David Murray - The London Concert (1978)

A tremendous earlyrecording from David Murray – recorded in London (as you’d guess by the title),but with all the best spirit of his early loft jazz sides! There’s a tightnesshere that’s missing from some of Murray’s other albums of the period – a senseof soulful swing that only seems to make the album open up even more, and whichallows for some incredibly rhythmic solo work from Murray. We love this one todeath, and would easily rank it as one of our favorite David Murray recordingsever – and would also say that the album’s noteworthy for some great work fromButch Morris on cornet and Curtis Clark on piano – working in a quintet withBrian Smith on bass and Clifford Jarvis on drums. Titles include “JasVan”, “Secret Of The Circle”, “Murray’s Steps”, and”Cancion De Amor En Espanol” – and the CD also features 2 bonustracks – “Nairobi” and “Flowers For Albert”.