David Murray discography
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David Murray appears on hundreds of recordings as a leader and performer. This discography covers albums released under his name, by groups he was/is a member of and other albums he has contributed to. Dates are of recording, not release.
As leader/co-leader
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| Year recorded
!Title !Label !Year released !Personnel/Notes |
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| 1976
|1976 |Quartet: Olu Dara, Fred Hopkins, Phillip Wilson |
| 1976
|1976 |Trio: Fred Hopkins, Phillip Wilson |
| 1976
|Live at Peace Church |Danola Records |1976 |Trio: Fred Hopkins, Stanley Crouch |
| 1977
|Solomon's Sons |1977 |Duo with James Newton |
| 1977
|Penthouse Jazz |Circle |1977 |Quintet: Butch Morris, Don Pullen, Fred Hopkins, Stanley Crouch |
| 1977
|Holy Siege on Intrigue |Circle |1977 |Quintet: Butch Morris, Don Pullen, Fred Hopkins, Stanley Crouch |
| 1977
|Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club |India Navigation |1978 |Quartet: Lester Bowie, Fred Hopkins, Phillip Wilson |
| 1978
|1978 |Quartet: Butch Morris, Johnny Dyani, George Brown |
| 1978
|Red |1978 |Quartet: Butch Morris, Johnny Dyani, George Brown |
| 1978
|Conceptual Saxophone |1978 |Solo saxophone |
| 1978
|Sur-real Saxophone |Horo |1978 |Solo saxophone |
| 1978
|Organic Saxophone |Palm |1978 |Solo saxophone |
| 1978
|1978 |Quartet: Butch Morris, Johnny Dyani, Oliver Johnson with Marta Contreras |
| 1978
|The London Concert |Cadillac |1978 |Quintet: Butch Morris, Curtis Clark, Brian Smith, Clifford Jarvis |
| 1978
|1978 |Trio: Johnny Mbizo Dyani, Andrew Cyrille |
| 1979
|Black Saint |1980 |Trio: Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall |
| 1980
|Cecma Records |1980 |Solo saxophone and bass clarinet |
| 1980
|Ming |Black Saint |1980 |Octet: Henry Threadgill, Olu Dara, Butch Morris, George E. Lewis, Anthony Davis, Wilber Morris, Steve McCall |
| 1981
|Home |Black Saint |1982 |Octet: Henry Threadgill, Olu Dara, Butch Morris, George Lewis, Anthony Davis, Wilber Morris, Steve McCall |
| 1982
|Black Saint |1982 |Octet: Henry Threadgill, Bobby Bradford, Butch Morris, Craig Harris, Curtis Clark, Wilber Morris, Steve McCall |
| 1983
|Black Saint |1983 |Quartet: John Hicks, Reggie Workman, Ed Blackwell |
| 1984
|Black Saint |1984 |Big Band: Olu Dara, Baikida Carroll, Craig Harris, Bob Stewart, Vincent Chancey, Steve Coleman, John Purcell, Rod Williams, Fred Hopkins, Billy Higgins conducted by Butch Morris |
| 1984
|Black Saint |1984 |Big Band: Olu Dara, Baikida Carroll, Craig Harris, Bob Stewart, Vincent Chancey, Steve Coleman, John Purcell, Rod Williams, Fred Hopkins, Billy Higgins conducted by Butch Morris |
| 1984
|Black Saint |1984 |Quintet: James Blood Ulmer, Don Pullen, Lonnie Plaxico, Marvin Smith |
| 1985
|DIW |1985 |Duo with John Hicks |
| 1985
|Black Saint |1985 |Octet: Baikida Carroll, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, John Purcell, Adegoke Steve Colson, Wilber Morris, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
| 1986
|Black Saint |1989 |Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
| 1986
|DIW |1986 |Quartet: James Blood Ulmer, Fred Hopkins, Sunny Murray |
| 1986
|DIW |1986 |Duo with Jack DeJohnette |
| 1986
|Black Saint |1987 |Trio: Richard Davis, Joe Chambers |
| 1987
