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David Murray

Main Discography

  • David Murray: Flowers for Albert: The Complete Concert [1976.06.26; India Navigation 1026, 2CD: 1997] -- original LP: Flowers for Albert (India Navigation 1026); reissue includes three additional tracks (+45:47) [B+]
  • David Murray: Low Class Conspiracy [1976.05.14, 1976.06.29; Adelphi 5002] [A-]
  • David Murray: Live at the Peace Church [1976; Danola 1]
  • David Murray/James Newton: Solomon's Sons [1977.01.16; Circle 16177/5]
  • David Murray and Low Class Conspiracy: Flowers for Albert [1977.08.17; West Wind 2039: 1990] -- original LP: Live Volume 1: Penthouse Jazz (Circle 18877/4), Live Volume 2: Holy Siege on Intrigue (Circle 18877/8); reissue omits one cut
  • David Murray: Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club Volumes 1 & 2 [1977.12; India Navigation 1032: 1989] -- original LP: Vol. 1 (India Navigation 1032), Vol. 2 (India Navigation 1044)
  • David Murray: Let the Music Take You [1978.01.30; Marge 4; Marge 152002: 1993]
  • David Murray: Last of the Hipmen [1978.01.30; Red Record 129, LP]
  • David Murray: Sur-real Saxophone [1978.02.06; Hora 9] -- solo
  • David Murray: Conceptual Saxophone [1978.02.06-07; Cadillac 1007] -- solo
  • David Murray: Organic Saxophone [1978.02.06-07; Palm 31] -- solo
  • David Murray: Interboogieology [1978.02; Black Saint 120018]
  • David Murray: The London Concert [1978.08.11; Cadillac 1008/9, 2LP: 1979; 8/9, 2CD: 1999]
  • David Murray: 3D Family [1978.09.03; Hat Art 6020] -- originally released on LP in two volumes; reissue on one CD omits one track
  • David Murray Trio: Sweet Lovely [1979.12.04-05; Black Saint 120039: 1980] [A-]
  • David Murray: Solo Live [1980.05.30; Cecma 1: 1997] -- original LP release: Vol. 1 (Cecma 1001), Vol. 2 (Cecma 1002)
  • David Murray Octet: Ming [1980.07.25-28; Black Saint 120045] [A]
  • David Murray Octet: Home [1981.10.30-11.01; Black Saint 120055] [B+]
  • David Murray Octet: Murray's Steps [1982.07.14-19; Black Saint 120065: 1983] [B+]
  • David Murray Quartet: Morning Song [1983.09.25-30; Black Saint 120075: 1984] [A-]
  • David Murray Big Band: Live at Sweet Basil, Vol. 1 [1984.08.24-26; Black Saint 120085: 1985] [B]
  • David Murray Big Band: Live at Sweet Basil, Vol. 2 [1984.08.24-26; Black Saint 120095: 1985] [B]
  • David Murray: Children [1984.10.27-11.15; Black Saint 120089: 1985]
  • John Hicks/David Murray: Sketches of Tokyo [1985.04.11; DIW 812: 1986] [A-]
  • David Murray Octet: New Life [1985.10.08; Black Saint 0100: 1985] [B]
  • David Murray: I Want to Talk About You [1986.03.01; Black Saint 120105: 1986] [A-]
  • David Murray: N.Y.C. 1986 [1986.05.10; DIW 802]
  • David Murray/Jack DeJohnette: In Our Style [1986.09.03-04, DIW 819]
  • David Murray Trio: The Hill [1986.11.29; Black Saint 120110] [A-]
  • David Murray Octet: Hope Scope [1987.05.12; Black Saint 120139: 1991] [B]
  • David Murray/Randy Weston: The Healers [1987.09.26; Black Saint 120118] [B]
  • David Murray: The People's Choice [1987; Cecma 1009: 1988]
  • David Murray: Deep River [1988.01; DIW 830: 1989] [A]
  • David Murray: Lovers [1988.01; DIW 814]
  • David Murray: Ballads [1988.01; DIW 840: 1990] [A]
  • David Murray: Spirituals [1988.01; DIW 841: 1990] [A-]
  • David Murray Quartet: Tenors [1988.01; DIW 881: 1993] [A-]
  • David Murray: Ming's Samba [1988.07.20; Portrait 44432: 1989] [B+]
  • David Murray/Dave Burrell/Wilbur Morris/Victor Lewis: Lucky Four [1988.09.25; Tutu 888108: 1989] [B+]
  • Dave Burrell/David Murray: Daybreak [1989.03.30, Gazell 4002]
  • David Murray: Special Quartet [1990.03.26; DIW 843; DIW/Columbia 52955: 1991] [A-]
  • David Murray/George Arvanitas: Tea for Two [1990.05.19; Fresh Sound 164] [A]
