Children (David Murray album)

Children
Studio album by David Murray
Released 1984
Recorded October 27 & November 15, 1984
Genre Jazz
Length 42:09
Label Black Saint
Producer David Murray
David Murray chronology

Live at Sweet Basil Volume 2
(1984)
Children
(1984)
New Life
(1985)

Children is the eighth album by David Murray to be released on the Italian Black Saint label. It was released in 1984 and features performances by Murray, James "Blood" Ulmer, Don Pullen, Lonnie Plaxico and Marvin "Smitty" Smith.[1]

The album was identified by Chris Kelsey in his Allmusic essay "Free Jazz: A Subjective History" as one of the 20 Essential Free Jazz Albums.[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "The somewhat noisy performances are pretty spontaneous and, thanks to Pullen's rhythmic style, a little more accessible than one might expect, despite being quite adventurous.".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]

Track listing

  1. "David's Tune" - 11:43
  2. "Death" - 7:15
  3. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 14:54
  4. "Tension" - 8:17
All compositions by David Murray except as indicated

Personnel

References

  1. Black Saint catalogue
  2. Kelsey, C. Free Jazz: A Subjective History accessed December 7, 2009
  3. 3.0 3.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 6, 2011