|Black Saint |1991 |Octet: Rasul Siddik, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, Dave Burrell, Wilber Morris, Ralph Peterson, Jr |
| 1987
|Black Saint |1987 |Duo with Randy Weston |
| 1987
|The People's Choice |Cecma Records |1987 |Quartet: Hugh Ragin, Abdul Wadud, Fred Hopkins |
| 1988
|DIW |1988 |Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
| 1988
|DIW |1988 |Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
| 1988
|DIW |1988 |Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
| 1988
|DIW |1988 |Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
| 1988
|DIW |1988 |Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
| 1988
|1988 |Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Ed Blackwell |
| 1988
|Tutu |1989 |Quartet: Dave Burrell, Wilbur Morris, Victor Lewis |
| 1989
|1989 |Duo with Dave Burrell |
| 1989
|Last of the Hipmen |Jazzline |1989 |Sextet: Dave Burrell, Hugh Ragin, Wilber Morris, Bobby Battle, Paul Zauner |
| 1990
|DIW/Columbia |1991 |Quartet: McCoy Tyner, Fred Hopkins, Elvin Jones |
| 1990
|DIW |1991 |Quintet: Hugh Ragin, Dave Burrell, Wilber Morris, Tani Tabbal |
| 1991
|DIW/Columbia |1991 |Quartet: Stanley Franks, Don Pullen, Andrew Cyrille |
| 1991
|DIW/Columbia |1991 |Big Band: Hugh Ragin, Graham Haynes, Rasul Siddik, James Zollar, Craig Harris, Frank Lacy, Al Patterson, Bob Stewart, Vincent Chancey, Khalil Henry, James Spaulding, Patience Higgins, Don Byron, John Purcell, Sonelius Smith, Fred Hopkins, Tani Tabbal conducted by Butch Morris |
| 1991
|Enja |1992 |New Jungle Orchestra: Pierre Dørge, Horace Parlan, Harry Beckett, Per Jörgensen, Jörg Huke, Jesper Zeuthen, Jacob Mygind, Irene Becker, Jens Skou Olsen, Audun Kleive |
| 1991
|Blue Monk |Enja |1991 |Duo with Aki Takase |
| 1991
|David Murray/James Newton Quintet |DIW |1996 |Quintet: James Newton, John Hicks, Fred Hopkins, Andrew Cyrille, Billy Hart |
| 1991
|1991 |Quartet: Marcus Belgrave, Kirk Lightsey, Santi Debriano, Roy Haynes |
| 1991
|Victo |1991 |Duo with Dave Burrell |
| 1991
|DIW/Columbia |1991 |Quartet + 1: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Idris Muhammad, Branford Marsalis |
| 1991
|DIW |1993 |Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Idris Muhammad |
| 1991
|DIW |1992 |Quintet: Bobby Bradford, Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ed Blackwell, all music composed by Bobby Bradford |
| 1991
|DIW |1994 |Duo with Milford Graves |
| 1991
|Black Saint |1992 |Quartet: Tony Overwater, Sunny Murray, Kahil El'Zabar |
| 1992
|DIW |1993 |Big Band: Hugh Ragin, Rasul Siddik, James Zollar, Craig Harris, Frank Lacy, Al Patterson, Vincent Chancey, Kahlil Henry, John Purcell, Patience Higgins, Don Byron, Sonelius Smith, Fred Hopkins, Tani Tabbal, Larry McDonald conducted by Butch Morris |
| 1992
|DIW |1993 |Octet: Rasul Siddik, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, Dave Burrell, Wilber Morris, Tani Tabbal |
| 1992
|MX |Red Baron |1993 |And Friends: Ravi Coltrane, Bobby Bradford, John Hicks, Fred Hopkins, Victor Lewis |
| 1993
|Black Saint |1993 |Quartet: Sonelius Smith, Wilber Morris, Rashied Ali, Taana Running |
| 1993
|Gazell |1993 |Duo; Dave Burrell album |
| 1993
|Ugly Beauty |1995 |Duo with Donal Fox |
| 1993
|Acoustic Octfunk |Sound Hills |1994 |Trio: Fred Hopkins, Andrew Cyrille |
| 1993
|Red Baron |1993 |Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Andrew Cyrille |
| 1993
|Red Baron |1993 |Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Andrew Cyrille |
