David Murray Black Saint Quartet

Grammy award-winning tenor saxophonist David Murray comes to Brisbane for the first time in 17 years. 

Hailed by critics as the most dexterous and soulful living tenor saxophonist, David Murray’s career spans some four decades. Italian Black Saint record company was there from the start, committing to the then-emerging jazz artist for 17 albums Murray recorded with his foundation quartet, the famed World Saxophone Quartet, and artists such as Randy Weston. 

Incendiary of the post-John Coltrane tenor saxophonists, David Murray defies genre classification with his formidable combination of traditional roots, blues, free jazz, world music and gospel. With over 220 albums under his belt, Murray’s latest release, Sacred Ground, features two long-time friends and key members of the Black Saint Quartet, bassist Ray Drummond and percussionist Andrew Cyrille.  Joining them is young pianist Lafayette Gilchrist. 

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see David Murray perform with the label that catapulted him onto New York’s jazz scene, featuring numbers that were first performed for the label as well as new compositions. 

"…He draws explicitly on African traditions, and symbolizes a return to a raw sound". From Le Dictionnaire du jazz, éd. Laffont, 1995

Duration: 70mins, no interval

Presented in association with the Wangaratta Festival Of Jazz