◇ image via WikipediaDavid Murray
David Murray is a World music act. Their sound grew out of Albert Ayler, Tomasz Stańko and Jamaaladeen Tacuma. Those roots explain a lot about how David Murray arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ornette Coleman, Jack DeJohnette, Paul Bley, Sonny Sharrock and Oliver Nelson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Crystal Murray and Craig S. Harris, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 10 connections around David Murray, reaching back through Albert Ayler and forward to Crystal Murray. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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David Murray connections
David Murray grew out of Albert Ayler, Tomasz Stańko and Jamaaladeen Tacuma, shares an orbit with Ornette Coleman, Jack DeJohnette, Paul Bley and Sonny Sharrock, went on to shape Crystal Murray and Craig S. Harris. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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