David Murray discography
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David Murray appears on hundreds of recordings as a leader and performer. This discography covers albums released under his name, by groups he was/is a member of and other albums he has contributed to. Dates are of recording, not release.
As leader/co-leader[]
Year recorded | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes |
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1976 | Flowers for Albert | India Navigation | Quartet: Olu Dara, Fred Hopkins, Phillip Wilson |
1976 | Low Class Conspiracy | Adelphi | Trio: Fred Hopkins, Phillip Wilson |
1976 | Trio: Fred Hopkins, Stanley Crouch | ||
1977 | Circle | Duo with James Newton | |
1977 | Circle | Quintet: Butch Morris, Don Pullen, Fred Hopkins, Stanley Crouch | |
1977 | Holy Siege on Intrigue | Circle | Quintet: Butch Morris, Don Pullen, Fred Hopkins, Stanley Crouch |
1977 | Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club | India Navigation | Quartet: Lester Bowie, Fred Hopkins, Phillip Wilson |
1978 | Let the Music Take You | Marge | Quartet: Butch Morris, Johnny Dyani, George Brown |
1978 | Last of the Hipman | Red | Quartet: Butch Morris, Johnny Dyani, George Brown |
1978 | Conceptual Saxophone | Cadillac | Solo saxophone |
1978 | Sur-real Saxophone | Horo | Solo saxophone |
1978 | Organic Saxophone | Palm | Solo saxophone |
1978 | Interboogieology | Black Saint | Quartet: Butch Morris, Johnny Dyani, Oliver Johnson with Marta Contreras |
1978 | The London Concert | Cadillac | Quintet: Butch Morris, Curtis Clark, Brian Smith, Clifford Jarvis |
1978 | 3D Family | Hat Hut | Trio: Johnny Mbizo Dyani, Andrew Cyrille |
1979 | Sweet Lovely | Black Saint | Trio: Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall |
1980 | Solo Live | Solo saxophone and bass clarinet | |
1980 | Ming | Black Saint | Octet: Henry Threadgill, Olu Dara, Butch Morris, George E. Lewis, Anthony Davis, Wilber Morris, Steve McCall |
1981 | Home | Black Saint | Octet: Henry Threadgill, Olu Dara, Butch Morris, George Lewis, Anthony Davis, Wilber Morris, Steve McCall |
1982 | Murray's Steps | Black Saint | Octet: Henry Threadgill, Bobby Bradford, Butch Morris, Craig Harris, Curtis Clark, Wilber Morris, Steve McCall |
1983 | Morning Song | Black Saint | Quartet: John Hicks, Reggie Workman, Ed Blackwell |
1984 | Live at Sweet Basil Volume 1 | Black Saint | Big Band: Olu Dara, Baikida Carroll, Craig Harris, Bob Stewart, Vincent Chancey, Steve Coleman, John Purcell, Rod Williams, Fred Hopkins, Billy Higgins conducted by Butch Morris |
1984 | Live at Sweet Basil Volume 2 | Black Saint | Big Band: Olu Dara, Baikida Carroll, Craig Harris, Bob Stewart, Vincent Chancey, Steve Coleman, John Purcell, Rod Williams, Fred Hopkins, Billy Higgins conducted by Butch Morris |
1984 | Children | Black Saint | Quintet: James Blood Ulmer, Don Pullen, Lonnie Plaxico, Marvin Smith |
1985 | Sketches of Tokyo | DIW | Duo with John Hicks |
1985 | New Life | Black Saint | Octet: Baikida Carroll, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, John Purcell, Adegoke Steve Colson, Wilber Morris, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
1986 | I Want to Talk About You | Black Saint | Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
1986 | Recording N.Y.C. 1986 | DIW | Quartet: James Blood Ulmer, Fred Hopkins, Sunny Murray |
