discography/Sessiongraphy
Some other recommnended links:
David Murray's Official My
Space site
Justin
Time page
Black Saint/Soul Note Records
3D Family
David Murray's US management Chriss & Co.'s site has a David
Murray biography
A David Murray Interview
from November 3, 1995
Interview
with David Murray at the Le Jazz Site
Butch
Morris Discography by Patrice Rousell - has a thorough Butch Morris
sessionography which lists details of a number of DM's recordings
with him.
Dave Burrell's Home
Page
Michael Fitzgerald's Jazz
Site has a number of good discographies and links for a variety of
artists. It also includes a feature on jazz clarinet by
Matt Snyder which includes mention of David Murray's playing on
that instrument.
The Jazz Clarinet
Homepage maintained by Michael
Cassara is the internet's largest resource of information on the clarinet
and its place in jazz music.
Thanks for input from David's musical
collaborators:
D.D. Jackson
(D.D. Jackson's Home Page/Justin
Time site)
Donal Fox
www.leonellismusic.com |
Site owner (left) with David during his Brisbane visit in 1991 with the WSQ.
and in 2008 following David's appearance at the Brisbane Jazz Festival |
| and also all at 3D Family in Paris and Jean-Pierre Leduc, International Director/A&R
for Justin Time |
This site is maintained by Marcel Safier
coming at you from Brisbane, Australia. Last updated 8 May 2010.
You can e-mail me at msafier@ozemail.com.au