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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.
| Year recorded | Title | Label | Year released | Personnel/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Flowers for Albert | India Navigation | 1976 | Quartet: Olu Dara, Fred Hopkins, Phillip Wilson |
| 1976 | Low Class Conspiracy | Adelphi | 1976 | Trio: Fred Hopkins, Phillip Wilson |
| 1976 | Live at Peace Church | Danola Records | 1976 | Trio: Fred Hopkins, Stanley Crouch |
| 1977 | Solomon's Sons | Circle | 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 | Let the Music Take You | Marge | 1978 | Quartet: Butch Morris, Johnny Dyani, George Brown |
| 1978 | Last of the Hipman | Red | 1978 | Quartet: Butch Morris, Johnny Dyani, George Brown |
| 1978 | Conceptual Saxophone | Cadillac | 1978 | Solo saxophone |
| 1978 | Sur-real Saxophone | Horo | 1978 | Solo saxophone |
| 1978 | Organic Saxophone | Palm | 1978 | Solo saxophone |
| 1978 | Interboogieology | Black Saint | 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 | 3D Family | Hat Hut | 1978 | Trio: Johnny Mbizo Dyani, Andrew Cyrille |
| 1979 | Sweet Lovely | Black Saint | 1980 | Trio: Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall |
| 1980 | Solo Live | 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 | Murray's Steps | Black Saint | 1982 | Octet: Henry Threadgill, Bobby Bradford, Butch Morris, Craig Harris, Curtis Clark, Wilber Morris, Steve McCall |
| 1983 | Morning Song | Black Saint | 1983 | Quartet: John Hicks, Reggie Workman, Ed Blackwell |
| 1984 | Live at Sweet Basil Volume 1 | 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 | Live at Sweet Basil Volume 2 | 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 | Children | Black Saint | 1984 | Quintet: James Blood Ulmer, Don Pullen, Lonnie Plaxico, Marvin Smith |
| 1985 | Sketches of Tokyo | DIW | 1985 | Duo with John Hicks |
| 1985 | New Life | Black Saint | 1985 | Octet: Baikida Carroll, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, John Purcell, Adegoke Steve Colson, Wilber Morris, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
| 1986 | I Want to Talk About You | Black Saint | 1989 | Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
| 1986 | Recording N.Y.C. 1986 | DIW | 1986 | Quartet: James Blood Ulmer, Fred Hopkins, Sunny Murray |
| 1986 | In Our Style | DIW | 1986 | Duo with Jack DeJohnette |
| 1986 | The Hill | Black Saint | 1987 | Trio: Richard Davis, Joe Chambers |
| 1987 | Hope Scope | Black Saint | 1991 | Octet: Rasul Siddik, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, Dave Burrell, Wilber Morris, Ralph Peterson, Jr |
| 1987 | The Healers | Black Saint | 1987 | Duo with Randy Weston |
| 1987 | The People's Choice | Cecma Records | 1987 | Quartet: Hugh Ragin, Abdul Wadud, Fred Hopkins |
| 1988 | Lovers | DIW | 1988 | Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
| 1988 | Deep River | DIW | 1988 | Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
| 1988 | Ballads | DIW | 1988 | Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
| 1988 | Spirituals | DIW | 1988 | Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
| 1988 | Tenors | DIW | 1988 | Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr. |
| 1988 | Ming's Samba | Portrait | 1988 | Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Ed Blackwell |
| 1988 | Lucky Four | Tutu | 1989 | Quartet: Dave Burrell, Wilbur Morris, Victor Lewis |
| 1989 | Daybreak | Gazell | 1989 | Duo with Dave Burrell |
| 1989 | Last of the Hipmen | Jazzline | 1989 | Sextet: Dave Burrell, Hugh Ragin, Wilber Morris, Bobby Battle, Paul Zauner |
| 1990 | Special Quartet | DIW/Columbia | 1991 | Quartet: McCoy Tyner, Fred Hopkins, Elvin Jones |
| 1990 | Remembrances | DIW | 1991 | Quintet: Hugh Ragin, Dave Burrell, Wilber Morris, Tani Tabbal |
| 1991 | Shakill's Warrior | DIW/Columbia | 1991 | Quartet: Stanley Franks, Don Pullen, Andrew Cyrille |
| 1991 | David Murray Big Band | 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 | The Jazzpar Prize | 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 | Black & Black | Red Baron | 1991 | Quartet: Marcus Belgrave, Kirk Lightsey, Santi Debriano, Roy Haynes |
| 1991 | In Concert | Victo | 1991 | Duo with Dave Burrell |
