Ming's Samba

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Ming's Samba
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Studio album by
Released1988
RecordedJuly 20, 1988
Genre Jazz
Length33:25
Label Portrait
Producer Bob Thiele
David Murray chronology
Spirituals
(1988)
Ming's Samba
(1988)
Lovers
(1988)

Ming's Samba is an album by David Murray released on the Portrait label in 1988. It features five quartet performances by Murray with John Hicks, Ray Drummond and Ed Blackwell.

David Murray (saxophonist) American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet)

David Murray is an American jazz musician who plays tenor saxophone and bass clarinet mainly. He has recorded prolifically for many record labels since the mid-1970s.

Portrait Records American record label

Portrait Records was a sister label of Epic Records and later of Columbia Records. Notable artists Cyndi Lauper and Sade signed with Portrait, but their contracts were absorbed by Epic after that incarnation of the label was shuttered.

John Hicks (pianist) American jazz pianist and composer

John Josephus Hicks, Jr. was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He was leader for more than 30 recordings and played as a sideman on more than 300.

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Although David Murray had already recorded a countless number of sessions as a leader by the late 1980s, Ming's Samba was his first on a large American label... A recommended release although this set will probably be difficult to find.". [1]

Scott Yanow is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author.

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Track listing

All compositions by David Murray except as indicated
  1. "Ming's Samba" – 10:54
  2. "Rememberin' Fats (for Fats Waller)" – 8:44
  3. "Nowhere Everafter" (Butch Morris) – 2:52
  4. "Spooning" (Morris) – 7:31
  5. "Walter's Waltz" – 9:24

Personnel

Ray Drummond American musician

Ray Drummond is a jazz bassist and teacher. He also has an MBA from Stanford University, hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop. He can be heard on hundreds of albums and co-leads The Drummonds with Renee Rosnes and Billy Drummond.

Ed Blackwell American musician

Edward Joseph Blackwell was an American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for his extensive, influential work with Ornette Coleman.

Reception

  1. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 16, 2011

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