DAVID
MURRAY
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
New album rel. Nov 2009 by David Murray & the Gwo Ka Masters
"The Devil Tried to Kill Me" (Justin Time 224)
Click here to go straight to the WSQ discography
Arthur Blythe - Selected Discography by Freewill Artistry
Part 1 - DAVID MURRAY AS A LEADER or CO-LEADER in chronological recording order (84 separate albums so far)
Part
2 - DAVID MURRAY WITH OTHERS arranged alphabetically (51
albums appearances with others and 14 WSQ albums listed)
1975-1979 | 1980-1984 | 1985-1989 | 1990-1994| 1995-1999 | 2000-
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
Marcel Safier's Jazz Home Page
or go straight to the site of one of my other sax players:
George Adams Discography/Sessiongraphy
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.
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.