Shakill's Warrior is an album by David Murray

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 DIW/Columbia label. It was released in 1991 and features eight quartet performances by Murray with Stanley Franks

Stanley Franks

Stanley Franks is a defensive back for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. Franks signed as a free agent to the Lions practice roster on October 27, 2009. Prior to the 2010 season, Franks won the job as starting defensive halfback. Prior to his time with the Lions, he played for the af2...

, Don Pullen

Don Pullen

Don Pullen was an American jazz pianist and organist. Pullen developed a strikingly individual style throughout his career. He composed masterworks ranging from blues to bebop and modern jazz...

, and Andrew Cyrille

Andrew Cyrille

Andrew Charles Cyrille is an avant-garde jazz drummer.Cyrille was born in Brooklyn, New York into a family with a mother from Haiti. He began studying science at St...

.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow is an American jazz commentator, known for many contributions to the Allmusic website, for writing ten books on jazz and for reviewing jazz recordings for over 30 years.-Biography:...

 awarded the album 4 stars stating "The music, with the exception of some typical Murray outbursts into the extreme upper register, is generally respectful and soulful, one of Murray's mellower efforts.".

Track listing

1. "Blues For Savannah" (Murray)- 7:26
2. "Song From The Old Country" (Pullen) - 7:01
3. "High Priest" (Cyrille) - 11:59
4. "In The Spirit" (Pullen) 9:49
5. "Shakill's Warrior" (Murray) - 8:37
6. "At The Cafe Central" (Pullen) 10:52
7. "Black February (Morris
   Butch Morris
   Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris is an American jazz cornetist, composer and conductor.-Biography:Before his musical career, Morris served in Vietnam during the Vietnam War....
   
   ) - 0:53
8. "Milano Strut" (Pullen) - 8:17

Recorded March 1 & 2, 1991 at Sound On Sound, NYC

Personnel

• David Murray
  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:...
  
   - tenor saxophone
• Don Pullen
  Don Pullen
  Don Pullen was an American jazz pianist and organist. Pullen developed a strikingly individual style throughout his career. He composed masterworks ranging from blues to bebop and modern jazz...
  
   - organ
• Stanley Franks
  Stanley Franks
  Stanley Franks is a defensive back for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. Franks signed as a free agent to the Lions practice roster on October 27, 2009. Prior to the 2010 season, Franks won the job as starting defensive halfback. Prior to his time with the Lions, he played for the af2...
  
   - guitar
• Andrew Cyrille
  Andrew Cyrille
  Andrew Charles Cyrille is an avant-garde jazz drummer.Cyrille was born in Brooklyn, New York into a family with a mother from Haiti. He began studying science at St...
  
  - drums