''The Jazzpar Prize'' is an album by

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's New Jungle Orchestra with David Murray released on the

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label in recognition of the awarding of the 1991 Danish

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to Murray. The album was recorded in 1991 and released in 1992 and features performances by Murray,

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, Harry Beckett, Per Jörgensen, Jörg Huke,

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, Jacob Mygind,

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, Jens Skou Olsen, and Audun Kleive. After Muhal Richard Abrams, who has the first recipient in 1990, Murray was chosen by a committee made up of

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, Gary Giddins (USA), Philippe Carles (France),

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(Germany), and Erik Wiedemann (Denmark). The band invited to accompany Murray was Pierre Dørge's ''New Jungle Orchestra''; their first concert was March 13, 1991, in Copenhagen, repeated in Odense and

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, before they made the studio recordings in Copenhagen. Gary Giddins: ''Weather Bird: Jazz on the Dawn of its Second Century.'' Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, . p 19-21.

Reception

The

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review by

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awarded the album 4.5 stars, stating: "The performances are avant-garde, but not afraid of using melodies and straight-ahead rhythms when it best suits the music."Yanow, S
Allmusic Review
accessed September 7, 2011.

Track listing

# "Do Green Ants Dream?" (Dorge) - 9:01 # "David in Wonderland" (Dorge) - 7:18 # "Gospel Medley" - 6:16 # "In a Sentimental Mood" ( Ellington,

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, Mills) - 9:23 # "Shakill's Warrior" - 12:26 # "Song for Doni" - 10:11 :''All compositions by David Murray except as indicated.'' :*Recorded March 16–17, 1991

Personnel

* David Murray - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet *

- guitar *

- piano * Harry Beckett - trumpet, flugelhorn * Per Jörgensen - trumpet * Jörg Huke - trombone *

- alto saxophone, bass clarinet * Jacob Mygind - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone *

- piano * Jens Skou Olsen - bass * Audun Kleive - drums *Donald Murray: vocals on "Gospel Medley"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jazzpar Prize, The 1992 albums David Murray (saxophonist) albums