Artist Name
David Murray Octet

heart icon off (0 users)
Logo
transparent

Artist Image
artist thumb

Functions

transparent
Data Complete
percent bar 20%

Album Releases refreshview
album thumb
Octet Plays Trane (2000)
album thumb
Dark Star (The Music of t (1996)
album thumb
Ming (1993)
album thumb
Picasso (1993)
album thumb
Hope Scope (1991)
album thumb
Home (1982)


Members
members icon 1 Male

Origin
---

Genre
genre icon Jazz

Style
---

Mood
---

Born

born icon 1955

Active
calendar icon 0 to Present...

Cutout
transparent

heart icon Most Loved Tracks
4 users heart off David Murray Octet - The Fast Life
4 users heart off David Murray Octet - The Hill
3 users heart off David Murray Octet - Dewey's Circle
3 users heart off David Murray Octet - Ming
3 users heart off David Murray Octet - Home


youtube icon Music Video Links
No Music Videos Found...



Artist Biography
Available in: gb icon
David Murray (born February 19, 1955 in Oakland, California, United States) is an American jazz musician. Murray plays mainly tenor saxophone and sometimes bass clarinet. He has recorded prolifically on a variety of labels since the mid-1970s. One critic dubbed Murray the Joyce Carol Oates of jazz, comparing Murray's prolific and consistently highly-regarded work to the noted novelist's. David Murray's use of the circular breathing technique has enabled him to play astonishingly long phrases. Murray was initially heavily influenced by free jazz musicians such as Archie Shepp and Albert Ayler. He gradually evolved a more mainstream approach 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 Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, and Paul Gonsalves into his mature style. Despite this, he recorded a tribute to Coltrane, Octet Plays Trane, in 1999. His 1996 tribute to the Grateful Dead, Dark Star, was also critically well received. Murray was a founding member of the World Saxophone Quartet with Oliver Lake, Julius Hemphill and Hamiet Bluiett. He has recorded or performed with musicians such as Henry Threadgill, James Blood Ulmer, Olu Dara, Tani Tabbal, Butch Morris, Donal Fox, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Ed Blackwell, Johnny Dyani, and Steve McCall.
wiki icon

Wide Thumb
transparent

Clearart
transparent

Fanart
transparent icontransparent icon
transparent icontransparent icon

Banner
transparent icon

User Comments

transparent iconNo comments yet..


Status
unlocked icon Unlocked
Last Edit by zag
09th Nov 2015

Socials


Streaming


External Links
fanart.tv icon musicbrainz icon last.fm icon website icon unlocked iconamazon icon