  • David Murray Quintet: Remembrances [1990.07.30; DIW 849: 1991]
  • Bobby Battle/David Murray: The Offering [1990.11.19; Mapleshade 1332: 1994] [B+]
  • David Murray: Shakill's Warrior [1991.03.01-02; DIW 850; DIW/Columbia 48963] [A]
  • David Murray Big Band Conducted by Lawrence "Butch" Morris [1991.03.05-06; DIW 851; DIW/Columbia 48964: 1991] [B]
  • David Murray/Piere Dørge's New Jungle Orchestra: The Jazzpar Prize [1991.03; Enja 7031: 1993] [B+]
  • Dave Burrell/David Murray: In Concert [1991.10.12; Victo 16] [A-]
  • Aki Takase/David Murray: Blue Monk [1991.04; Enja 7039: 1995] [A-]
  • David Murray/James Newton Quintet [1991.08.19-20; DIW 906: 1996] [B+]
  • David Murray Quartet: Black and Black [1991.10.07; Red Baron 48852: 1992] [B+]
  • David Murray: Ballads for Bass Clarinet [1991.10.14-15; DIW 880: 1993] [A-]
  • David Murray Quartet + 1: Fast Life [1991.10.16-17; DIW 861] -- the +1 was Branford Marsalis on two tracks [A-]
  • David Murray/Milford Graves: Real Deal [1991.11.03; DIW 867: 1992] [B+]
  • David Murray: A Sanctuary Within [1991.12.13-14; Black Saint 120145]
  • David Murray Quartet: Death of a Sideman [1991; DIW 866: 1992]
  • David Murray: South of the Border [1992.05.23-25; DIW 897: 1995] [A-]
  • David Murray: Picasso [1992.09.1-11; DIW 879: 1993]
  • David Murray: MX [1992.09.25; Red Baron 53224] [B]
  • David Murray: Body and Soul [1993.02.11-12; Black Saint 120155] [B+]
  • Donal Fox/David Murray: Ugly Beauty [1993.03.23-24; Evidence 22131] [B]
  • David Murray: Live '93 Acoustic Octfunk [1993.07; Sound Hills 8051]
  • David Murray: Jazzosaurus Rex [1993.08.19; Red Baron 57336: 1993] [A]
  • David Murray: Saxmen [1993.08.19; Red Baron 57758: 1994] [B+]
  • David Murray Quartet: For Aunt Louise [1993.09.14-17; DIW 901: 1995] [A-]
  • David Murray: Shakill's 2 [1993.10.05-06; DIW 884: 1994] [A-]
  • David Murray/Dave Burrell: Windward Passages [1993.12; Black Saint 120165] [A-]
  • Dave Burrell/David Murray: Brother to Brother [1993; Gazell 4010]
  • David Murray Quartet: Love and Sorrow [1993; DIW 921: 2000]
  • David Murray Quintet With Ray Anderson and Anthony Davis [1994.02.02-03; DIW 908] [A-]
  • David Murray: The Tip [1994.05.26-30; DIW 891] [B+]
  • David Murray: Jug-A-Lug [1994.05.26-30; DIW 894] [B+]
  • David Murray: Flowers Around Cleveland [1995.05.16-17; Bleu Regard 1951]
  • David Murray: Live at the Village Vanguard [1995.08; 441 Records 7: 2003] [B+]
  • David Murray: Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead [1996.01.17-18; Astor Place 4002] [B]
  • David Murray: Fo Deuk Revue [1996.06.03-04; Justin Time 94: 1997] [B+]
  • David Murray: The Long Goodbye: A Tribute to Don Pullen [1996.09.30-10.01; DIW 930: 1997] [A]
  • David Murray: Creole [1997.10.19-20; Justin Time 115] [A]
  • David Murray: Seasons [1998; Pow Wow 7468: 1999] [B+]
  • David Murray/Fontella Bass: Speaking in Tongues [1998; Enja 9370; Justin Time 118: 1999] [B]
  • David Murray: Octet Plays Trane [1999.04.30-05.01; Justin Time 131: 2000] [A-]
  • David Murray: One World Family [2000.03.28-29; CIMP 220] [B+]
  • David Murray Power Quartet: Like a Kiss That Never Ends [2000.06.05-06, Justin Time 153: 2001] [A]
  • Jon Jang/David Murray: River of Life [1998.09.09-10, 2001.02.08; Asian Improv 62: 2002] [B+]
  • David Murray & the Gwo-Ka Masters: Yonn-Dé [2002.01.10-11; Justin Time 140] [A-]
  • David Murray Latin Big Band: Now Is Another Time [2001.04, 2002.06; Justin Time 161: 2003] [A-]
  • David Murray 4tet & Strings: Waltz Again [2002.12; Justin Time 193: 2005] [B-]
  • David Murray & the Gwo-Ka Masters: Gwotet [2004; Justin Time 200] [A]
  • David Murray with Marcin Oles/Bartlomiej Brat Oles: Circles: Live in Cracow Era Jazzu [Not Two 749]

