David Murray

About

David Murray (Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet) was born in Oakland, California in 1955. He grew up in Berkeley and studied with Catherine Murray (organist and David's mother), Bobby Bradford, Arthur Blythe, Stanley Crouch, Margaret Kohn and many others before he left Pomona College (Los Angeles) for New York where he moved in 1975. In New York he met and played with Cecil Taylor, who along with Dewey Redman gave the young musician the encouragement he needed.

Top Tracks

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   Circles

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   Red Car

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   Chant Africa

   1562 plays
4. 4

   Thilo

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5. 5

   Blue Muse

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6. 6

   Ming

   1271 plays
7. 7

   Abdoul Aziz Sy

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8. 8

   Waltz to Heaven

   1235 plays
9. 9

   Evidence

   1041 plays

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