| 1991 | Fast Life | DIW/Columbia | 1991 | Quartet + 1: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Idris Muhammad, Branford Marsalis |
| 1991 | Ballads for Bass Clarinet | DIW | 1993 | Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Idris Muhammad |
| 1991 | Death of a Sideman | DIW | 1992 | Quintet: Bobby Bradford, Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ed Blackwell, all music composed by Bobby Bradford |
| 1991 | Real Deal | DIW | 1994 | Duo with Milford Graves |
| 1991 | A Sanctuary Within | Black Saint | 1992 | Quartet: Tony Overwater, Sunny Murray, Kahil El'Zabar |
| 1992 | South of the Border | 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 | Picasso | 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 | Body and Soul | Black Saint | 1993 | Quartet: Sonelius Smith, Wilber Morris, Rashied Ali, Taana Running |
| 1993 | Brother to Brother | Gazell | 1993 | Duo; Dave Burrell album |
| 1993 | Ugly Beauty | Evidence | 1995 | Duo with Donal Fox |
| 1993 | Acoustic Octfunk | Sound Hills | 1994 | Trio: Fred Hopkins, Andrew Cyrille |
| 1993 | Jazzosaurus Rex | Red Baron | 1993 | Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Andrew Cyrille |
| 1993 | Saxmen | Red Baron | 1993 | Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Andrew Cyrille |
| 1993 | For Aunt Louise | DIW | 1995 | Quartet: John Hicks, Fred Hopkins, Idris Mohammad |
| 1993 | Love and Sorrow | DIW | 1996 | Quartet: John Hicks, Fred Hopkins, Idris Mohammad |
| 1993 | Shakill's II | DIW | 1994 | Quartet: Bill White, Don Pullen, J.T. Lewis |
| 1993 | Windward Passages | Black Saint | 1997 | Duo with Dave Burrell |
| 1994 | David Murray Quintet | DIW | 1996 | Quintet: Ray Anderson, Anthony Davis, Kenny Davis, Tommy Campbell |
| 1994 | The Tip | DIW | 1995 | Olu Dara, Robert Irving III, Bobby Broom, Daryl Thompson, Darryl Jones, Toby Williams, Kahil El'Zabar |
| 1994 | Jug-A-Lug | DIW | 1995 | Olu Dara, Robert Irving III, Bobby Broom, Daryl Thompson, Darryl Jones, Toby Williams, Kahil El'Zabar |
| 1995 | Flowers Around Cleveland | Bleu Regard | 1995 | Quartet: Bobby Few, John Betsch, Jean Jacques Avenel |
| 1995 | Live at the Village Vanguard | Sound Hills | 2000 | Quartet: Hilton Ruiz, Kelly Roberty , Pheeroan akLaff |
| 1996 | Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead | Astor Place | 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 | Fo Deuk Revue | Justin Time | 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 | Creole | Justin Time | 1998 | Michel Cilla, Max Cilla, Ray Drummond, Billy Jabali Hart, D.D. Jackson, Klod Kiavue, François Landreseau, Gérard Lockel, James Newton |
| 1997 | Speaking in Tongues | Justin Time | 1999 | Fontella Bass, Hugh Ragin, Stanley Franks, Clarence 'Pookie' Jenkins, Ranzell Merritt, Jimane Nelson, Leopoldo F. Fleming |
| 1998 | Seasons | Pow Wow | 1999 | Quartet: Roland Hanna, Richard Davis, Victor Lewis |
| 1999 | Octet Plays Trane | Justin Time | 2000 | Octet: Rasul Siddick, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, Ravi Best, D. D. Jackson, Mark Johnson, Jaribu Shahid |
| 2000 | Like a Kiss that Never Ends | Justin Time | 2001 | Power Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Andrew Cyrille |
| 2001 | Yonn-Dé | Justin Time | 2002 | With the Gwo-Ka Masters: Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, Santi Debriano, Pheeroan akLaff, Klod Kiavue, François Landreseau, Guy Konket |
| 2001 | Silence | Justin Time | 2008 | Duo with Mal Waldron |
| 2001-02 | Now Is Another Time | Justin Time | 2003 | Latin big band featuring Hamiet Bluiett, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris |
| 2002 | Waltz Again | Justin Time | 2005 | Quartet: Lafayette Gilchrist, Jaribu Shahid, Hamid Drake and string section |
| 2003 | Gwotet | 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 | Sacred Ground | 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 | Motéma | 2011 | Cuban Ensemble with Daniel Melingo |
| 2012 | Be My Monster Love | 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 | Perfection | 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. [1] | 2023 | With Questlove and Ray Angry |
Clarinet Summit
With James Blood Ulmer
With Conjure (Kip Hanrahan)
With Jack DeJohnette
With Kahil El'Zabar
With Kip Hanrahan
With D.D. Jackson
With McCoy Tyner
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