    Compilations:

    Total records in list above: 89 (60 in house, 1 from other sources).

    Secondary Discopgraphy

  • William Hooker Trio: Is Eternal Life [1975.05.04; Reality Unity Concepts 444] -- only {2}
  • Ted Daniel: In the Beginning [1975.05.21; Altura Music 21752] -- only {1-2}
  • Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions Complete [1976.05.14-23; Knitting Factory 3037, 3CD] -- collects five LPs, originally Douglas 7045-7049; Murray appears on three tracks [U]
  • Michael Gregory Jackson: Clarity [1976.08.11-14; Bija 1000; ESP 3028: 1993]
  • Synthesis: Sentiments [1976; Ra 101: 1979]
  • World Saxophone Quartet: Point of No Return [1977.06; Moers 1034] -- group with Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, Hamiet Bluiett [B]
  • World Saxophone Quartet: Steppin' With the World Saxophone Quartet [1978.12; Black Saint 120027]
  • Jack DeJohnette: Special Edition [1979.03; ECM 1152: 1980]
  • Sunny Murray Trio: Live at the Moers Festival [1979.06.03; Moers Music 1054]
  • James Blood Ulmer: Are You Glad to Be in America? [1980.01.17; Artist House 13: 1980; Rough Trade 16: 1980; DIW 400: 1995] [B+]
  • World Saxophone Quartet: W.S.Q. [1980.03; Black Saint 120046]
  • Music Revelation Ensemble: No Wave [1980.06; Moers Music 1072] -- group with James Blood Ulmer, Amin Ali, Ronald Shannon Jackson
  • Curtis Clark: New York City Wildlife [1980.07; Amina 13254] -- appears on two songs; remainder is Clark solo piano
  • World Saxophone Quartet: Revue [1980.10.14; Black Saint 120056]
  • Amiri Baraka: New Music New Poetry [1980; India Navigation 1048]
  • Clarinet Summit: In Concert at the Public Theater [1981.Spring; India Navigation 1062: 1984] -- group with Alvin Batiste, John Carter, Jimmy Hamilton
  • Clarinet Summit: In Concert at the Public Theater [1981.Spring; India Navigation 1067: 1985]
  • World Saxophone Quartet: Live in Zurich [1981.11.06; Black Saint 120077: 1984]
  • James Blood Ulmer: Freelancing [1981; Columbia 85224: 1982] -- three tracks [B]
  • Billy Bang: Outline No. 12 [1982.07; OAO 5004; Celluloid 6704]
  • Wilber Morris/Dennis Charles/David Murray: Wilber Force [1983.02.06; DIW 809]
  • Conjure: Music for the Texts of Ishmael Reed [1983.08-10; American Clave 1006: 1984] -- group led by Kip Hanrahan [A-]
  • Jamaaldeen Tacuma: Renaissance Man [1983; Gramavision 79438] [B]
  • Jack DeJohnette: Album, Album [1984.06; ECM 1280] [B]
  • Kip Hanrahan: Vertical's Currency [1984; American Clave 1010; CD: 1998] [B]
  • World Saxophone Quartet: Live at Brooklyn Academy of Music [1985.12.07; Black Saint 96: 1986]
  • World Saxophone Quartet: Plays Duke Ellington [1986.04; Elektra/Nonesuch 979137] [C+]
  • Clarinet Summit: Southern Bells [1987.03.29; Black Saint 120107]
  • World Saxophone Quartet: Dances and Ballads [1987.04; Elektra/Nonesuch 979164] [B+]
  • Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane [1987.07.09; Impulse 255392: 1988] -- 2 tracks
