New CD ESP 4037 Sunny Murray / Sunny Murray


Reissued and Expanded! Classic and important '66 release from the innovative drummer Sunny Murray in a quintet session, remastered and with bonus interview track between Murray and ESP label founder Bernard Stollman.


Personnel

Sunny Murray: percussion
Jacques Coursil: trumpet
Jack Graham: alto sax
Byard Lancaster: alto sax
Alan Silva: bass


Track Listing

1. Early History/The New Music 23:23
2. Sunny Murray 1:45
3. Phase 1,2,3,4 9:32
4. Hilariously 10;11
5. Angels and Devils 11:22
6. Giblet 8:34
7. Recap Session 1:44
8. Musicians and Magic 8:49

All compositions by Sunny Murray except Angels And Devils (Jacques Coursil)

Credits

Engineer: David Hancock. Production Manager: George Abi-Hanna. Digital restoration: Douglas McGregor. Photographer: Sandra Stollman. Design by Omark Khouri.


Press Quotes

"Murray's pan-rhythmic approach, effortlessly swinging in often implied or seemingly nonexistent meters, has been highly influential on generations of jazz drummers."
- Clifford Allen, All About Jazz

"Murray's percussion work, setting up complex webs of pulsations using a remarkably small kit -- what he does with a snare, floor tom, and cymbals beggars belief -- is without precedent in the history of jazz" - Dan Warburton, All Music Guide

"Sunny Murray illuminates jazz drumming. His open meters and timing set rhythm and pulse on a new and invigorating course. In doing so, he gave jazz drumming a dynamism and drive that still resonates." - jerry D'Souza, All About Jazz



History

ESP 1032 remastered with interviews

ESP 1032

(ESP-Disk')