1986 | In Our Style | DIW | Duo with Jack DeJohnette |
1986 | The Hill | Black Saint | Trio: Richard Davis, Joe Chambers |
1987 Released 1991 |
Hope Scope | Black Saint | Octet: Rasul Siddik, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, Dave Burrell, Wilber Morris, Ralph Peterson, Jr |
1987 | The Healers | Black Saint | Duo with Randy Weston |
1987 | The People's Choice | Cecma | Quartet: Hugh Ragin, Abdul Wadud, Fred Hopkins |
1988 | Lovers | DIW | Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
1988 | Deep River | DIW | Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
1988 | Ballads | DIW | Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
1988 | Spirituals | DIW | Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
1988 | Tenors | DIW | Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
1988 | Ming's Samba | Portrait | Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Ed Blackwell |
1988 | Lucky Four | Tutu | Quartet: Dave Burrell, Wilbur Morris, Victor Lewis |
1989 | Daybreak | Gazell | Duo with Dave Burrell |
1989 | Last of the Hipmen | Sextet: Dave Burrell, Hugh Ragin, Wilber Morris, Bobby Battle, Paul Zauner | |
1990 | Special Quartet | DIW/Columbia | Quartet: McCoy Tyner, Fred Hopkins, Elvin Jones |
1990 | Remembrances | DIW | Quintet: Hugh Ragin, Dave Burrell, Wilber Morris, Tani Tabbal |
1991 | Shakill's Warrior | DIW/Columbia | Quartet: Stanley Franks, Don Pullen, Andrew Cyrille |
1991 | David Murray Big Band | DIW/Columbia | Big Band: Hugh Ragin, Graham Haynes, Rasul Siddik, James Zollar, Craig Harris, Frank Lacy, Al Patterson, Bob Stewart, Vincent Chancey, Khalil Henry, James Spaulding, Patience Higgins, Don Byron, John Purcell, Sonelius Smith, Fred Hopkins, Tani Tabbal conducted by Butch Morris |
1991 | The Jazzpar Prize | Enja | New Jungle Orchestra: Pierre Dørge, Horace Parlan, Harry Beckett, Per Jörgensen, Jörg Huke, Jesper Zeuthen, Jacob Mygind, Irene Becker, Jens Skou Olsen, Audun Kleive |
1991 | Blue Monk | Enja | Duo with Aki Takase |
1991 | David Murray/James Newton Quintet | DIW | Quintet: James Newton, John Hicks, Fred Hopkins, Andrew Cyrille, Billy Hart |
1991 | Black & Black | Red Baron | Quartet: Marcus Belgrave, Kirk Lightsey, Santi Debriano, Roy Haynes |
1991 | In Concert | Victo | Duo with Dave Burrell |
1991 | Fast Life | DIW/Columbia | Quartet + 1: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Idris Muhammad, Branford Marsalis |
1991 Released 1993 |
Ballads for Bass Clarinet | DIW | Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Idris Muhammad |
1991 | Death of a Sideman | DIW | Quintet: Bobby Bradford, Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ed Blackwell, all music composed by Bobby Bradford |
1991 | Real Deal | DIW | Duo with Milford Graves |
1991 | A Sanctuary Within | Black Saint | Quartet: Tony Overwater, Sunny Murray, Kahil El'Zabar |
1992 | South of the Border | DIW | Big Band: Hugh Ragin, Rasul Siddik, James Zollar, Craig Harris, Frank Lacy, Al Patterson, Vincent Chancey,
Kahlil Henry, John Purcell, Patience Higgins, Don Byron, Sonelius Smith, Fred Hopkins, Tani Tabbal, Larry McDonald conducted by Butch Morris |
1992 | Picasso | DIW | Octet: Rasul Siddik, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, Dave Burrell, Wilber Morris, Tani Tabbal |
1992 | MX | Red Baron | And Friends: Ravi Coltrane, Bobby Bradford, John Hicks, Fred Hopkins, Victor Lewis |
