David Murray

David Murray
saxophone tenor, alto, clarinet bass, flute
Oakland, Kalifornia, AS, 19 Februari, 1955

Peniup saxophone asal Amerika, yang sejak tahun '70an aktif berkarya hingga saat ini. Beragam format musik pernah ia coba. Awal Maret ini David Murray akan tampil 2 (dua) malam di Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival.

:: Photo David Murray by Codazzi Danilo
Pendidikan dasar perihal harmoni dalam musik ia peroleh dari sang ibu, yang juga seorang pianis di sebuah Gereja pantekosta. Mulai bermain saxophone sejak usia 9 tahun, dan tertarik dengan musik r&b saat ia berusia 12 tahun. Pelajaran formalnya ia peroleh dari Pamona College di Los Angeles, bersama Stanley Crouch dan pianis Margaret Kohn selama dua tahun.

Awalnya orang banyak mengenal Murray sebagai seorang pemusik yang banyak berkiprah di dunia musik jazz. Albert Ayler dan Archie Shepp merupakan dua pemusik free jazz yang banyak mempengaruhi warna musiknya. Namun dengan berjalannya waktu, warna musiknya mulai meluas hingga akhirnya memainkan juga post bop.


Berbeda dengan peniup saxophone dunia lainnya, ia dengan sengaja mencoba untuk tidak terpengaruh oleh peniup saxophone besar John Coltrane. Para peniup saxophone yang ia lebih coba pelajari dan dalami justru adalah para peniup saxophone dari era mainstream seperti; Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster dan Paul Gonsalves. Walau bukan berarti ia tidak menyukai Coltrane. Ini terbukti dari salah satu proyek rekamannya Octet Plays Trane, sebuah tribute untuk John Coltrane pada tahun 1999.

Tahun 1975 ia hijrah ke kota New York dan langsung memimpin grupnya sendiri, dan secara berkala bermain di benua Eropa, sekaligus mulai mengeluarkan album-album rekamannya. Akhir tahun '70an ia tercatat bermain dalam Music Revelation Ensemble'nya James Blood Ulmer, sebuah grrup beraliran free funk harmolodic, juga dalam Jack DeJohnette Special Edition dan di Wold Saxophone Quartet, kelompok terakhir ini adalah kelompok yang ia dirikan bersama Oliver Lake, Julius Hemphill dan Hamiet Bluiett.

Dalam riwayat rekamannya ia tercatat sempat bermain dalam album-albumnya Henry Threadgill, James Blood Ulmer, Olu Dara, Tani Tabbal, Butch Morris, Donal Fox, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Ed Blackwell, Johnny Dyani, dan Steve McCall.

Tehnik sirkulasi nafas yang dikuasainya mampu menghasilkan suatu tiupan saxophone sangat panjang yang mengagumkan. Dan ini mungkin merupakan salahsatu daya tarik penampilannya.

D I S K O G R A F I :

Dalam Beragam Format
David Murray Format Solo
- Conceptual Saxophone (Cadillac, 1978)
- Sur-real Saxophone (Horo, 1978)
- Organic Saxophone (Palm, 1978)
- Solo Live (Cecma, 1980)

David Murray Format Duo
- Solomons Sons (Circle Records (Germany), 1976) bersama James Newton
- Sketches of Tokyo (DIW, 1985) bersama John Hicks
- In Our Style (DIW, 1986) bersama Jack DeJohnette
- The Healers (Black Saint, 1987) bersama Randy Weston
- Golden Sea (Sound Aspects, 1989) bersama Kahil El'Zabar
- Daybreak (Gazell, 1989) bersama Dave Burrell
- In Concert (Victo, 1991) bersama Dave Burrell
- Real Deal (DIW, 1991) bersama Milford Graves
- Ugly Beauty (Evidence, 1993) bersama Donal Fox
- Windward Passages (Black Saint, 1993) bersama Dave Burrell
- Blue Monk (Enja, 1995) bersama Aki Takase
- Valencia (Sound Hills, 1997) bersama Aki Takase
- We Is: Live at the Bop Shop (Delmark, 2000) bersama Kahil El'Zabar
David Murray Trio
- Low Class Conspiracy (Adelphi, 1976)
- Live at Peace Church (Danola, 1976)
- 3D Family (Hat Hut, 1978)
- Sweet Lovely (Black Saint, 1980)
- The Hill (Black Saint, 1986)
- Acoustic Octfunk (Sound Hills, 1993)

David Murray Quartet
- Flowers for Albert: The Complete Concert (India Navigation, 1976)
- Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club (India Navigation, 1978)
- Let the Music Take You (Marge, 1978)
- Last of the Hipmen (Red, 1978)
- Interboogieology (Black Saint, 1978)
- Morning Song (Black Saint, 1983)
- I Want to Talk About You (Black Saint, 1986).
- Recording N.Y.C. 1986 (DIW, 1986)
- The People's Choice (Cecma, 1987)
- Ballads (DIW, 1988)
- Deep River (DIW, 1988)
- Spirituals (DIW, 1988)
- Ming's Samba (Portrait/CBS, 1988)
- Lovers (DIW, 1988)
- Tenors (DIW, 1988)
- Lucky Four (Tutu, 1988)
- Special Quartet (DIW/Columbia, 1990)
- Shakill's Warrior (DIW/Columbia, 1991)
- Fast Life (DIW/Columbia, 1991)
- Ballads for Bass Clarinet (DIW, 1991)
- A Sanctuary Within (Black Saint, 1991)
- Body and Soul (Black Saint, 1993)
- Jazzosaurus Rex (Red Baron, 1993)
- Saxmen (Red Baron/Sony, 1993)
- For Aunt Louise (DIW, 1993)
- Love and Sorrow (DIW, 1993)
- Shakill's II (DIW, 1993)
- Flowers Around Cleveland (Bleu Regard, 1995)
- Long Goodbye: A Tribute to Don Pullen (DIW, 1996)
- Seasons (Pow Wow, 1999)
- Like a Kiss that Never Ends (Justin Time, 2001)
- Sacred Ground (Justin Time, 2007)
- Live in Berlin (2008)
David Murray Quintet
- Penthouse Jazz (Circle, 1977) - one track reissued as part of Flowers for Albert (West Wind)
- Holy Siege on Intrigue (Circle, 1977) - reissued as part of Flowers for Albert (West Wind)
- The London Concert (Cadillac, 1978) - Children (Black Saint, 1984)
- Remembrances (DIW, 1990)
- David Murray/James Newton Quintet (DIW, 1991)
- Black & Black (Red Baron, 1991)
- Death of a Sideman (DIW, 1991)
- MX (Red Baron/Sony, 1992)
- David Murray Quintet (DIW, 1994)