| 1993
|DIW |1995 |Quartet: John Hicks, Fred Hopkins, Idris Mohammad |
| 1993
|DIW |1996 |Quartet: John Hicks, Fred Hopkins, Idris Mohammad |
| 1993
|DIW |1994 |Quartet: Bill White, Don Pullen, J.T. Lewis |
| 1993
|Black Saint |1997 |Duo with Dave Burrell |
| 1994
|DIW |1996 |Quintet: Ray Anderson, Anthony Davis, Kenny Davis, Tommy Campbell |
| 1994
|DIW |1995 |Olu Dara, Robert Irving III, Bobby Broom, Daryl Thompson, Darryl Jones, Toby Williams, Kahil El'Zabar |
| 1994
|DIW |1995 |Olu Dara, Robert Irving III, Bobby Broom, Daryl Thompson, Darryl Jones, Toby Williams, Kahil El'Zabar |
| 1995
|Bleu Regard |1995 |Quartet: Bobby Few, John Betsch, Jean Jacques Avenel |
| 1995
|Live at the Village Vanguard |Sound Hills |2000 |Quartet: Hilton Ruiz, {{ill|Kelly Roberty|de}}, Pheeroan akLaff |
| 1996
|Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead |1996 |Octet: Hugh Ragin, James Zoller, Omar Kabir, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, Robert Irving III, Fred Hopkins, Renzell Meritt, Bob Weir |
| 1996
|Long Goodbye: A Tribute to Don Pullen |DIW |1998 |Quartet: D.D. Jackson, Santi Debriano, J.T. Lewis |
| 1996
|1997 | Darryl Burgee, Ousseynou Diop, Assane Diop, Craig Harris, Robert Irving III, Abdou Karim Mané, Oumar Mboup, Hugh Ragin, Doudou N'Diaye Rose, Moussa Séné, El Hadji Gniancou Sembène, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and vocalists |
| 1997
|Valencia |Sound Hills |2022 |Duo with Aki Takase |
| 1997
|Justin Time |1998 |Michel Cilla, Max Cilla, Ray Drummond, Billy Jabali Hart, D.D. Jackson, Klod Kiavue, François Landreseau, Gérard Lockel, James Newton |
| 1997
|Justin Time |1999 |Fontella Bass, Hugh Ragin, Stanley Franks, Clarence 'Pookie' Jenkins, Ranzell Merritt, Jimane Nelson, Leopoldo F. Fleming |
| 1998
|Pow Wow |1999 |Quartet: Roland Hanna, Richard Davis, Victor Lewis |
| 1999
|Justin Time |2000 |Octet: Rasul Siddick, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, Ravi Best, D. D. Jackson, Mark Johnson, Jaribu Shahid |
| 2000
|Justin Time |2001 |Power Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Andrew Cyrille |
| 2001
|Justin Time |2002 |With the Gwo-Ka Masters: Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, Santi Debriano, Pheeroan akLaff, Klod Kiavue, François Landreseau, Guy Konket |
| 2001
|Justin Time |2008 |Duo with Mal Waldron |
| 2001-02
|Justin Time |2003 |Latin Big Band featuring Hamiet Bluiett, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris |
| 2002
|Justin Time |2005 |Quartet: Lafayette Gilchrist, Jaribu Shahid, Hamid Drake and string section |
| 2003
|Justin Time |2004 |With Pharoah Sanders and the Gwo-Ka Masters: Carlos Sonduy Dimet, Alexander Brown, Elpidio Chappotin Delgado, Leonardo Alarcon, Angel Ballester Veliz, Moises Marquez Leyva, Klod Kiavue, Christian Laviso, Hervé Sambe, Jaribu Shahid, Hamid Drake |
| 2006
|Justin Time |2007 |Quartet: Lafayette Gilchrist, Ray Drummond, Andrew Cyrille and Cassandra Wilson |
| 2007
|Live in Berlin |Jazzwerkstatt |2008 |Black Saint Quartet: Lafayette Gilchrist, Jaribu Shahid, Hamid Drake |
| 2008
|The Devil Tried to Kill Me |Justin Time |2009 |With the Gwo-Ka Masters and Taj Mahal |
| 2009
|Rendezvous Suite |Jazzwerkstatt |2011 |With Jamaaladeen Tacuma |
| 2010
|Plays Nat King Cole en Español |2011 |Cuban Ensemble with Daniel Melingo |
| 2012