1993 | Body and Soul | Black Saint | Quartet: Sonelius Smith, Wilber Morris, Rashied Ali, Taana Running |
1993 | Brother to Brother | Gazell | Duo; Dave Burrell album |
1993 | Ugly Beauty | Evidence | Duo with Donal Fox |
1993 | Sound Hills | Trio: Fred Hopkins, Andrew Cyrille | |
1993 | Jazzosaurus Rex | Red Baron | Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Andrew Cyrille |
1993 | Saxmen | Red Baron | Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Andrew Cyrille |
1993 | For Aunt Louise | DIW | Quartet: John Hicks, Fred Hopkins, Idris Mohammad |
1993 | Love and Sorrow | DIW | Quartet: John Hicks, Fred Hopkins, Idris Mohammad |
1993 | Shakill's II | DIW | Quartet: Stanley Franks, Don Pullen, Andrew Cyrille |
1993 Released 1997 |
Windward Passages | Black Saint | Duo with Dave Burrell |
1994 Released 1996 |
David Murray Quintet | DIW | Quintet: Ray Anderson, Anthony Davis, Kenny Davis, Tommy Campbell |
1994 | The Tip | DIW | Olu Dara, Robert Irving III, Bobby Broom, Daryl Thompson, Darryl Jones, Toby Williams, Kahil El'Zabar |
1994 | Jug-A-Lug | DIW | Olu Dara, Robert Irving III, Bobby Broom, Daryl Thompson, Darryl Jones, Toby Williams, Kahil El'Zabar |
1995 | Flowers Around Cleveland | Bleu Regard | Quartet: Bobby Few, John Betsch, Jean Jacques Avenel |
1995 | Live at the Village Vanguard | Sound Hills | Quartet: Hilton Ruiz, Kelly Roberty, Pheeroan akLaff |
1996 | Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead | Astor Place | Octet: Hugh Ragin, James Zoller, Omar Kabir, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, Robert Irving III, Fred Hopkins, Renzell Meritt, Bob Weir |
1996 | Long Goodbye: A Tribute to Don Pullen | DIW | Quartet: D.D. Jackson, Santi Debriano, J.T. Lewis |
1996 | Fo Deuk Revue | Justin Time | Darryl Burgee, Ousseynou Diop, Assane Diop, Craig Harris, Robert Irving III, Abdou Karim Mané, Oumar Mboup, Hugh Ragin, Doudou N'Diaye Rose, Moussa Séné, El Hadji Gniancou Sembène, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and vocalists |
1997 | Valencia | Sound Hills | Duo with Aki Takase |
1997 | Creole | Justin Time | Michel Cilla, Max Cilla, Ray Drummond, Billy Jabali Hart, D.D. Jackson, Klod Kiavue, François Landreseau, Gérard Lockel, James Newton |
1997 | Speaking in Tongues | Justin Time | Fontella Bass, Hugh Ragin, Stanley Franks, Clarence 'Pookie' Jenkins, Ranzell Merritt, Jimane Nelson, Leopoldo F. Fleming |
1998 | Seasons | Pow Wow | Quartet: Roland Hanna, Richard Davis, Victor Lewis |
1999 | Octet Plays Trane | Justin Time | Octet: Rasul Siddick, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, Ravi Best, D. D. Jackson, Mark Johnson, Jaribu Shahid |
2000 | Like a Kiss that Never Ends | Justin Time | Power Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Andrew Cyrille |
2001 | Yonn-Dé | Justin Time | With the Gwo-Ka Masters: Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, Santi Debriano, Pheeroan akLaff, Klod Kiavue, François Landreseau, Guy Konket |
2001 Released 2008 |
Silence | Justin Time | Duo with Mal Waldron |
2001-02 | Now Is Another Time | Justin Time | Latin Big Band featuring Hamiet Bluiett, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris |
2002 | Waltz Again | Justin Time | Quartet: Lafayette Gilchrist, Jaribu Shahid, Hamid Drake and string section |
