Home (David Murray album)

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Released1982
RecordedOctober 31 & November 1, 1981
Genre Jazz
Length38:35
Label Black Saint
Producer Giovanni Bonandrini, David Murray
David Murray Octet chronology
Ming
(1980)
Home
(1982)
Murray's Steps
(1982)

Home is an album by David Murray, released in 1982 on the Italian Black Saint label and the second to feature his Octet. It features performances by Murray, Henry Threadgill, Olu Dara, Lawrence "Butch" Morris, George E. Lewis, Anthony Davis, Wilbur Morris and Steve McCall. [1]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide said, "both Ming and Home display an excellent balance between written material and solos by a distinguished group of sidemen". [4]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album, along with its predecessor Ming, as part of its suggested Core Collection. [3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "All of the brilliant players have their opportunities to make strong contributions to Murray's five originals (best known of which is '3-D Family'), and the leader's writing is consistently colorful and unpredictable. Recommended." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Home" – 5:58
  2. "Santa Barbara and Crenshaw Follies" – 7:30
  3. "Choctaw Blues" – 7:20
  4. "Last of the Hipmen" – 9:12
  5. "3-D Family" – 8:35

All compositions by David Murray

Personnel

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References

  1. Black Saint catalogue
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed July 6, 2011
  3. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. "David Murray". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 1059. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
  4. 1 2 Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  150. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.