Lovers (David Murray album)
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Lovers is an album by David Murray
released on the Japanese DIW label. It was released in 1988 and features six quartet performances by Murray with Fred Hopkins
, Dave Burrell
and Ralph Peterson Jr..
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:...
released on the Japanese DIW label. It was released in 1988 and features six quartet performances by Murray with 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...
, Dave Burrell
Dave Burrell
Davis Burrell is an American jazz instrumentalist, most notably on the piano. He has worked for many jazz musicians including Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, Marion Brown and David Murray.- Biography :...
and Ralph Peterson Jr..
Track listing
- "Teardrops for Jimmy (Dedicated to Jimmy Garrison)" (Burrell) - 7:57
- "Lovers" - 7:40
- "In a Sentimental Mood" (EllingtonDuke EllingtonEdward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
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) - 8:49 - "Ming" - 9:48
- "Water Colors" (Peterson) - 6:47
- "Nalungo (For Nalungo Mwanga)" (Mwanga) - 7:49
- All compositions by David Murray except as indicated
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 - Dave BurrellDave BurrellDavis Burrell is an American jazz instrumentalist, most notably on the piano. He has worked for many jazz musicians including Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, Marion Brown and David Murray.- 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 - Ralph Peterson Jr. - drums