2004 | Gwotet | Justin Time | With Pharoah Sanders and the Gwo-Ka Masters: Carlos Sonduy Dimet, Alexander Brown, Elpidio Chappotin Delgado, Leonardo Alarcon, Angel Ballester Veliz, Moises Marquez Leyva, Klod Kiavue, Christian Laviso, Hervé Sambe, Jaribu Shahid, Hamid Drake |
2006 | Sacred Ground | Justin Time | Quartet: Lafayette Gilchrist, Ray Drummond, Andrew Cyrille and Cassandra Wilson |
2007 | Live in Berlin | Jazzwerkstatt | Black Saint Quartet: Lafayette Gilchrist, Jaribu Shahid, Hamid Drake |
2008 | Justin Time | With the Gwo-Ka Masters and Taj Mahal | |
2010 | Plays Nat King Cole en Español | Motéma | Cuban Ensemble with Daniel Melingo |
2012 | Be My Monster Love | Motéma | Infinity Quartet: Marc Cary, Jaribu Shahid, Nasheet Waits with Macy Gray, Gregory Porter, Bobby Bradford |
with the World Saxophone Quartet[]
- See main article: World Saxophone Quartet
Sideman[]
with James Blood Ulmer
- 1980: Are You Glad to Be in America? (Rough Trade/Artists House)
- 1980: Music Revelation Ensemble – No Wave (Moers Music)
- 1981: Free Lancing (Columbia)
- 1988: Music Revelation Ensemble (DIW)
- 1990: Music Revelation Ensemble – Elec. Jazz (DIW)
- 1991: Music Revelation Ensemble – After Dark (DIW)
with others
- 1975: Ted Daniel – In the Beginning ()
- 1976: Michael Gregory Jackson – Clarity ()
- 1979: Sunny Murray – Live at Moers Festival (Moers Music)
- 1980: Amiri Baraka – New Music New Poetry (India Navigation)
- 1980: Jack DeJohnette– Special Edition (ECM)
- 1981: Billy Bang – Outline No. 12 (OAO)
- 1984: Conjure (Kip Hanrahan) – Music for the Texts of Ishmael Reed ()
- 1984: Kip Hanrahan – Vertical's Currency (American Clavé)
- 1984: Jack DeJohnette– Album Album (ECM)
- 1984: Clarinet Summit – In Concert at the Public Theatre (India Navigation)
- 1987: Clarinet Summit – Southern Bells (Black Saint)
- 1987: McCoy Tyner – Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane (Impulse!)
- 1987: Kip Hanrahan – Days and Nights of Blue Luck Inverted (American Clavé)
- 1988: Conjure (Kip Hanrahan) – Cab Calloway Stands in for the Moon (American Clavé)
- 1989: Cold Sweat (Craig Harris) – Cold Sweat Plays J. B. (JMT)
- 1989: Ralph Peterson – Presents the Fo'tet (Blue Note)
- 1990: Bobby Battle Quartet with David Murray – The Offering (Mapleshade)
- 1990: The Bob Thiele Collective – Sunrise Sunset (Red Baron)
- 1991: Teresa Brewer – Softly I Sing (Red Baron)
- 1991: McCoy Tyner – 44th Street Suite (Red Baron)
- 1994: D.D. Jackson – Peace Song (Justin Time)
- 1995: Andrew Cyrille Quintet – Ode to the Living Tree (Venus)
- 1995: Steve Coleman and Five Elements – Curves of Life (Live at the Hot Brass)(Novus/BMG) featuring Murray on two tracks
- 1995: Jim Nolet – With You (KFW)
- 1995: Kansas City Soundtrack (Verve)
- 1995: Ozay – Antiquated Love (Sagen)
- 1996: Jon Jang Sextet – Two Flowers on a Stem (Soul Note)
- 1996: D. D. Jackson – Paired Down (Jusin Time)
- 2000: Kahil El'Zabar – One World Family (CIMP)
- 2002: Kahil El'Zabar – Love Outside of Dreams (Delmark)
- 2004: Kahil El'Zabar – We Is (Delmark)
- 2004: Balogh Kálmán (Fonó) Hungarian "Gipsy" cimbalom band featuring Murray
- 2004: James Carter – Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge (Warner Bros.)
- 2005: Henry Grimes – Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival with Hamid Drake
- 2009: (Jazzwerkstatt) with Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Paul Urbanek, Mingus Murray, Ranzell Merrit, David Murray
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