|Motéma |2013 |Infinity Quartet: Marc Cary, Jaribu Shahid, Nasheet Waits with Macy Gray, Gregory Porter, Bobby Bradford |
| 2015
|Blues For Memo |Doublemoon |2016 |Infinity Quartet |
| 2015
|Motéma |2016 |With Geri Allen and Terri Lyne Carrington |
| 2022
|Sun/Moon |J.M.I. Recordings |2022 |Solo tenor saxophone and bass clarinet |
| 2023
|Plumb |J.M.I. Recordings. Recorded live to analog tape.{{cite web |title=David Murray/Questlove/Ray Angry - PLUMB |url=https://www.jmirecordings.com/the-jmi-record-store/david-murrayquestloveray-angry-plumb-4-lp-box-set |website=JMI Recordings |access-date=6 August 2023}} |2023 | David Murray, Questlove, and Ray Angry. |
As member
Clarinet Summit
- In Concert at the Public Theatre (India Navigation, 1984)
- Southern Bells (Black Saint, 1987)
:See main article: World Saxophone Quartet
As sideman
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With James Blood Ulmer
- Are You Glad to Be in America? (Rough Trade/Artists House, 1980)
- Music Revelation Ensemble – No Wave (Moers Music, 1980)
- Free Lancing (Columbia, 1981)
- Music Revelation Ensemble (DIW, 1988)
- Music Revelation Ensemble, Elec. Jazz (DIW, 1990)
- Music Revelation Ensemble, After Dark (DIW, 1991)
With Conjure (Kip Hanrahan)
- Music for the Texts of Ishmael Reed (American Clavé, 1984)
- Cab Calloway Stands in for the Moon (American Clavé, 1988)
With Jack DeJohnette
- Special Edition (ECM, 1980)
- Album Album (ECM, 1984)
With Kahil El'Zabar
- One World Family (CIMP, 2000)
- Love Outside of Dreams (Delmark, 2002)
- We Is (Delmark, 2004)
With Kip Hanrahan
- Vertical's Currency (American Clavé, 1984)
- Days and Nights of Blue Luck Inverted (American Clavé, 1987)
With D.D. Jackson
- Peace Song (Justin Time, 1994)
- Paired Down (Jusin Time, 1996)
With McCoy Tyner
- Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane (Impulse!, 1987)
- 44th Street Suite (Red Baron, 1991)
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With others
- Ted Daniel, In the Beginning (Altura Music, 1975)
- Michael Gregory Jackson, Clarity (Bija, 1976)
- Sunny Murray, Live at Moers Festival (Moers Music, 1979) – live
- Amiri Baraka, New Music New Poetry (India Navigation, 1980)
- Billy Bang, Outline No. 12 (Celluloid, 1982 [1983])
- Cold Sweat (Craig Harris), Cold Sweat Plays J. B. (JMT, 1989)
- Ralph Peterson, Presents the Fo'tet (Blue Note, 1989)
- Bobby Battle Quartet with David Murray, The Offering (Mapleshade, 1990)
- The Bob Thiele Collective, Sunrise Sunset (Red Baron, 1990)
- Teresa Brewer, Softly I Sing (Red Baron, 1991)
- Andrew Cyrille Quintet, Ode to the Living Tree (Venus, 1995) – recorded in 1994
- Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Curves of Life (Live at the Hot Brass)(Novus/BMG, 1995) – live. featuring Murray on 2 tracks.
- Jim Nolet, With You (KFW, 1995)
- Kansas City Soundtrack (Verve, 1995)
- Ozay, Antiquated Love (Sagen, 1995)
- Jon Jang Sextet, Two Flowers on a Stem (Soul Note, 1996)
- The Roots, Illadelph Halflife (DGC, Geffen, 1996)
- Hugh Ragin, An Afternoon in Harlem (Justin Time, 1999)
- Balogh Kálmán David Murray, Gipsy Cimbalom Band, Balogh Kálmán Featuring Kovács Ferenc (Fonó, 2004)
- James Carter, Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge (Warner Bros., 2004) – live recorded in 2001
- Henry Grimes, Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival with Hamid Drake (Ayler, 2005) – live recorded in 2004
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