''Picasso'' is an album by the
David Murray Octet, released on the Japanese
DIW label in 1993. It features performances by Murray,
Rasul Siddik,
Hugh Ragin
Hugh Ragin is an American jazz trumpeter.
Career
Ragin was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised in Houston, Texas, and began playing trumpet in his early teens, taking lessons in classical music, and was a member of the Houston All-City High Sch ...
,
Craig Harris,
James Spaulding
James Ralph Spaulding Jr. (born July 30, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist and flutist.
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United states, Spaulding attended the Chicago Cosmopolitan School of Music. Between 1957 and 1961, he was a member of Sun ...
,
Dave Burrell
Herman Davis "Dave" Burrell (born September 10, 1940) is an American jazz pianist. He has played with many jazz musicians including Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, Marion Brown and David Murray.
Biography
Born in Middletown, Ohio, United Sta ...
,
Wilber Morris and
Tani Tabbal. "Picasso Suite" is a tribute to both
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...
and
Coleman Hawkins's tribute to Picasso. It was written for the Northeast Ohio Jazz Society and the
Cleveland Museum of Art.
Reception
The
AllMusic
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review awarded the album 3 stars.
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accessed August 10, 2011
Track listing
# "Picasso Suite: Introduction" - 2:30
# "Picasso Suite: Catalonian Vonz" - 9:27
# "Picasso Suite: La Vie-The Jazz Life" - 4:38
# "Picasso Suite: Portrait Of Sax And Yac" - 3:16
# "Picasso Suite: Airtime For Hawkins" - 4:10
# "Picasso Suite: When Hawk Meets Pablo" - 12:20
# "Picasso Suite: Reprise; Catalonian Vonz" - 1:26
# "Menehune Messages" (
Burrell, Monika Larsson) - 7:43
# "Chazz" (
Morris) - 7:19
# "Shakill's Warrior" - 9:26
:''All compositions by David Murray except as indicated''
:*Recorded September 1, 2, 9, & 11, 1992, NYC
Personnel
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David Murray - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
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Rasul Siddik - trumpet
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Hugh Ragin
Hugh Ragin is an American jazz trumpeter.
Career
Ragin was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised in Houston, Texas, and began playing trumpet in his early teens, taking lessons in classical music, and was a member of the Houston All-City High Sch ...
- trumpet
*
Craig Harris - trombone
*
James Spaulding
James Ralph Spaulding Jr. (born July 30, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist and flutist.
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United states, Spaulding attended the Chicago Cosmopolitan School of Music. Between 1957 and 1961, he was a member of Sun ...
- alto saxophone, flute
*
Dave Burrell
Herman Davis "Dave" Burrell (born September 10, 1940) is an American jazz pianist. He has played with many jazz musicians including Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, Marion Brown and David Murray.
Biography
Born in Middletown, Ohio, United Sta ...
- piano
*
Wilber Morris - bass
*
Tani Tabbal - drums
References
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1993 albums
David Murray (saxophonist) albums
DIW Records albums