David Murray (saxophonist)’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet)
Is Musician 
Composer 
Clarinetist 
Jazz musician 
Saxophonist 
From United States of America 
Type Music 
Gender male
Birth 19 February 1955, Oakland, Alameda County, California, U.S.A.
Age: 65 years

David Murray (born February 19, 1955) is an American jazz musician who plays tenor saxophone and bass clarinet mainly. He has recorded prolifically for many record labels since the mid-1970s.

Biography

Murray was born in Oakland, California, USA. He was initially influenced by free jazz musicians such as Albert Ayler and Archie Shepp. He gradually evolved a more diverse style in his playing and compositions. Murray set himself apart from most tenor players of his generation by not taking John Coltrane as his model, choosing instead to incorporate elements of mainstream players Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster and Paul Gonsalves into his mature style. Despite this, he recorded a tribute to Coltrane, Octet Plays Trane, in 1999. He played a set with the Grateful Dead at a show on September 22, 1993, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. His 1996 tribute to the Grateful Dead, Dark Star, was also critically well received.

Murray was a founding member of the World Saxophone Quartet with Oliver Lake, Julius Hemphill and Hamiet Bluiett. He has recorded or performed with musicians such as Henry Threadgill, James Blood Ulmer, Olu Dara, Tani Tabbal, Butch Morris, Donal Fox, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Sunny Murray (no relation), Ed Blackwell, Johnny Dyani, Fred Hopkins, and Steve McCall. David Murray’s use of the circular breathing technique has enabled him to play astonishingly long phrases.

He is currently living in Sines, Portugal, and participates yearly in its FMM Music festival.

Awards

  • In 1980 David Murray was named Village Voice Musician of the Decade.
  • Murray was honoured with the Bird Award in 1986.
  • He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1989.
  • David Murray and his band earned a Grammy Award in 1989 in the Best Jazz Instrumental Group Performance category for Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane.
  • In 1991 he was honoured with the Danish Jazzpar Prize.
  • Newsday named him Musician of the Year in 1993.

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