Great American Black music! Long live! First time for me to listen to David Murray. He’s mentioned a few times in a great book about the AACM: A Power Stronger than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music by the trombonist and composer George E. Lewis
One of the BEST jazz albums Ever!!!! Olu Dara on trumpet, Fred Hopkins on bass and Phillip Wilson on drums - can't get any better than that! David has become a major force in jazz since then, but here I think he's at his finest - straight from the gut....love it!
archimboldo I totally agree! For me, since the 70's, one of the most beautiful albums of this kind of music I have ever heard. I have a valued copy on LP of just 4 of these tracks, but it is a real gift to hear the whole performance!!
+bob lepper By "this kind of music" I refer loosely to what is referred to, equally loosely, as "avant-garde jazz" or "new thing". Other records I personally find beautiful include many, if not ALL, of the Atlantic recordings of Ornette Coleman, the ESP recordings of Albert Ayler, the Blue Note and Enja recordings of Cecil Taylor, the Cadillac solo recordings of David Murray, PLUS The London Concert, the Black Saint recordings of Lester Bowie, David Murray and Frank Lowe, the India Navigation recordings of Lester Bowie, Chico Freeman and Cecil McBee. My second favourite album after this "Flowers for Albert"" - Complete Concert" album is Bill Dixons "Intents and Purposes". Another brilliant album for me is Bill Dixon's "Tapestries for Small Orchestra". There are many more "brilliant" (in my opinion) albums. These, FOR ME, are just few. But David Murray's "Flowers for Albert" is probably my most loved and most "brilliant" album of them all. Just my own taste, that's all.
He embodies the whole jazz tradition up to free playing with all its varieties with this incredibly good quartet. this disc is a star hour of free music
This quartet was the quartet of Murrays' first European concert in Amsterdam in 1976. Age 21. It was so impressive that an extra concert was scheduled for the next day. My brother gave me a phone, that I should not miss it. And so it happened. Not only Murray playing the tenor the way I immediately liked (except for some too out of tone notes), but also drummer Philip Wilson. I've never heard a drummer playing so 'silent'.
*Track Listing* 1 Flowers for Albert [00:00:01] [14:18] 2 Santa Barbara and Crenshaw Follies [00:14:19] [15:53] 3 Joanne's Green Satin Dress [00:30:13] [12:56] 4 After All This [00:43:10] [13:59] 5 Roscoe [00:57:10] [9:05] 6 The Hill [01: 06:16] [17:55] 7 Ballad for a Decomposed Beauty [01:24:12] [9:18]
At this point Murray was forging a whole new vocabulary for the tenor: overtones, whispered notes, growls, harmonics into a seemless line. It was daring, innovative and more focused than Ayler, but where could you go after Parker/Coltrane? Yes, some of Murray's notes are 'rubbery,' but that makes it even more personal. God he gave up on this style way too quickly. I am sure it did not have 'mass' appeal. Now all the young tenor players sound just like like collage clones, very technical, but not a whole lot of originality in approach. The alto is slightly more mutable.
Agreed! First time I heard this album I fell in love and was horrified to find he hadnt explored it deeper into the rest of his career. Couldn't find another album like this in his ouvre .... Really a masterpiece
concordo il tuo commento su pino scotto, ha anche rotto le scatole questa altezzosita con cui metallari e rockettari guardano gli altri generi e vale per gli stessi ex comunistelli da lotta continua fissati con l'impegno, parliamo comunque di generi popolari senza accezione negativa eh percio anche le classiche distinzioni alto basso o colta non colta non hanno senso, non parliamo di jazz e classica. Oltre al fatto che per questi il rock è il parametro di tutto, l'altro giorno parlavo con uno di luther vandross e lui mi diceva che è meglio robert plant perche non ha mai visto vandross cantare i rolling stones, capisci a che livello sono messi
IMO David Murray is very overrated player,I've caught him live and on records since the early 80's. His Paul Gonsalves tribute concert in Boston 20 years ago was a joke. His abililites certainly don't merit him having one of the largest recorded outputs of any Jazz artist of the last couple of decades. A media darling early on when over-hyping new young saxophonists as the 2nd coming of Trane was commonplace. As a player he is not even close a Gary Thomas, Branford, Potter. When the critics would place a Chico Freeman or Murray above a Brecker in the Down Beat polls I'd just sit back and say WHAT!!!
