''Body and Soul'' is an album by David Murray released on the Italian

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label in 1993. It features performances by Murray,

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Reception

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review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4½ stars stating "No matter how many albums Murray issues, he never coasts or goes through the motions. This is mainly a quartet date, although Murray shows on the title track his ability to back a singer as Taana Running gives a moving vocal, complete with her original lyrics. Otherwise, these are either spirited uptempo numbers or equally energized ballads. Murray's sweeping tenor sound remains a marvel, and few can match him in controlling drive, pitch and volume. Drummer Rashied Ali has not lost the rippling intensity from his days with John Coltrane; he and Murray conclude things in a dazzling duo performance on "Cuttin' Corners" deliberately intended to evoke memories of the Coltrane/Ali album Interstellar Space."Wynn, R
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Track listing

# "Slave Song" (

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) - 10:15 # "Celebration Dance" (Smith) - 4:55 # " Body and Soul ( Eyton,

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) - 7:30 # "Doni's Song" - 7:00 # "Remembering the Chief of St. Mary's" (For Bob Barrett) - 6:54 # "Odin" - 8:15 # "Cuttin' Corners" (

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) - 7:04 :''All compositions by David Murray except as indicated'' :* Recorded at Sear Sound Studios, NYC, February 11 & 12, 1993

Personnel

* David Murray - tenor saxophone *

- piano *

- bass *

- drums * Taana Running - vocals

References

{{Authority control 1993 albums David Murray (saxophonist) albums Black Saint/Soul Note albums