David Murray Octet
- Ming (Black Saint, 1980)
- Home (Black Saint, 1981)
- Murray's Steps (Black Saint, 1982)
- New Life (Black Saint, 1985)
- Hope Scope (Black Saint, 1987)
- Picasso (DIW, 1992)
- Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead (Astor Place, 1996)
- Octet Plays Trane (Justin Time, 1999)
David Murray Big Band
- Live at Sweet Basil Volume 1 (Black Saint, 1984)
- Live at Sweet Basil Volume 2 (Black Saint, 1984)
- David Murray Big Band (DIW/Columbia, 1991)
- South of the Border (DIW, 1993)
- Now is Another Time (Justin Time, 2003)

David Murray
- The Jazzpar Prize (Enja, 1991) with Pierre Dørge's New Jungle Orchestra
- The Tip (DIW, 1994)
- Jug-A-Lug (DIW, 1994)
- Fo Deuk Revue (Justin Time, 1996)
- Creole (Justin Time, 1997)
- Speaking in Tongues (Justin Time, 1997)
- & The Gwo Ka Masters feat. Guy Konket & Klod KiavueYonn-Dé (Justin Time, 2001)
- & The Gwo Ka Masters feat. Pharoah Sanders - Gwotet (Justin Time, 2003)
- & The Gwo Ka Masters feat. Taj Mahal - The Devil Tried To Kill Me

b/the World Saxophone Quartet- Point of No Return (Moers Music, 1977)
- Steppin' with the World Saxophone Quartet (Black Saint, 1979)
- W.S.Q. (Black Saint, 1981)
- Revue (Black Saint, 1982)
- Live in Zurich (Black Saint, 1984)
- Live at Brooklyn Academy of Music (Black Saint, 1986)
- Plays Duke Ellington (Nonescuch, 1986)
- Dances and Ballads (Nonescuch, 1987)
- Rhythm and Blues (Elektra/Musician, 1989)
- Metamorphosis(Nonescuch, 1991)
- Moving Right Along (Black Saint, 1993)
- Breath of Life (Nonescuch, 1994)
- Four Now (Justin Time, 1996).
- Takin' It 2 the Next Level (Justin Time, 1996).
- Selim Sivad: a Tribute to Miles Davis(Justin Time, 1998).
- Requiem for Julius(Justin Time, 2000).
- 25th Anniversary: The New Chapter(Justin Time, 2001).
- Steppenwolf (Justin Time, 2002).
- Experience(Justin Time, 2004).
- Political Blues(Justin Time, 2006).

b/the Clarinet Summit
- In Concert at the Public Theatre (India Navigation, 1984)
- Southern Bells (Black Saint, 1987)

b/the Music Revelation Ensemble
- No Wave (Moers, 1987)
- Music Revelation Ensemble (DIW, 1988)
- Elec. Jazz (DIW, 1990)
- After Dark (DIW, 1991)

b/Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition
- Special Edition (ECM, 1980)
- Album Album (ECM, 1984)

SEBAGAI PEMUSIK PENDAMPING:
- Ted Daniel - In the Beginning (Altura Music, 1975)
- Michael Gregory Jackson - Clarity (Bija, 1976)
- Sunny Murray - Live at Moers Festival (Moers Music, 1979)
- James Blood Ulmer - Are You Glad to be in America? (Artists House, 1980)
- Amiri Baraka - New Music New Poetry (India Navigation, 1980)
- James Blood Ulmer - Freelancing (CBS, 1981)
- Billy Bang - Outline No. 12 (OAO, 1981)
- Conjure - Music for the Texts of Ishmael Reed (American Clave, 1983)
- McCoy Tyner - Blues for Coltrane (Impulse!, 1987)
- Cold Sweat - Cold Sweat Plays J.B. (JMT, 1989)
- Ralph Peterson - Presents the Fo'tet (Blue Note, 1989)
- Bobby Battle Quartet with David Murray - The Offering (Mapleshade, 1990)
- The Bob Thiele Collective - Sunrise Sunset (Red Baron, 1990)
- Teresa Brewer - Softly I Sing (Red Baron, 1991)
- McCoy Tyner - 44th Street Suite (Red Baron, 1991)
- D.D. Jackson - Peace Song (Justin Time, 1994)
- African Love Supreme - Ode to the Living Tree(Venus, 1995)
- Jim Nolet - With You (KFW, 1995)
- Kansas City Soundtrack (Verve, 1995)
- Ozay - Antiquated Love (Sagen, 1995)
- Jon Jang Sextet - Two Flowers on a Stem (Soul Note, 1996)
- D. D. Jackson - Paired Down (Jusin Time, 1996)


Sumber: JAZZ; The Rough Guide, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Wikipedia.com, dll.

:: Dwi Cahya Yuniman