Silence (David Murray album)

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Silence
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Studio album by David Murray & Mal Waldron
Released 2008
Recorded October 5-6, 2001
Brussels, Belgium
Genre Jazz
Length66:34
Label Justin Time
JUST 186-2
Producer David Murray
David Murray & Mal Waldron chronology
Yonn-Dé
(2001) Yonn-Dé2001		Silence
(2001)		 Waltz Again
(2002) Waltz Again2002

Silence is an album of duets by saxophonist David Murray and pianist Mal Waldron recorded in Brussels and released on the Canadian Justin Time label. [1] Recorded in 2001 but not released until 2008, six years after Waldron's death, the album features some of his last recorded performances.

Mal Waldron American jazz pianist and composer

Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from university. In the following dozen years or so Waldron led his own bands and played for those led by Charles Mingus, Jackie McLean, John Coltrane, and Eric Dolphy, among others. During Waldron's period as house pianist for Prestige Records in the late 1950s, he appeared on dozens of albums and composed for many of them, including writing his most famous song, "Soul Eyes", for Coltrane. Waldron was often an accompanist for vocalists, and was Billie Holiday's regular accompanist from April 1957 until her death in July 1959.

Justin Time Records Canadian record label

Justin Time Records is a Canadian record company and independent record label founded in Montreal by Jim West. It was established in 1983 and specialises in jazz and blues.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars stating "these two play as one marvelously, with all the depth and substance you could ever wish for. Listeners should be glad these sessions were unearthed, for they are welcome additions to the legacy of two great creative jazz icons.". [2] On All About Jazz, Jerry D'Souza said "The album is sublime, energetic, and, in the final analysis, unforgettable". [3]

<i>All About Jazz</i> comprehensive American website for jazz enthusiasts and professionals, based in Philadelphia

All About Jazz is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, Jazz Near You, about local concerts and events.

Professional ratings
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Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated

  1. "Free for C.T. - 10:47
  2. "Silence" (David Murray) - 3:34
  3. "Hurray for Herbie" - 7:57
  4. "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) - 12:40
  5. "Jean-Pierre" (Miles Davis) - 10:07
  6. "All Too Soon" (Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman) - 7:12
  7. "Soul Eyes" - 14:17

Personnel

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.

Tenor saxophone type of saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B♭ (while the Alto is pitched in the key of E♭), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F♯ key have a range from A♭2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".

Bass clarinet musical instrument

The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B♭ clarinet, it is usually pitched in B♭, but it plays notes an octave below the soprano B♭ clarinet. Bass clarinets in other keys, notably C and A, also exist, but are very rare. Bass clarinets regularly perform in orchestras, wind ensembles/concert bands, occasionally in marching bands, and play an occasional solo role in contemporary music and jazz in particular.

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References

  1. ↑ Justin Time catalogue Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine .
  2. 1 2 Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed July 8, 2014
  3. ↑ D'Souza, J., All About Jazz review, July 30, 2008
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