Like a Kiss that Never Ends

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Like a Kiss that Never Ends
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Studio album by
Released2001
RecordedJune 5, 2000
Genre Jazz
Length61:02
Label Justin Time
Producer David Murray
David Murray chronology
Octet Plays Trane
(2000)
Like a Kiss that Never Ends
(2001)
Yonn-Dé
(2002)

Like a Kiss that Never Ends is an album by David Murray released on the Canadian Justin Time label. Recorded in 2000 and released in 2001, the album contains performances by Murray, Andrew Cyrille, John Hicks and Ray Drummond. [1]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Steve Loewy stated: "While Like a Kiss That Never Ends is not pivotal in Murray's distinguished career, it nonetheless retains the high quality that has marked so much of his work." [2] Critic Gary Giddins described "Blues for Felix" as "one of Murray's best pieces in years", and concluded that the album was "all pleasure, no regrets". [3]

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Track listing

  1. "Blues for Felix" - 7:21
  2. "Like a Kiss That Never Ends" - 12:44
  3. "Dedication" (Drummond) - 7:14
  4. "Suki, Suki Now" - 9:43
  5. "Ruben's Theme Song" - 6:30
  6. "Mo' Bass" - 7:40
  7. "Let's Cool One' (Monk) - 9:50
All compositions by David Murray except as indicated
  • Recorded June 5, 2000

Personnel

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References

  1. Justin Time catalogue Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 Loewy, S. AllMusic Review accessed September 6, 2011
  3. Giddins, Gary (2004). Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-515607-2.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1061. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)