20 September 2007

David Murray and Sunny Murray Quintet - Live 1975




This recording comes by way of a bit torrent (thanks to original seeder), originating from an FM recording WXPN FM Philadelphia Pa Aug 21 1975. I think this was one of only two sessions that this particular line-up gigged together, though of course the two Murrays have played together many times. Both are in fine form in this set, with David sounding sometimes like Ayler, sometimes like Sonny Rollins, sometimes like Trane. There is much sensitivity in the tracks as well as some good hard blowing. I particularly like the vibes work of Khan Jamal.

Line-up

david murray-tenor sax
sunny murray-drums
khan jamal-vibraphone
monnette sudler-e.guitar
sonny johnson-bass

track one.9:10
track two.8:45
track three.10:08
track four.12:33
track five.8:26
track six.7:47
track seven.7:20

Recording ripped at VBR quality 0. Links in comments.





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17 comments:

  1. Boromir20 September 2007 at 17:39:00 CEST

    Links

    Part 1

    massmirror.com/bab53e41213d2d5aab40ce4453f7f56b.html

    Part 2

    massmirror.com/45220d32d26d2825da6adddac50e507f.html

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  2. SOTISE20 September 2007 at 23:05:00 CEST

    boromir
    this is outstanding many thanks to you, interesting to hear such an early glimpse, of d.murray , that last track features sunny murrays tightest funkiest drumming ever.
    i was almost in shock, ive certainly never heard sunny play quite that way( a very now funk beat).

    monette sudler is intriguing, i read her mentioned in val wilmers " as serious as your life"
    many years before hearing her on any records, the records ive heard have been few.
    do you or perhaps glmlr, or anyone know anything more.

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  3. centrifuge21 September 2007 at 09:24:00 CEST

    nice one b :)

    missed this when it was on bigozine... i'll grab it this time!

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  4. Boromir21 September 2007 at 11:07:00 CEST

    sotise,

    I don't know much about her, but she's still very actively playing and has her own website
    http://www.monnettesudlermusic.com/

    An interesting quote from there:-

    "In November of 2007, Monnette reunites with Sunny Murray's "Change of the Century Orchestra" in Luxembourg, along with tenor saxophonist Odean Pope and vibraphonist Khan Jamal."
    Something to look forward to.

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  5. The Ghost of Jerry Reed21 September 2007 at 15:20:00 CEST

    great share! thank you thank you thank you!!!

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  6. Anonymous21 September 2007 at 21:35:00 CEST

    This is remarkable. I didn’t know the recording even existed. There’s a far less well mixed couple of tracks from an April 1975 Ted Daniel big band concert commercially available, but this must be Murray’s first recording as a leader. And it’s just terrific.

    If you’re interested in Murray’s work you might be interested in my posts at http://wallofsound.wordpress.com/david-murray/

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  7. charlie22 September 2007 at 08:12:00 CEST

    Anon, you wouldn't happen to know the track titles ?

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  8. Anonymous30 August 2008 at 20:10:00 CEST

    thank you!

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  9. Anonymous28 October 2008 at 09:17:00 CET

    The link is broken... i'm too late.
    Is this being re-uploaded? This looks
    amazing, and the comments just got
    my ears ready.....

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  10. oui19 March 2010 at 00:02:00 CET

    please... some new links (maybe on a better file sharing service) are expected for this one, defo...

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  11. francisco santos11 August 2016 at 10:22:00 CEST

    re post, please...
    THX!...

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  12. Anonymous13 August 2016 at 23:39:00 CEST

    Dear Boromir!
    Please repost! Thanks in advance!

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  13. unitstructure29 January 2017 at 14:09:00 CET

    Thanks for sharing this session.I enjoyed it very much.

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  14. Anonymous31 January 2017 at 17:21:00 CET

    I would be interested in Sunny Murray and David Murray Quintet - Live in 1975 but can not find the link.
    I would be grateful if it were a new link!
    Thanks in advance!

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  15. mew2311 February 2017 at 12:31:00 CET

    Alternate link - mp3 rip from BigO
    https://1fichier.com/?zh2rrzmudi

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  16. Anonymous11 February 2017 at 18:03:00 CET

    Fantastic! Thank you mew23!!!

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  17. Guitarradeplastico,scraping oddities12 November 2022 at 17:33:00 CET

    Many thanks

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