That's a Hot Take; blazing in fact. The one knock on Michael Brecker has always been that, for all of his technique and precision, he lacked emotional content.
_Track Listing_ 1 Flowers for Albert [00:00:01] [14:18] 2 Santa Barbara and Crenshaw Follies [00:14:19] [15:53] 3 Joanne's Green Satin Dress [00:30:13] [12:56] 4 After All This [00:43:10] [13:59] 5 Roscoe [00:57:10] [9:05] 6 The Hill [01: 06:16] [17:55] 7 Ballad for a Decomposed Beauty [01:24:12] [9:18]
Track Listing 1 Flowers for Albert [00:00:01] [14:18] 2 Santa Barbara and Crenshaw Follies [00:14:19] [15:53] 3 Joanne's Green Satin Dress [00:30:13] [12:56] 4 After All This [00:43:10] [13:59] 5 Roscoe [00:57:10] [9:05] 6 The Hill [01:06:16] [17:55] 7 Ballad for a Decomposed Beauty [01:24:12] [9:18]
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Great American Black music! Long live! First time for me to listen to David Murray. He’s mentioned a few times in a great book about the AACM: A Power Stronger than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music by the trombonist and composer George E. Lewis
Great black music
Great black music!
A wonderful book
This is by far my favorite jazz album and one of my favorite albums of all time
One of the BEST jazz albums Ever!!!!
Olu Dara on trumpet, Fred Hopkins on bass and Phillip Wilson on drums - can't get any better than that! David has become a major force in jazz since then, but here I think he's at his finest - straight from the gut....love it!
archimboldo I totally agree! For me, since the 70's, one of the most beautiful albums of this kind of music I have ever heard. I have a valued copy on LP of just 4 of these tracks, but it is a real gift to hear the whole performance!!
Give examples of what to you are great jazz albums
+bob lepper By "this kind of music" I refer loosely to what is referred to, equally loosely, as "avant-garde jazz" or "new thing". Other records I personally find beautiful include many, if not ALL, of the Atlantic recordings of Ornette Coleman, the ESP recordings of Albert Ayler, the Blue Note and Enja recordings of Cecil Taylor, the Cadillac solo recordings of David Murray, PLUS The London Concert, the Black Saint recordings of Lester Bowie, David Murray and Frank Lowe, the India Navigation recordings of Lester Bowie, Chico Freeman and Cecil McBee. My second favourite album after this "Flowers for Albert"" - Complete Concert" album is Bill Dixons "Intents and Purposes". Another brilliant album for me is Bill Dixon's "Tapestries for Small Orchestra". There are many more "brilliant" (in my opinion) albums. These, FOR ME, are just few. But David Murray's "Flowers for Albert" is probably my most loved and most "brilliant" album of them all. Just my own taste, that's all.
archimboldo
@@petegage Sam Rivers "Crystals" and Hamiet Bluiett "SOS" are right up there too!
He embodies the whole jazz tradition up to free playing with all its varieties with this incredibly good quartet. this disc is a star hour of free music
Thank you!
This era of David Murray's playing is some of my favorite music.
We saw him last night at South in Philly. Phenomenal!
Che Sun Ra lo illumini!!!
bellissimo stupendo grazie
This quartet was the quartet of Murrays' first European concert in Amsterdam in 1976. Age 21. It was so impressive that an extra concert was scheduled for the next day. My brother gave me a phone, that I should not miss it. And so it happened. Not only Murray playing the tenor the way I immediately liked (except for some too out of tone notes), but also drummer Philip Wilson. I've never heard a drummer playing so 'silent'.
Philip Wilson used to play for The Paul Butterfield Blues Band. I have always loved this album
@@uncasist and you can See it in the Woodstock Movie. David Sanborn playd Altodaxophone. Phillip Wilson was a superb Drummer.
