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Sonic Liberation Front Meets Sunny Murray
''Sonic Liberation Front Meets Sunny Murray'' is an album by the Philadelphia-based ensemble Sonic Liberation Front and drummer Sunny Murray. Three tracks on the album were recorded live in 2002, while the remaining tracks were recorded at Rittenhouse Recording Studio in 2008. The album was released in 2010 by the High Two label. Reception In a review for AllMusic, Phil Freeman wrote: "Though he's one of the most powerful drummers in jazz, free or otherwise, Murray never truly takes over the music; he's a guest in this house, and he acts accordingly, supporting the group rather than turning its compositions into platforms for drum solos." He stated that the music reinforces the idea "that so-called 'free' jazz has rules every bit as strict as those governing bebop or big-band swing." ''DownBeat'' reviewer Bill Meyer praised "Knowledge of the Sun," writing: "cornetist Todd Margasak and saxophonist Terry Lawson's mournful unisons seem to drift over the slowly undulating percussive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunny Murray
James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray (September 21, 1936 – December 7, 2017) was an American musician, and was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming. Biography Murray was born in Idabel, Oklahoma, where he was raised by an uncle who later died after being refused treatment at a hospital because of his race. He began playing drums at the age of nine. As a teen, he lived in a rough part of Philadelphia, and spent two years in a reformatory. In 1956, he moved to New York City, where he worked in a car wash and as a building superintendent. During this time, he played with musicians such as trumpeters Red Allen and Ted Curson, pianist Willie "The Lion" Smith, and saxophonists Rocky Boyd and Jackie McLean. In 1959, he played for the first time with pianist Cecil Taylor and, according to Murray, " r six years all the other things were wiped from my mind..." "With Cecil, I had to originate a complete new direction on drums." Murray stated: "We played for about a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Jazz
Free jazz is an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians during this period believed that the bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz that had been played before them was too limiting. They became preoccupied with creating something new and exploring new directions. The term "free jazz" has often been combined with or substituted for the term "avant-garde jazz". Europeans tend to favor the term "free improvisation". Others have used "modern jazz", "creative music", and "art music". The ambiguity of free jazz presents problems of definition. Although it is usually played by small groups or individuals, free jazz big bands have existed. Although musicians and critics claim it is innovative and forward-looking, it draws on early styles of jazz and has been described as an attempt to return to primitive, often re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gearbox Explodes!
''The Gearbox Explodes!'' is a live album by drummer Sunny Murray. It was recorded in October 2006 at the St. Dominics Retreat Working Mens Club in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and was released in 2008 by Foghorn Records. On the album, Murray is joined by saxophonist Tony Bevan and bassist John Edwards. Reception The authors of the '' Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' described the album as "a terrific audio experience," and noted that some of the material on the recording was intended for inclusion in a documentary film, stating: "It should make for riveting watching: Murray moving over his kit like a dancing painter, Edwards bent over his fretboard, plucking out lines as hard as a shower of pebbles, and Bevan wrestling sound out of his two hefty horns." In an article for '' All About Jazz'', Chris May called the album an "exercise in collective music making of the purest and least hierarchical kind," and wrote: "Music so wholly unpremeditated and in-the-moment as this requires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Stepped Onto A Bee
''I Stepped Onto a Bee'' is an album by American drummer Sunny Murray, bassist John Edwards, and saxophonist Tony Bevan. It was recorded in August 2010 at Eastcote Studio in London, and was released in 2011 by Foghorn Records. Reception In a review for '' The Wire'', Andy Hamilton wrote: "The shorter tracks here bring a focus to the trio's surprisingly spry interplay as a dynamic working group... urray'sfamous banshee wail may have been replaced by a low grumble, but when the cymbals start to churn and seethe, he's still capable of creating his own weather system." Ken Waxman of ''Jazz Word'' stated: "the wit of the proceedings, coupled with the intensity in Bevan's playing, brings to mind some of onnyRollins' mid-century sax-bass-drum milestones like ''Way Out West''... the balance among the three never shifts. It may be Murray who slows down the tempo to medium, or Edwards whose plucks stabilize it, but overall the results are concurrently impressionistically emphasized and ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
