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Released: Jan 1, 1964

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When the Saints
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Genre: Afro-beat / Experimental / Jazz
Location Paris, France, Pennsylvania, US
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Last Login: 3/13/2011
Member Since 1/14/2007
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.. Sunny Murray was one of the early avant-garde's most inventive and influential drummers, doing a great deal to establish the role of the drums in free improvisation. Although Murray could swing as hard as anyone, he often abandoned the drums' traditional timekeeping role. Instead of playing a steady beat, he might punctuate and color behind the soloist's lines, or engage in dialogues with the rest of the ensemble, commenting and conversing with an open-ear sense of give and take... .. Born James Marcellus Arthur Murray in Idabel, OK, Sunny began drumming at age nine and moved to New York in 1956. At first, he played with traditional artists like Red Allen and Willie "The Lion" Smith, but he soon branched out into more adventurous territory with Jackie McLean and Ted Curson. His big break, however, came when he joined Cecil Taylor's group in 1959, which allowed him to improvise at a far more advanced level. While touring Europe with Taylor, Murray met Albert Ayler, and wound up joining his band in 1964; through 1967, Murray appeared on most of the saxophonist's greatest free jazz sessions. He also worked with Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, and John Tchicai, and made his first albums as a leader with 1965's Sunny's Time Now (for Jihad) and 1966's Sunny Murray Quintet (for the seminal ESP), the latter of which helped him win Down Beat's New Star award. .... In 1968, Murray traveled to France, where he played with Archie Shepp and recorded as a leader for Affinity and BYG Actuel; returning to the U.S. in 1971, Murray settled in Philadelphia and formed a group called the Untouchable Factor, which he led off and on through varying lineups. He led a fine quintet in the late '70s and '80s, and surfaced on several dates during the '90s. .. .. .. .. .. ....DISCOGRAPHY.... .. .. .. .. ....Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers/Sonny Murray Quartet-1968.. ..Sunny Murray Shandar.. ..Sunny Murray-Big Chief.. ..Archie Shepp-Live at the Panafrican Festival.. ..Archie Shepp-Yasmina, A Black Woman.. ..Dave Burrell-Echo.. ..Sunny Murray-Hommage To Africa.. ..Sunny Murray-Sunshine.. ..Various Artists-History of Jazz Vol. 10.. .... Clifford Thornton-Ketchaoua.. ..Archie Shepp-Black Gipsy.. ..Archie Shepp-Pitchin Can.. ..Sunny Murray-An Even Break (Never Give A Sucker).. ..Francois Tusques-Intercommunal Music.. ..Gunter Hampel And His Galaxie Dream Band-Journey To The Song Within.. ..Cecil Taylor Unit Core Ensemble.. ..Various Artists-New American Music Volume 1-New York Section/Composers of the 1970's.. ..Various Artists-Wildflowers 1.. ..Various Artists-Wildflowers 5.. ..Sunny Murray/The Untouchable Factor-Charred Earth.. ..Sunny Murray's Untouchable Factor-Apple Cores.. ..Sunny Murray Quintet-Aigu-Grave.. ..Sunny Murray Trio-Live At Moers-Festival.. ..Fall/Favors/Murray-African Magic.. ..Burton Greene/Alan Silva/Sunny Murray-Firmanence.. ..Maslak/Dikker/Miller/Murray-Mayhem In Our Streets.. ..Cecil Taylor-It Is In The Brewing Luminous.. ..Jimmy Lyons/Sunny Murray-Jump Up/What To Do About.. ..Kenny Millions-No Money No Honey.. ..Keshavan Maslak-Loved By Millions.. ..David Eyges-Crossroads.. ..Billy Bang-Outline No. 12.. ..Schlippenbach & Murray-Smoke.. ..Nelly Pouget-Le Dire.. ..October Meeting 1991-Anatomy of a Meeting.. ..Cecil Taylor Unit (private recording) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....Ric Colbeck Pixie .. ..Sunny Murray Acoustical Swing Quintet.. ..Sunny Murray unissued studio session.. ..Sunny Murray-Spiritual Infinity.. ..Dave Burrell-High.. .... Drum Workshop BBC-TV recording.. ..Drum Workshop Radio broadcast).. ..Drum Workshop private recording.. ..David Murray-Recording NYC. 1986.. ..David Murray-Recording NYC. 1986.. ..Sunny Murray Quartet-Indelicacy.. ..Khan Jamal-Infinity.. ..Sunny Murray/Khan Jamal/Romulus-Change of the Century Orchestra.. ..Khan Jamal-Speak Easy.. ..Sunny Murray & R.A.U.-Illumination.. ..Aki Takase-Clapping Music.. ..The Reform Art Unit featuring Sunny Murray-Subway Performances.. ..Charles Gayle w/ Sunny Murray & William Parker-Kingdom Come.. ..Walter Malli-Geh' langsam durch die alten Gass'n.. ..Sunny Murray & R.A.U.-Illumination.. ..Sunny Murray/Bob Dickie/Robert Andreano-Homework.. ..Arthur Doyle/Sunny Murray-Live at Glenn Miller Caf?.. ..Itaru Oki-Paris-Ohra?.. ..Tsahar/Kowald/Murray-MA: Live at Fundacio Juan Miro.. ..Sunny Murray/John Edwards/Tony Bevan-Home Cooking in the UK.. ..Cecil Taylor-Cell Walk for Celeste.. ..The Gil Evans Orchestra-Into The Hot.. ..Cecil Taylor Jazz Unit-The Early Unit 1962.. ..Albert Ayler-Holy Ghost.. ..Cecil Taylor-Live At The Cafe Montmartre.. ..Cecil Taylor-Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come.. ..John Tchicai (private recording).. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....Albert Ayler Berlin.. ..Albert Ayler Quartet-The Hilversum Session.. ..Various Artists-The New Wave In Jazz.. ..Albert Ayler Quintet-Bells.. ..Albert Ayler Quintet-Spirits Rejoice.. ..Sunny Murray-Sonny's Time Now.. ..Sunny Murray.. ..Albert Ayler Trio-Spiritual Unity.. ..Albert Ayler-New York Eye And Ear Control.. ..Albert Ayler Trio/Quartet.. ..Albert Ayler-The Copenhagen Tapes.. ..Albert Ayler-Ghosts.. ..The Contemporary Jazz Quartet featuring Sunny Murray-Action.. ..Sunny Murray Duo.. ..Perles Noires, Vol. 1 .. ..Perles Noires, Vol. 2 .. ..David Murray-A Sanctuary Within.. ..Sunny Murray Trio-13# Steps on Glass.. ..Sunny Murray Duo featuring Charles Gayle-Illuminators.. ..The Reform Art Unit-For John Coltrane and Pablo Picasso.. ..Christian Brazier-Peregrinations.. ..Interview with Sunny Murray-Birth of a Movement: The Avant Garde Movement in Jazz.. ..Alexander von Schlippenbach-Schlippenbach Plays Monk.. ..Archie Shepp-St. Louis Blues.. ..Sunny Murray/Sabir Mateen-We Are Not At The Opera.. ..Arthur Doyle/Sunny Murray-Dawn of a New Vibration.. ..Tchangodei-Perfekte Leere -> LIEBE.. ..Telectu-Quartetos.. .... Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp And The New York Contemporary 5.. ..Albert Ayler-Spirits.. ..Albert Ayler-Swing Low Sweet Spiritual.. ..Albert Ayler-Goin' Home.. ..Albert Ayler-Prophecy.... .. .. .. ....Sunny Murray Interviews.. .. ...... .... ......
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