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The specific choice of these styles (and corresponding meters or textures) matters, for sure. More crucial still is the way Murray makes the transition from one to another seem natural, necessary even. If you can move with ease from funk to Latin rhythms, from waltz time to four-on-the-floor, from R\u0026amp;B to free and back again, it's because music knows no boundaries. When it's being played right, it reaches beyond itself even as it affirms the continuity of tradition. The sound of surprise results when musicians forge, in the moment, that unity-in-diversity. 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Together they draw from the African-American tradition as well as from other cultures and with \u003ci\u003eSeriana Promethea\u003c\/i\u003e they present an impressive musical statement. \"The result shows the intuitive level of understanding achieved. Having reached in his mid-60s a level of technical mastery where a musician ‘can play every note that he hears,‘ Murray saw this pianoless trio as not just a way to keep the notes flowing, but a catalyst for total freedom: that rare configuration that allows him to deliver, through the saxophone, \"my most free expression of myself\", writes Derek Schilling in the liner notes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intakt","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50480781853003,"sku":"1156122","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/33d9dfcb-6dd2-4761-9949-f1285e03c7e6_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727527219"},{"product_id":"lucky-four","title":"Lucky Four","description":"\u003cp\u003e180g audiophile vinyl reissue of saxophonist \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Murray\u003c\/strong\u003e's 1988 LP \u003cem\u003e'Lucky Four'\u003c\/em\u003e with re-mastering by Cicely Baston at Alchemy\/Air Mastering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Lucky Four'\u003c\/em\u003e is a smooth and luscious quartet date with Murray in the company of longtime associate \u003cstrong\u003eDave Burrell\u003c\/strong\u003e, bassist \u003cstrong\u003eWilber Morris\u003c\/strong\u003e, and drummer \u003cstrong\u003eVictor Lewis\u003c\/strong\u003e. With the exception of a short piece by his manager Kunle Mwanga, all of the pieces are by either Burrell or Morris, and most of them are gems.\" - Brian Olewnick\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"This 1988 set represents Murray at his most accessible. From the opening '\u003cem\u003eValley Talk\u003c\/em\u003e', with its intensifying showers of tenor-sax notes over a sultry tango, through the bluesy saunter of '\u003cem\u003eChazz\u003c\/em\u003e' to the novelty song for Jean Michel Basquiat that becomes a brooding blues, the music is strong, sensuous, and effortlessly masterly in the way its varied materials are juggled. 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