David Murray
Ballads For Bass Clarinet (LP)
LabelKo Ko MusicGenreJazz & Improvisation
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David Murray Quartet's 1993 Japan only CD release Ballads For Bass Clarinet (DIW/Disk Union) is issued for the first time on vinyl by Ko Ko Music. Comprising a couple of waltzes, a blues, a Monk-ish suite-like piece, a free-ish drums and clarinet interlude, and finally an elegy to civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer - David Murray leads on bass clarinet, managing to go both deep and soaringly high, it sometimes sounds like two different instruments are being played. But this is not a solo effort from David Murray: there is also plenty to listen from the other members of the group. The quartet is tight and the recording is superb, with a warm and intimate sound. Highly recommended.
David Murray: bass clarinet
John Hicks: piano
Ray Drummond: bass
Idris Muhammad: drums
Release notes
John Hicks appears courtesy of Concord Records; Ray Drummond appears courtesy of DMP Records. Recorded by Jim Anderson at Power Station, New York City, on October 14 and 15 1991.
| A1 | Waltz To Heaven | 9:36 | |
| A2 | New Life | 9:05 | |
| A3 | Chazz | 8:43 | |
| B1 | Portrait Of A Black Woman - For Mae Francis Owens | 11:39 | |
| B2 | Lyons Street | 3:21 | |
| B3 | Elegy For Fannie Lou | 9:46 |
- Ray Drummond
- Bass
- David Murray
- Bass Clarinet
- Sandhya Ellis
- Design
- Idris Muhammad
- Drums
- Todd Whitelock
- Engineer
- Disk Union
- Executive-Producer
- John Hicks
- Piano
- DIW
- Producer
- Kazunori Sugiyama
- Producer
- Jim Anderson
- Recorded By
- Dubplates & Mastering
- Remastered By
