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David Keith Murray (born February 19, 1955) is an American
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Unofficial David Murray website
-commentaires de CBS 2007 sur bordeauxsalsa.com
David Murray interview at allaboutjazz.com
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David Keith Murray (born February 19, 1955) is an American jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a majo ...
saxophonist and composer who performs mostly on tenor
A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors i ...
and bass clarinet
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. He has recorded prolifically for many record labels since the mid-1970s. He lives in New York City.
Biography
Murray was born inOakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...
, United States. He attended Pomona College
Pomona College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to recreate a "college of the New England type" in Southern California. In 1925, it beca ...
for two years as a member of the class of 1977, ultimately receiving an honorary degree in 2012. He was initially influenced by 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 dur ...
musicians such as Albert Ayler, Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman and Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz.
Biography Early life
Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but ...
. He gradually evolved a more diverse style in his playing and compositions. Murray set himself apart from most tenor players of his generation by not taking John Coltrane
John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.
Born and rai ...
as his model, choosing instead to incorporate elements of mainstream players Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Yanow, Scot"Coleman Hawkins: Artist Biography" AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2013. One of the first p ...
, Ben Webster and Paul Gonsalves into his mature style. Despite this, he recorded a tribute to Coltrane, '' Octet Plays Trane'', in 1999. He played a set with the Grateful Dead
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at a show on September 22, 1993, at Madison Square Garden
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in New York City. His 1996 tribute to the Grateful Dead, '' Dark Star'', was also critically well received.
Murray was a founding member of the World Saxophone Quartet
The World Saxophone Quartet is an American jazz ensemble founded in 1977, incorporating elements of free jazz, R&B, funk and South African jazz into their music.
The original members were Julius Hemphill (alto and soprano saxophone, flute), Oli ...
with Oliver Lake, Julius Hemphill and Hamiet Bluiett. He has recorded or performed with musicians such as Henry Threadgill, James Blood Ulmer, Olu Dara, Tani Tabbal
Tani Tabbal is a jazz drummer who has worked with Roscoe Mitchell, David Murray (saxophonist), David Murray, and Cassandra Wilson.
Biography
By the age of 14 Tabbal was playing professionally, performing with Oscar Brown, Oscar Brown Jr. In his ...
, Butch Morris, Donal Fox, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones
Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era.
Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such widely celebra ...
, Sunny Murray (no relation), Ed Blackwell, Johnny Dyani, Fred Hopkins, Don Pullen, Randy Weston and Steve McCall
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A defensive midfielder during his playing days, McCall built a reputation as a cultured midfield player, with immacula ...
. David Murray's use of the circular breathing
Circular breathing is a technique used by players of some wind instruments to produce a continuous tone without interruption. It is accomplished by breathing through the nose while simultaneously pushing air through the mouth using air stor ...
technique has enabled him to play astonishingly long phrases.
Awards
* In 1980 David Murray was named ''Village Voice
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'' Musician of the Decade.
* Murray was honored with the Bird Award in 1986.
* He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1989.
* David Murray and his band earned a Grammy Award
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in 1989 in the Best Jazz Instrumental Group Performance category for '' Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane''.
* In 1991 he was honored with the Danish Jazzpar Prize.
* ''Newsday
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'' named him Musician of the Year in 1993.
* He was given an honorary Doctorate Degree in Music, Pomona College in 2012
* He was awarded a legacy grant by the California Arts Council in 2021
Discography
Gallery
References
External links
*Unofficial David Murray website
-commentaires de CBS 2007 sur bordeauxsalsa.com
David Murray interview at allaboutjazz.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, David 1955 births Living people Musicians from Oakland, California Jazz musicians from California African-American saxophonists American jazz saxophonists American male saxophonists American jazz clarinetists American jazz composers American male jazz composers Free jazz clarinetists Free jazz saxophonists Avant-garde jazz clarinetists American jazz bass clarinetists Avant-garde jazz saxophonists Post-bop clarinetists Post-bop saxophonists Pomona College alumni Grammy Award winners DIW Records artists Enja Records artists India Navigation artists Red Baron Records artists World Saxophone Quartet members 21st-century American saxophonists 21st-century clarinetists 21st-century American male musicians Mingus Dynasty (band) members Justin Time Records artists Motéma Music artists Intakt Records artists 21st-century African-American musicians 20th-century African-American people