I'm curious who else you might have said, had Murray been born a couple years earlier (meaning had he already turned 50 a couple years ago).
In other words, would you care to offer up another name for us?? (though you are hereby officially on record as being strongly in Murray's camp -- which I'm not trying to dispute in any way). Who's your second choice?? (Humor me, thanks!!)
James Carter is my 2ed choice. In general, I prefer the young generation of alto players: Antonio Hart and Donald Harrison, over the tenor players (i.e. Chris Potter, Eric Alexander etc).