  • Kip Hanrahan: Days and Nights of Blue Luck Inverted [1987; American Clave 1012; CD: 1998]
  • Big Band Charlie Mingus: Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt Volume 1 [1988; Soul Note 121192: 1989] [B+]
  • Big Band Charlie Mingus: Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt Volume 2 [1988; Soul Note 121193: 1989] [A-]
  • Music Revelation Ensemble [1988; DIW 825]
  • Conjure: Cab Calloway Stands In for the Moon [1987-1988; American Clave 1015] [B]
  • Cold Sweat: Cold Sweat Plays J.B. [1988.11; JMT 834426: 1989] -- group includes Craig Harris, Eddie E.J. Allen, Booker T. Williams, Kenny Rogers, Clyde Criner, Fred Wells, Brandon Ross, Alonzo Gardner; appeared as a guest, along with Kenyatte Abdur-Rahman, Arthur Blythe, Olu Dara, Sekou Sundiata
  • World Saxophone Quartet: Rhythm and Blues [1988.11; Elektra/Musician 60864] [B-]
  • Kahil El'Zabar: Golden Sea [1989.01.28; Sound Aspects 27: 1990]
  • Ralph Peterson: Presents the Fo'tet [1989.12.22-23; Blue Note 95475] [B]
  • World Saxophone Quartet: Metamorphosis [1990.04; Elektra/Nonesuch 79258: 1991] -- first album without Hemphill; Arthur Blythe joins as well as non-saxophonists Melvin Gibbs, Chief Bey, Mar Gueye, Mor Thiam [B+]
  • Andy Hamilton and the Blue Notes: Silvershine [1991.01.11-12; World Circuit 25: 1991] -- 2 tracks [B+]
  • The Bob Thiele Collective: Sunrise Sunset [1990.12.28; Red Baron 48632: 1991]
  • Music Revelation Ensemble: Elec. Jazz [1990; DIW 839]
  • Bill Cosby and Friends: Where You Lay Your Head [1990; Verve 841930]
  • Teresa Brewer: Softly I Swing [1991.03.21-22; Red Baron 48850]
  • McCoy Tyner: 44th Street Suite [1991.05.11; Red Baron 48630] [B+]
  • Laca Flores: Love for Sale [Splasc(h) 396: 1991]
  • Music Revelation Ensemble: After Dark [1991; DIW 855]
  • World Saxophone Quartet with Fontella Bass: 1992.09; Breath of Life [1994; Elektra/Nonesuch 79309] [B+]
  • Mental Strain at Dawn: A Modern Portrait of Louis Armstrong [1992.04.19-10.17; Stash 563: 1993] -- featuring David Murray, Doc Cheatham, Loren Schoenberg, with Allen Lowe and the Jack Parvis Memorial Orchestra
  • Jazz Baltica Ensemble: Jazz Baltica '92 [1992; Gowi: 1993]
  • The Colossal Saxophone Sessions [1992; Evidence 22130, 2CD: 1995] -- with Lee Konitz, John Zorn, David Murray, Dave Liebman, Archie Shepp, Phil Woods, Steve Coleman, George Cables, Rufus Reid, Joe Chambers
  • World Saxophone Quartet: Moving Right Along [1993.10.18-19; Black Saint 120127] -- minus Blythe; plus Eric Person, James Spaulding [B-]
  • D.D. Jackson: Peace-Song [1994.11.25-26; Justin Time 72: 1995] [A-]
  • African Love Supreme: Ode to the Living Tree [1994.12; Venus 79098: 1995; Evidence 22185: 1997] -- group with Oliver Lake, Adegoke Steve Colson, Fred Hopkins, Andrew Cyrille
  • Jim Nolet: With You [1994; KFW 150]
  • The Skatalites: Hi-Bop Ska [1994; Shanachie 45019]
