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Sunny Murray (21 Sep 1936 - 07 Dec 2017)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (7)

Official

Album

  1. Sonny's Time Now 1965
  2. Sunny Murray 1966
  3. Sunshine 15 Aug 1969
  4. Big Chief 1969
  5. Hommage to Africa 1970
  6. An Even Break (Never Give A Sucker) 1970

Album - Live

  1. Sunny Murray 1969

Relationships (4)

Member Of

  1. Sunny Murray Trio original, eponymous, drums (drum set)
  2. Albert Ayler Trio drums (drum set)
  3. Albert Ayler Quartet drums (drum set)
  4. David Murray Quartet

Recordings by (33)

  1. Virtue ?:?? (1965)
  2. Justice Part 1 ?:?? (1965)
  3. Justice Part 2 ?:?? (1965)
  4. Black Art (W/LeRoy Jones, Reading) ?:?? (1965)
  5. Phase 1,2,3,4 19:45 (1966)
  6. Hilariously 11:12 (1966)
  7. Angels And Devils 11:09 (1966)
  8. Giblet 8:55 (1966)
  9. Flower Trane 13:45 (15 Aug 1969)
  10. Real 8:45 (15 Aug 1969)
  11. Red Cross 7:54 (15 Aug 1969)
  12. Hilarious Paris 5:30 (1969)
  13. Now We Know 7:44 (1969)
  14. Angel Son 7:30 (1969)
  15. Straight Ahead 9:30 (1969)
  16. This Nearly Was Mine 5:12 (1969)
  17. Elephant's Dream 9:00 (1969)
  18. Flower 15:30 (1969)
  19. Suns of Africa, Part 1 15:15 (1970)
  20. Suns of Africa, Part 2 2:40 (1970)
  21. R.I.P. 9:30 (1970)
  22. Unity 6:55 (1970)
  23. An Even Break (Never Give A Sucker) 7:45 (1970)
  24. Giblets Part 12 7:21 (1970)
  25. Complete Affection 7:15 (1970)
  26. Invisible Blues 5:25 (1970)
  27. The Lie 5:44 (1991)
  28. Virtue 11:07 (1991)
  29. Justice 12:43 (1991)
  30. Black Art 6:31 (1991)
  31. Over the Rainbow 5:51 (1999)
  32. Something's Cookin' 17:07 (1999)
  33. [interview] 0:18 (2011)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Mixed 10:12 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1962) drums (drum set)
  2. Bulbs 6:52 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1962) drums (drum set)
  3. Pots 5:46 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1962) drums (drum set)
  4. Lena 6:58 Cecil Taylor (1963) drums (drum set)
  5. Trance 9:12 Cecil Taylor (1963) drums (drum set)
  6. Call 9:00 Cecil Taylor (1963) drums (drum set)
  7. D Trad, That’s What 21:26 Cecil Taylor (1963) drums (drum set)
  8. Vibrations 4:55 Albert Ayler Quartet (1964) drums (drum set)
  9. Ghosts 2:04 Albert Ayler Quartet (1964) drums (drum set)
  10. Mothers 7:05 Albert Ayler Quartet (1964) drums (drum set)
  11. Holy, Holy 11:15 Albert Ayler (1964) drums (drum set)
  12. Witches and Devils 12:12 Albert Ayler (1964) drums (drum set)
  13. Holy Spirit 8:28 Albert Ayler Quartet (1964) drums (drum set)
  14. Spirits 6:36 Albert Ayler (1964) drums (drum set)
  15. Children 6:50 Albert Ayler Quartet (1964) drums (drum set)
  16. Saints 6:13 Albert Ayler (1964) drums (drum set)
  17. Spirits Rejoice 11:39 Albert Ayler (1965) drums (drum set)
  18. Angels 5:28 Albert Ayler (1965) drums (drum set)
  19. Ghosts: Second Variation 9:59 Albert Ayler Trio (1965) drums (drum set)
  20. D.C. 8:00 Albert Ayler (1965) drums (drum set)
  21. Holy Family 2:12 Albert Ayler (1965) drums (drum set)
  22. Prophet 5:34 Albert Ayler (1965) drums (drum set)
  23. Spirits 6:51 Albert Ayler Trio (1965) drums (drum set)
  24. Ghosts: First Variation 5:17 Albert Ayler Trio (1965) drums (drum set)
  25. The Wizard 7:26 Albert Ayler Trio (1965) drums (drum set)
  26. Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come (2nd variation) 8:09 Cecil Taylor (1966) drums (drum set)
  27. Lena (second version) 14:21 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1966) drums (drum set)
  28. What’s New 12:11 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1966) drums (drum set)
  29. ITT 23:22 Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd, Gary Peacock, Sonny Murray (1966) drums (drum set)
  30. Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come 9:11 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1966) drums (drum set)
  31. Pan African Festival 7:50 Clifford Thornton (1969) drums (drum set)
  32. Yasmina, a Black Woman 20:08 Archie Shepp (1969) percussion, drums (drum set)
  33. Ketchaoua 12:35 Clifford Thornton (1969) drums (drum set)
  34. Peace 21:30 Dave Burrell (1969) drums (drum set)
  35. Echo 20:02 Dave Burrell (1969) drums (drum set)
  36. Pitchin' Can 7:35 Archie Shepp (1970) drums (drum set)
  37. Black Gipsy 25:15 Archie Shepp (1970) drums (drum set)
  38. Epitaph of a Small Winner: Rio de Janeiro, Casablanca, Chicago 22:36 Archie Shepp (1970) drums (drum set)
  39. Goin’ Home 4:27 Albert Ayler (1971) drums (drum set)
  40. Ol’ Man River (take 1) 4:04 Albert Ayler (1971) drums (drum set)
  41. Deep River 4:21 Albert Ayler (1971) drums (drum set)
  42. When the Saints Go Marchin’ In 4:25 Albert Ayler (1971) drums (drum set)
  43. Ol’ Man River (take 2) 5:31 Albert Ayler (1971) drums (drum set)
  44. We Have Come Back (Part 1) 7:00 Archie Shepp (1971) drums (drum set)
  45. Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen 4:56 Albert Ayler (1971) drums (drum set)
  46. We Have Come Back (Part 2) 23:30 Archie Shepp (1971) drums (drum set)
  47. Ghosts (First Variation) 11:15 Albert Ayler (1975) percussion
  48. Wizard 8:24 Albert Ayler (1975) percussion, drums (drum set)
  49. Ghosts (Second Variation) 7:06 Albert Ayler (1975) percussion
  50. Prophecy 7:09 Albert Ayler (1975) percussion

