Ballads for Bass Clarinet

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Ballads for Bass Clarinet
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Studio album by
David Murray
Released1993
RecordedOctober 1991
GenreJazz
Length52:16
LabelDIW
Producer
David Murray chronology
Death of a Sideman
(1992) 		Ballads for Bass Clarinet
(1993) 		South of the Border
(1995)

Ballads for Bass Clarinet is an album by David Murray, recorded in 1991 and released by DIW Records.

Music and recording[]

The album was recorded in October 1991 by the quartet of Murray (bass clarinet), pianist John Hicks, bassist Ray Drummond, and drummer Idris Muhammad.[1] There is a short passage of anguish in "Portrait of a Black Woman".[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz4/4 stars[1]

Ballads for Bass Clarinet was released by DIW Records.[1] The AllMusic review awarded the album 3 stars.[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented on the similarity between Murray's phrasing on bass clarinet and on tenor saxophone.[1]

Track listing[]

  1. "Waltz to Heaven" – 9:36
  2. "New Life" – 9:05
  3. "Chazz" (Wilber Morris) – 8:43
  4. "Portrait of a Black Woman – for Mae Francis Owens" – 11:39
  5. "Lyons Street" (Idris Muhammad) – 3:21
  6. "Elegy for Fannie Lou" () – 9:46
All compositions by David Murray except as indicated.

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. p. 965. ISBN 978-0-14-051368-4.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b AllMusic Review accessed August 11, 2011
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