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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 m ...
saxophonist and composer who performs mostly on tenor and bass clarinet. 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 port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the ...
, United States. He attended Pomona College 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 duri ...
musicians such as Albert Ayler, Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman and Archie Shepp. 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 as his model, choosing instead to incorporate elements of mainstream players Coleman Hawkins, 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), O ...
with Oliver Lake
Oliver Lake (born September 14, 1942) is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. During the 1960s, Lake worked with the Black ...
, Julius Hemphill and Hamiet Bluiett. He has recorded or performed with musicians such as Henry Threadgill, James Blood Ulmer
James "Blood" Ulmer (born February 8, 1940) is an American jazz, free funk and blues guitarist and singer. Ulmer plays a Gibson Byrdland guitar. His guitar sound has been described as "jagged" and "stinging". His singing has been called "ragg ...
, Olu Dara, Tani Tabbal, Butch Morris
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, Donal Fox, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Sunny Murray (no relation), Ed Blackwell, Johnny Dyani, Fred Hopkins, Don Pullen, Randy Weston and Steve McCall
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. David Murray's use of the circular breathing technique has enabled him to play astonishingly long phrases.
Awards
* In 1980 David Murray was named '' Village Voice'' 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 aGrammy 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
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