Credited as (25)

  1. Sunny Murray
  2. Sunny Murray, John Edwards & Tony Bevan
  3. Aki Takase, Reggie Workman, Sunny Murray
  4. Assif Tsahar, Peter Kowald, Sunny Murray
  5. Alexander von Schlippenbach And Sunny Murray
  6. Gary Peacock, Sunny Murray & Albert Ayler
  7. Sonny Murray
  8. Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd, Gary Peacock & Sonny Murray
  9. Arthur Doyle & Sunny Murray
  10. Charles Gayle with Sunny Murray & William Parker
  11. Sunny Murray, Byard Lancaster, David Murray & Khan Jamal
  12. Sunny Murray, David Murray, Byard Lancaster, Khan Jamal & Fred Hopkins
  13. Cheikh Tidiane Fall & Malachi Favors & Sunny Murray
  14. François Tusques, Sunny Murray
  15. Mark O'Leary, Sunny Murray
  16. Sunny Murray, Odean Pope, Wayne Dockery
  17. Sunny Murray, Bob Dickie, Robert Andreano
  18. Sunny Murray, Robert Andreano, Bob Dickie
  19. Sunny Murray with Sabir Mateen
  20. Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd, Gary Peacock, Sonny Murray
  21. John Blum with Sunny Murray and William Parker
  22. Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd, Gary Peacock, Sunny Murray
  23. Borah Bergman, Wilber Morris, Sunny Murray
  24. The Contemporary Jazz Quartet featuring Sonny Murray
  25. Sunny Murray Duo featuring Charles Gayle

Works (10)

Composed

  1. Short and Sweet
  2. Most of All
  3. Albert
  4. Taps
  5. Body Politik
  6. Spiritualized
  7. Axiom
  8. Anthem to Eternity
  9. Yokes

Dedicated Works

  1. Eventual (written for Sunny Murray)

Links (12)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134183215
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82001697
  3. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/sunny-murray-1
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13897818s
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82001697

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/446536

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Murray

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/253093

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000590210

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/8598025

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q587818

Discography Pages

  1. http://www.mindspring.com/~scala/murray.htm