  • Steve Coleman & Five Elements: Curves of Life [1995; BMG]
  • World Saxophone Quartet: Four Now [1995; Justin Time 83] -- Murray, Lake, Bluiett, John R. Purcell, with African drums
  • Jon Jang Sextet: Two Flowers on a Stem [1995; Soul Note 121253: 1996] [B+]
  • Kansas City (Original Soundtrack) [1995.05.11-22; Verve 529554] -- soundtrack for Robert Altman movie; Murray has small role as Ben Webster
  • KC After Dark: More Music from Robert Altman's Kansas Kansas City Band [Verve: 1997]
  • Ozay: Antiquated Love [1995; Sagen 50004: 1997] -- group with Ozay Fecht, Chico Greeman, Billy Bang, Kirk Lightsey, D.D. Jackson
  • D.D. Jackson: Paired Down, Vol. 1 [1996.11.29-12.01; Justin Time 99: 1997] [B+]
  • D.D. Jackson: Paired Down, Vol. 2 [1996.11.29-12.01; Justin Time 107: 1997] [B+]
  • The Roots: Illadelph Halflife [1996; DGC 24972] [B+]
  • Justin Time for Christmas [1996; Justin Time] -- one track: "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
  • Kahil El'Zabar Trio: Love Outside of Dreams [1997.05.10-12; Delmark 541: 2002] [A-]
  • Barbara Dennerlein: Junkanoo [1997; Verve 537122] [B+]
  • World Saxophone Quartet: Takin' It 2 the Next Level [1997; Justin Time 93]
  • World Saxophone Quartet: Selim Sevad: A Tribute to Miles Davis [1998.03.02-03; Justin Time 119: 1998] [A-]
  • World Saxophone Quartet: M'Bizo [1997-1998; Justin Time 123: 1999] [B+]
  • Jeri Brown/Leon Thomas: Zaius [1998; Justin Time 117] [B]
  • World Saxophone Quartet: Steppenwolf [1999; Justin Time 128: 2002] [B-]
  • World Saxophone Quartet: Requiem for Julius [1999; Justin Time 137] [B-]
  • Jeri Brown: I've Got Your Number [1999; Justin Time 122]
  • Hugh Ragin: An Afternoon in Harlem [1999; Justin Time]
  • Kahil El'Zabar: We Is: Live at the Bop Shop [2000.03.29; Delmark 557: 2004] [B+]
  • World Saxophone Quartet: 25th Anniversary: The New Chapter [2000; Justin Time 149]
  • Abdoulaye N'Diaye: Taoué [2001.05; Justin Time 168: 2003] [A-]
  • James Carter: Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge [2001; Warner Brothers 48449: 2004] [A-]
  • Sarah Morrow: Standards and Other Stories [2002; RDC]
  • Ya Ya Fornier: Beatcat: A Tribute to Clifford Jordan [Random Chance 9: 2003.03.25]
  • Henry Grimes Trio: Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival [2004.06.05; Ayler 28: 2005] [B+]
  • World Saxophone Quartet: Experience [2004; Justin Time 160] [B+]
  • Conjure: Bad Mouth [2005.01; American Clavé 1052/53]
  • Anthony Brown's Orchestra: Rhapsodies [Water Baby 1010: 2005]
  • Anthony Bush: Our Praise Offering [Spirit 1]
  • Ole Romer: Main Roots and Decent Food [Olufsen 5149]

    Compilations:

    Total records in list above: 89 (37 in house, 1 from other sources).

    Links

    • The David Murray Home Page: maintained by Marcel Safier; last updated 2002-08-09. Sessionography is most useful, but out of date, and sketchy toward the end.