Quite profound and appreciated!
Albert Ayler RIP
PERSONNEL (courtesy of Wikipedia, where everything is 💯:)
David Murray - tenor saxophone
Olu Dara - trumpet
Fred Hopkins - bass
Phillip Wilson - drums
Flower Magick.
Grandissimo. Ho il disco. Uno dei piu' bei album
Rip David
He's still alive! I just saw him perform the other night with Kahil El Zabar
Scusate David e
':: vivo e vegeto grandissimp
*Track Listing*
1 Flowers for Albert [00:00:01] [14:18]
2 Santa Barbara and Crenshaw Follies [00:14:19] [15:53]
3 Joanne's Green Satin Dress [00:30:13] [12:56]
4 After All This [00:43:10] [13:59]
5 Roscoe [00:57:10] [9:05]
6 The Hill [01: 06:16] [17:55]
7 Ballad for a Decomposed Beauty [01:24:12] [9:18]
epic
are you a bot?
many many thks for this upload . best from TheSmack77 arts a/v channel. REAL jazz forever. any David S Ware ?
La ostia en verso.
Up the irons lml
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müthiş!
@18:20
At this point Murray was forging a whole new vocabulary for the tenor: overtones, whispered notes, growls, harmonics into a seemless line. It was daring, innovative and more focused than Ayler, but where could you go after Parker/Coltrane? Yes, some of Murray's notes are 'rubbery,' but that makes it even more personal. God he gave up on this style way too quickly. I am sure it did not have 'mass' appeal. Now all the young tenor players sound just like like collage clones, very technical, but not a whole lot of originality in approach. The alto is slightly more mutable.
Agreed! First time I heard this album I fell in love and was horrified to find he hadnt explored it deeper into the rest of his career. Couldn't find another album like this in his ouvre .... Really a masterpiece
concordo il tuo commento su pino scotto, ha anche rotto le scatole questa altezzosita con cui metallari e rockettari guardano gli altri generi e vale per gli stessi ex comunistelli da lotta continua fissati con l'impegno, parliamo comunque di generi popolari senza accezione negativa eh percio anche le classiche distinzioni alto basso o colta non colta non hanno senso, non parliamo di jazz e classica. Oltre al fatto che per questi il rock è il parametro di tutto, l'altro giorno parlavo con uno di luther vandross e lui mi diceva che è meglio robert plant perche non ha mai visto vandross cantare i rolling stones, capisci a che livello sono messi
es tan malo que es bueno
IMO David Murray is very overrated player,I've caught him live and on records since the early 80's. His Paul Gonsalves tribute concert in Boston 20 years ago was a joke. His abililites certainly don't merit him having one of the largest recorded outputs of any Jazz artist of the last couple of decades. A media darling early on when over-hyping new young saxophonists as the 2nd coming of Trane was commonplace. As a player he is not even close a Gary Thomas, Branford, Potter. When the critics would place a Chico Freeman or Murray above a Brecker in the Down Beat polls I'd just sit back and say WHAT!!!
That's a Hot Take; blazing in fact.
The one knock on Michael Brecker has always been that, for all of his technique and precision, he lacked emotional content.
Did you actually listen to what he is doing here? Don't think so.........
_Track Listing_
1 Flowers for Albert [00:00:01] [14:18]
2 Santa Barbara and Crenshaw Follies [00:14:19] [15:53]
3 Joanne's Green Satin Dress [00:30:13] [12:56]
4 After All This [00:43:10] [13:59]
5 Roscoe [00:57:10] [9:05]
6 The Hill [01: 06:16] [17:55]
7 Ballad for a Decomposed Beauty [01:24:12] [9:18]
Track Listing
1 Flowers for Albert [00:00:01] [14:18]
2 Santa Barbara and Crenshaw Follies [00:14:19] [15:53]
3 Joanne's Green Satin Dress [00:30:13] [12:56]
4 After All This [00:43:10] [13:59]
5 Roscoe [00:57:10] [9:05]
6 The Hill [01:06:16] [17:55]
7 Ballad for a Decomposed Beauty [01:24:12] [9:18]
Thank you!