Sonny Murray
Incantations
NoBusiness Records is proud to present Incantations, an extraordinary live recording featuring three uncompromising voices of free jazz and spontaneous composition: pioneering drummer Sunny Murray, visionary multi-instrumentalist Arthur Doyle, and the commanding trumpeter Rasul Siddik.
Recorded at Thelonious in Bordeaux, France, on October 21, 1999, Incantations documents a volatile and deeply intuitive musical encounter. Across five performances, the trio creates a world of shifting rhythms, fr…
New Light
NoBusiness Records is proud to announce the release of New Light, a previously issued live recording featuring three singular figures in the history of free jazz and improvised music: legendary drummer Sunny Murray, multi-instrumentalist Arthur Doyle, and trumpeter Rasul Siddik.
Recorded live at Thelonious in Bordeaux, France, on October 21, 1999, New Light captures an intense and uncompromising meeting of three musicians whose work has consistently challenged convention while expanding the expr…
New York Eye And Ear Control
Originally released in 1966. Featured artists: Albert Ayler (tenor sax), Ed Blackwell(trumpet), Don Cherry (trumpet, cornet), Sunny Murray (drums), Gary Peacock (bass), Roswell Rudd (trombone), John Tchicai (saxophone, alto sax). Michael Snow is a Canadian national treasure, a true Renaissance man. He assembled a stellar group to improvise a sound track for his art film, titled Walking Woman, featuring a silhouette that is rumored to have been inspired by Carla Bley. Digitally remastered. Manufa…
Sonny's Time Now
** Rare original copies. Early 80s LP reissue. Unplayed copies from a dead-stock, minor wear due to ageing on covers ** A seismic moment in the history of free jazz, Sonny’s Time Now stands as a raw, uncompromising manifesto of musical liberation. Recorded in New York City in November 1965 and released on the visionary Jihad label founded by LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), this is the first album led by the revolutionary drummer Sonny Murray-and it’s nothing short of essential.
With a lineup that re…
Ghosts
"I have to admit that this record contains some of the most intriguing and wicked music I ever experienced. And I say that from the point of view of a John Coltrane aficionado. Well, Ayler and his mates Don Cherry on trumpet, Sonny Murray on drums and Gary Peacock on bass guitar are definitely on par with the before mentioned god of free jazz and others like Ornette Coleman. If you listen to this album from the pop music perspective you may find only screeching and overblown saxes and some non s…