tranemonk Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 There was a while when he was putting out records very frequently... Has he stopped performing or recording? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 Has some relatively new CDs on Intakt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 Played London last year with the quartet featured on Intakt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 (edited) Google shows some appearances through mid-2023. I have a CD ("Recursive Tree" John Blum / David Murray / Chad Taylor on Relative Pitch) recorded 12/21/22. Edited April 20 by T.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 His most recent release https://www.discogs.com/master/3409174-John-Blum-David-Murray-Chad-Taylor-The-Recursive-Tree His Discogs shows at least 4 releases since 2020. Definitely still active Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 Yes, still quite active though not in the same way as he was in the 80s and 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 There was lots of griping at the time about his “productivity” but I am glad we have so many recordings of him 1 hour ago, mjazzg said: His most recent release https://www.discogs.com/master/3409174-John-Blum-David-Murray-Chad-Taylor-The-Recursive-Tree His Discogs shows at least 4 releases since 2020. Definitely still active There’s a new one forthcoming on Intakt in the next month or two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 Saw him last year at Big Ears performing with Tar Baby. He can still blow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 He'll be at the Village Vanguard In May. May 21 – 26 David Murray Quartet with Marta Sanchez, Luke Stewart, Russell Carter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 Release date May 17: Tenor saxophonist David Murray, the giant of modern jazz, fuses all the great things that black music has produced: Gos- pel sounds, free jazz, Afro-Caribbean, blues, soul as well as the beautiful standards of classic jazz. Murray's colorful tone, unsurpassed intonation, sense of swing, melancholy tones, improvisational power and ingenuity make him one of the most important voices in music today. His new quartet, which mainly plays his own compositions, gives the three young musicians plenty of space. "Jazz legend David Murray is back with the next generation of geniuses", writes the Washington Post about the new quartet. And Derek Schilling writes in the liner notes to the fantastic album Francesca: "David Murray's compositional signature today lies in conjoning distinct styles whose encounter makes for the sound of surprise. The specific choice of these styles (and corresponding meters or textures) matters, for sure. More crucial still is the way Murray makes the transition from one to another seem natural, necessary even. If you can move with ease from funk to Latin rhythms, from waltz time to four-on-the-floor, from R&B to free and back again, it's because music knows no boundaries. When it's be- ing played right, it reaches beyond itself even as it affirms the continuity of tradition. The sound of surprise results when mu- sicians forge, in the moment, that unity-in-diversity. The real deal." A masterpiece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 The best Murray I ever heard was that fantastic trio , He, Henry Grimes and Hamid Drake, one of the greatest concerts I heard in the 2000´s . Yeah, in the 80´s he was so much around. Here in Austria he almost had a "Meldezettel" and Nickelsdorf Jazz Gallery and many many locals knew him personally. He was such a nice gentleman, not only the great musician he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 54 minutes ago, Gheorghe said: Here in Austria he almost had a "Meldezettel" and Nickelsdorf Jazz Gallery and many many locals knew him personally. He was such a nice gentleman, not only the great musician he is. True 😇😎 .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 7 hours ago, Gheorghe said: The best Murray I ever heard was that fantastic trio , He, Henry Grimes and Hamid Drake, one of the greatest concerts I heard in the 2000´s . Yeah, in the 80´s he was so much around. Here in Austria he almost had a "Meldezettel" and Nickelsdorf Jazz Gallery and many many locals knew him personally. He was such a nice gentleman, not only the great musician he is. There's a great CD of this trio - Live At The Kerava Jazz Festival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 On 4/20/2024 at 3:59 PM, Guy Berger said: There was lots of griping at the time about his “productivity” but I am glad we have so many recordings of him There’s a new one forthcoming on Intakt in the next month or two Expected at DG "about May 15". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 His "Brave New Wirld Trio" feat Brad Jones and Hamid Drake was exceptional .... the pianoless structure with powerful sideman a near perfect fit .... pity this group didn't stay together .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 17 hours ago, jlhoots said: There's a great CD of this trio - Live At The Kerava Jazz Festival. Sure ! I have it ! Great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tranemonk Posted April 23 Author Report Share Posted April 23 6 hours ago, Gheorghe said: Sure ! I have it ! Great stuff. Is this the one you are talking about? Under Henry Grimes's name? https://ayler-records.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-kerava-jazz-festival Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 5 minutes ago, tranemonk said: Is this the one you are talking about? Under Henry Grimes's name? https://ayler-records.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-kerava-jazz-festival Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 I saw him with Luke and Ronnie Burrage in 2020 (lockdown Vision Festival -- masks on, few people 10+ feet apart) and it was phenomenal. I'd previously seen him with the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and that was excellent also. Though I haven't heard all of them, I can't think of a David Murray album I've listened to that I haven't liked, so there's that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 On 4/20/2024 at 2:59 PM, Guy Berger said: There was lots of griping at the time about his “productivity” but I am glad we have so many recordings of him. Reminds me of walking into Euclid Records (STL) about 20 years ago —and among the CD’s they had sorta ‘on display’ up front was a David Murray disc with a thought-bubble post-it attached to it that said “This week’s new David Murray release!”. I recall audibly LOL-ing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted April 25 Report Share Posted April 25 This was from the NYC Winter Jazzfest in 2019 dueling it out with JD Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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