chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 its called David Murray- Flowers for Albert i assumed he was talking about Albert Ayler so i got it, another song on the album is called ballad for a decomposed beauty. the label is c. 1976 india investigation company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 india investigation company A subdivision of Columbus-ia, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 One of Murray's better early albums, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 Excellent album. I don't think I'd call anything of Murray's free jazz, but it's not straight-ahead either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Since you have the album, why not listen to it and decide for yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Yes, Flowers for Albert is dedicated to Albert Ayler, but it's a happy, not a sad song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted May 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 beacuse im listening to paul revere & the raiders right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Not a bad thing to do, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Skid Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Since you have the album, why not listen to it and decide for yourself? :tup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Free is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Since you have the album, why not listen to it and decide for yourself? :tup Why not just shut down the board and end all conversation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 It's a very strong early Murray outing. But I see nothing wrong with Paul Revere & The Raiders (also early), either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Paul Revere & The Raiders hold up really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Skid Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Since you have the album, why not listen to it and decide for yourself? :tup Why not just shut down the board and end all conversation? You know that's not what I meant... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 How did you do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 (edited) This is the record that turned me on to Murray. I was hooked from the start. A great early album an astonishingly mature for a 21 year old. The cd issue runs to two cds. Edited May 16, 2010 by JohnS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 You know that's not what I meant... Sorry, I thought I was replying to the original comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 (edited) You know that's not what I meant... Sorry, I thought I was replying to the original comment. That wasn't what I meant, either. Edited May 17, 2010 by paul secor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 In an inverted version of BFT, chewy should never listen to the LP but just mentally reconstruct it from our remarks about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 "chewey's world" would make a great (un)reality show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Excellent album. I don't think I'd call anything of Murray's free jazz, but it's not straight-ahead either. Really? A fair amount of his early material is pretty "out," as far as I'm concerned. 3-D Family, on Hat Hut, a side of William Hooker's first LP with Mark Miller on bass; the wide-open group with Crouch... for me, this is "free," if not of the same ilk as Albert Ayler, Frank Wright, the Actuel LPs, or whatever. The late 1970s were different times from the late '60s or the '90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETman Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Ok, I'll be the dissenting opinion. It was always difficult to take Murray seriously as he was putting out about an album every 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 According to this discography, he released 84 albums as a leader or co-leader from 1976-2000. That equates to a new album every 15.5 weeks, not every two weeks. http://go54321.tripod.com/dm/davidmurray.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETman Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 According to this discography, he released 84 albums as a leader or co-leader from 1976-2000. That equates to a new album every 15.5 weeks, not every two weeks. http://go54321.tripod.com/dm/davidmurray.html Still a ridiculous clip! At any rate, he was (and still is) considered a poseur by the jazz cognescenti I used to hang with at J&R. Many of these were musicians, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 over-recorded maybe. Let the "jazz cognescenti" whoever they may be and by whatever criteria they have been selected think what they like. I suspect that for the many folk David Murray's recordings and concerts have been anything but a pose. An exciting and talented player and composer to my ears (but then I don't hang at J&R) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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