For Aunt Louise
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For Aunt Louise is an album by David Murray
which was released on the Japanese DIW label. Recorded in 1993 and released in 1995 the album features performances by Murray, John Hicks
, Fred Hopkins
, and Idris Mohammad.
David Murray (jazz musician)
David Murray is an American jazz musician. Murray plays mainly tenor saxophone and sometimes bass clarinet. He has recorded prolifically for many record labels since the mid-1970s.-Biography:...
which was released on the Japanese DIW label. Recorded in 1993 and released in 1995 the album features performances by Murray, John Hicks
John Hicks (jazz pianist)
John Josephus Hicks, Jr. was an American jazz pianist and composer, active in the New York and the international jazz scene from the mid-1960s.-Biography:...
, Fred Hopkins
Fred Hopkins
Fred Hopkins was a Chicago double bassist who played a major role in the development of the avant-garde jazz movement. He was a member of the avant garde jazz trio Air and David Murray's Low Class Conspiracy; he frequently worked with the cellist Diedre Murray...
, and Idris Mohammad.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 3 stars stating "While Murray still produces exciting flashes of furious free jazz tenor, he reins in his avant garde leanings, playing in an overall melodic yet bluesy style.".Track listing
- "Fantasy Rainbow" - 10:42
- "Hicks' Time (Hicks) - 10:04
- "Asiatic Raes" (DorhamKenny DorhamMcKinley Howard Dorham was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer born in Fairfield, Texas. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention from the jazz establishment that many of his peers did...
) - 7:38 - "Fishin' and Missin' You - For Aunt Louise" - 8:11
- "Boogie Real Slow" (Traditional) - 7:44
- "Autumn of the Patriach - For Fred Hackett" - 8:55
- "Concion de Amour en Espanol" (SmithBrian SmithBrian Smith is the name of:*Brian Smith , American sports and celebrity photographer*Brian Smith , former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates...
) - 12:11
- All compositions by David Murray except as indicated
- Recorded September 14–17, 1993 at Sound on Sound, NYC
Personnel
- David MurrayDavid Murray (jazz musician)David Murray is an American jazz musician. Murray plays mainly tenor saxophone and sometimes bass clarinet. He has recorded prolifically for many record labels since the mid-1970s.-Biography:...
- tenor saxophone, bass clarinet - John HicksJohn Hicks (jazz pianist)John Josephus Hicks, Jr. was an American jazz pianist and composer, active in the New York and the international jazz scene from the mid-1960s.-Biography:...
- piano - Fred HopkinsFred HopkinsFred Hopkins was a Chicago double bassist who played a major role in the development of the avant-garde jazz movement. He was a member of the avant garde jazz trio Air and David Murray's Low Class Conspiracy; he frequently worked with the cellist Diedre Murray...
- bass - Idris Mohammad - drums