David Murray discography

David Murray Live in Amsterdam around 1980

David Murray Live in Warsaw, Poland, in April 2003

David Murray appears on hundreds of recordings as a leader and performer. This discography covers albums he has released, by groups he was/is a member of and notable albums he has contributed to. His 2000s recordings on Justin Time Records remain in-print, as of July 2007. Dates are of recording, not release.

Solo

• Conceptual Saxophone (Cadillac, 1978)
• Sur-real Saxophone (Horo, 1978)
• Organic Saxophone (Palm, 1978)
• Solo Live (Cecma, 1980)

Duo

• Solomons Sons (Circle Records (Germany), 1976) with James Newton
• Sketches of Tokyo (DIW, 1985) with John Hicks
• In Our Style (DIW, 1986) with Jack DeJohnette
• The Healers (Black Saint, 1987) with Randy Weston
• Golden Sea (Sound Aspects, 1989) with Kahil El'Zabar
• Daybreak (Gazell, 1989) with Dave Burrell
• In Concert (Victo, 1991) with Dave Burrell
• Real Deal (DIW, 1991) with Milford Graves
• Ugly Beauty (Evidence, 1993) with Donal Fox
• Windward Passages (Black Saint, 1993) with Dave Burrell
• Blue Monk (Enja, 1995) with Aki Takase
• Valencia (Sound Hills, 1997) with Aki Takase
• We Is: Live at the Bop Shop (Delmark, 2000) with Kahil El'Zabar
• Silence (Justin Time, 2001) with Mal Waldron

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Miscellaneous

• 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)
• Yonn-Dé (Justin Time, 2001)
• Gwotet (Justin Time, 2003)

with the World Saxophone Quartet

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

with the Music Revelation Ensemble

• 1987: No Wave (Moers)
• 1988: Music Revelation Ensemble (DIW)
• 1990: Elec. Jazz (DIW)
• 1991: After Dark (DIW)

Albums featured

• 1975: Ted Daniel - In the Beginning (Altura Music)
• 1976: Michael Gregory Jackson - Clarity (Bija)
• 1979: Sunny Murray - Live at Moers Festival (Moers Music)
• 1980: James Blood Ulmer - Are You Glad to Be in America? (Artists House)
• 1980: Amiri Baraka - New Music New Poetry (India Navigation)
• 1980: Jack DeJohnette- Special Edition (ECM)
• 1981: James Blood Ulmer - Free Lancing (CBS)
• 1981: Billy Bang - Outline No. 12 (OAO)
• 1983: Conjure - Music for the Texts of Ishmael Reed (American Clave)
• 1984: Jack DeJohnette- Album Album (ECM)
• 1984: Clarinet Summit - In Concert at the Public Theatre (India Navigation)
• 1987: Clarinet Summit- Southern Bells (Black Saint)
• 1987: McCoy Tyner - Blues for Coltrane (Impulse!)
• 1989: Cold Sweat - Cold Sweat Plays J.B. (JMT)
• 1989: Ralph Peterson - Presents the Fo'tet (Blue Note)
• 1990: Bobby Battle Quartet with David Murray - The Offering (Mapleshade)
• 1990: The Bob Thiele Collective - Sunrise Sunset (Red Baron)
• 1991: Teresa Brewer - Softly I Sing (Red Baron)
• 1991: McCoy Tyner - 44th Street Suite (Red Baron)
• 1994: D.D. Jackson - Peace Song (Justin Time)
• 1995: 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)
• 1996: Jon Jang Sextet - Two Flowers on a Stem (Soul Note)
• 1996: D. D. Jackson - Paired Down (Jusin Time)
• 2004: Balogh Kálmán Gipsy Cimbalom band feat Kovács Ferenc és David Murray (Fonó)