Music
On Tour
News + Headlines
DAVID MURRAY BLACK MUSIC INFINITY QUARTET IS BACK IN THE US! JULY 12,13,14th
David Murray is back in the US in July with the DAVID MURRAY BLACK MUSIC INFINITY QUARTET. Stay tuned !
Online Tix :
July 12th – An Die Musik Live – Baltimore, US
8.30pm set : http://bit.ly/JIUzff
9.30pm set : http://bit.ly/KVwh09
July 13th – Bohemian Cavern – Washington DC, US
8.30pm set : http://bit.ly/KQvbDw
10.30pm set : http://bit.ly/K2fVlF
July 14th – Bohemian Cavern – Washington DC, US
8.30pm set : http://bit.ly/KfkrmD
10.30pm set : http://bit.ly/LwSnc3
Still riding over the success of the Cuban Ensemble Plays Nat King Cole En Espanol, David Murray strikes back with a new unique project and line-up: Black Music Infinity Quartet, gathering around him some of the
-
Written on 2012, Apr 30STOMPING AND SINGIN’ THE BLUES WITH DAVID MURRAY BIG BAND & MACY GRAY – EUROPE TOUR 2012
« Heʼs just a very accomplished musician who knows everything there is to know about
orchestrating (…) On the Questlove Afropicks project I loved his arrangements (…),
sounds that Iʼd never heard before. So I wanted that on my new album. Whenever I do
horns now, Iʼm going to send them his way »
Macy Gray talking about David Murray in The New York Times
- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -
3D FAMILY & WME is happy -
Written on 2012, Feb 9“JAMES BLOOD ULMER & DAVID MURRAY BLUES BIG BAND” / March 7th – 8th at The Iridium, New York
James Blood Ulmer and David Murray – two icons of free organized music – started
their collaboration in music more than thirty years ago. James Blood Ulmer turned to
Blues in the year 2000 and interprets since that time his individual, very specific
‘Harmolodic Blues’ as a singer, accompanying himself on his guitar. Several CDs with
his blues project ‘Memphis Blood’ were released over the years and led to a Grammy
nomination in 2001.
This new project combines some of James Blood Ulmer most insightful and beautiful
blues songs, rearranged by the compositor and saxophonist David Murray for an 18
musicians Big Band (“an orchestra of Harmolodic soldiers” -
Written on 2012, Feb 9
DAVID MURRAY BLACK MUSIC INFINITY QUARTET / March 2nd : BIMHUIS (Amsterdam, Netherlands) and the 3rd : Porgy & Bess (Wien, Austria)
Still riding over the success of the Cuban Ensemble Plays Nat King Cole En Espanol,
David Murray strikes back with a new unique project and line-up: Black Music Infinity
Quartet, gathering around him some of the finest jazz musicians as Marc Cary
(Piano), Jaribu Shahid (Bass) and Nasheet Waits (Drums).
The name of Black Music Infinity was inspired to David from a group of people –
musicians and professors occupying a strong and deep place in David’s heart – he
met at the age of 18 years old (in 1973) and used to frequent a lot, close to the black
studies.
The term Black stayed, and combined with -
Written on 2012, Jan 16Great success in New York : Jimmy Fallon, Winter Jazz Festival & NPR, Birdland !
After playing at Winter Jazz Festival (during the APAP), 5 nights at Birdland, being invited on the Late Night Jimmy Fallon, David Murray’s last album (David Murray Cuban Ensemble Plays Nat King Cole En Espanol – released on Motema on October 11th) has reached some very good comments (from The Wall Street Journal) and charts (# 15 in the Record of the Year Top 60 and #2 of the Top Latin releases).
Read some press quotes selection, or the gobal press review.
>>>Winter Jazz Festival
Listen to the whole show (and watch the amazing video) at Winter Jazz Festival on NPR Music.
