Sunny Murray
Hommage To Africa
** Deluxe matte laminate gatefold sleeve and polylined paper inner sleeve ** Paris, August 1969. Sunny Murray books a studio for a single afternoon and walks in with thirteen musicians - among them three members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the working sextet built around Archie Shepp, and the singer Jeanne Lee. What they cut that day, Hommage To Africa, is one of the high-water marks of the legendary BYG Actuel catalogue, and one of the warmest and least abrasive records the free jazz moveme…
Art Ensemble of Chicago, Archie Shepp, Clifford Thornton, Grachan Moncur III, Sunny Murray, Burton Greene
History Of Jazz: Vol. 10 (LP)1970 French compilation on Byg's "History Of Jazz" series with tracks from several albums released in 1969 on the label's "Actuel" series.
Recording NYC 1986 (LP)
Original edition of the 1986 Japan-only album on DIW featuring Sunny Murray and James Blood Ulmer. With obi.
Predetermination
* Edition of 300 copies. High thickness cardboard with opaque laminated cover. Comes with a four-page printed insert. The Contemporaray Jazz Quartet together with Gary Peacock and Sunny Murray! This is THE sunken treasure. This is music I have only heard about. And yet, here it is. Unbelievable. Intact. Preserved. Beaming of energy and JOY! This is a sensational find. My favorite Danes exploding together with my favorite double bass player all time. Gary Peacock. The engine. The power engine. I …
Spirits (LP)
Rare 1985 Japanese re-issue on Freedom of the 1964 album featuring Henry Grimes and Sunny Murray. With insert.
Witches & Devils (LP)
1975 US re-issue on Arista/Freedom with different title and cover of the 1964 album originally titled Spirits featuring Henry Grimes and Sunny Murray. With original innersleeve.
Free Jazz (LP)
1979 French re-issue on Freedom of the 1964 album originally titled My Name Is Albert Ayler. With original innersleeve.
Ghosts (LP)
1975 Japanese re-issue on Trio/Freedom's "Freedom Discover The '60's Series" with different cover of the 1965 album featuring Gary Peacock, Don Cherry and Sunny Murray. With insert.
Spiritual Unity (LP)
1978 Japanese re-issue on ESP-Disk's "ジャズ名盤 Collection" of the 1965 album featuring Gary Peacock and Sunny Murray. With insert.
Spiritual Unity (LP)
1978 Japanese re-issue on ESP-Disk's "ジャズ名盤 Collection" of the 1965 album featuring Gary Peacock and Sunny Murray. With insert.
Spirits Rejoice (LP)
1978 Japanese re-issue on ESP-Disk's "ジャズ Collection" of the 1965 album featuring Gary Peacock, Henry Grimes, Sunny Murray, Donald Ayler and Charles Tyler.
Spirits Rejoice (LP)
1980 Japanese re-issue on ESP-Disk's "ジャズ Collection" of the 1965 album featuring Gary Peacock, Henry Grimes, Sunny Murray, Donald Ayler and Charles Tyler.
Spirits Rejoice (LP)
1980 Japanese re-issue on ESP-Disk's "ジャズ Collection" of the 1965 album featuring Gary Peacock, Henry Grimes, Sunny Murray, Donald Ayler and Charles Tyler.
Swing Low Sweet Spiritual (LP)
Original Dutch edition of the 1971 album with recordings from 1964 featuring Henry Grimes, Sunny Murray ad Call Cobbs, later re-issued with the title Goin' Home.
Goin' Home (CD)
1994 first CD re-issue on Black Lion with different title of the 1971 album originally titled Swing Low Sweet Spiritual with recordings from 1964 featuring Henry Grimes, Sunny Murray ad Call Cobbs.
Prophecy (LP)
1980 Japanese re-issue on ESP-Disk's "ジャズ名盤 Collection" of the 1975 album with recordings from 1964 featuring Gary Peacock and Sunny Murray. With obi.
The Hilversum Session (LP)
Original 1980 Dutch LP on Osmosis with recordings from 1964 featuring Gary Peacock, Don Cherry and Sunny Murray.
New York Eye And Ear Control (CD)
First 1992 CD re-issue from ESP-Disk' / ZYX Music of the 1964 LP with the soundtrack to the Michael Snow film.
Sun's Blessings
On Sun’s Blessings, Sunny Murray and Sabu Toyozumi meet as a double‑drum frontline, turning a 1999 Sapporo concert into a two‑part ritual where clattering polyrhythms, rolling thunder and sudden hollows of space make free improvisation feel both volcanic and oddly tender.
We Are Not At The Opera
1998 release ** "Whoa. Look out. When you look at the cover you know the sh*t is gonna hit the fan when this old master of the vanguard drumming tradition hooks up with the "gentle giant" of the alto, the tenor, and the flute. Sabir Mateen may not be as well-known as Sunny Murray is, but he's every bit as effective and iconoclastic. The title of the album is funny; they aren't even in the same country that opera comes from -- even though Murray lives near there. So what have you got? Drums, drum…