Big Band (David Murray)

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l.

PAUL

GONZALVES

(Paul

Gonzalves,/David urray)*

2. LESTER

(David

Murray) 9:5(,

3.

BEN

(David

Murray)

10:09

4.

CALLING

STEVE

McCALL

(Composition

y David Murray & Lawrence

Butch"

Morris.

Words

by G'Ra)"

5.

LOVE

JOY

(Craig

Harris)

6. ISTANBUL

(David

Murray)

7.

DAVID'S

TUNE

(David

Murray)

8. LET THE MUSIC TAKE

YOU

(Composition

y David Murray,

Vocal

Lyricsby David Henderson Rap Lyrics

by Craig Harris)'**

Arrangementsy David Murray& LawrenceButch" Morris

O

MUSICIANS

DAVID

MURRAY

(tenor

sax,bass

larinet),HUGH RAGIN, GRAHAM HAYNES,

RASUL SIDDIK,

JAMES

ZOLLAR

(tTumpet) ,

RAIC

HARRIS, FRANK

LACY,

AL PATTERSON

trombone),

INCENT

CHANCEY

(french

orn), BOB

STEWART

(tuba).

KAHLIL

HENRY

(flute,pieolo),

JOHN PURCELL

(alro

sax), AMES

SPAULDING

(alto

sax, lu(e).

PATIENCE HIGCINS

(tenor,

oprano ax),DON BYRON

(bariton

sax, larinet),

SONELIUS SMITH

(piano),

FRED

HOPKINS

(bass),

ANI TABBAL

(drums),

JOEL A. BRANDON,

The "MasterWhistler"*(whistle),

'RA*'(wordist),

ANDY

BEY*' .(vocal) ,and LAWRENCE

*BUTCH"

MORRIS

conductor)

Reorded

at Clinton Reording. NYC on March 5

&

6, l99l

Mixed

at EffanelTowers,NYC on May 28

&29, l99l

Rrcorded and Mixed by Jim Ande$on

Assistant nginers;Troy Halderson Ian

Craigie

Projat

Coordinator;HerbieMiller

Cover Photos

by Ming Murray

Cover Daign

by

DIW DesignRoom

PRODUCED

BY DAVID MURRAY.

KAZUNORI SUGIYAMA

&

DI W

EXECUTIVE

PRODUCER:DISK UNION

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Total

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Recordinga big bond olbum in the

'90s

s kind of like showing up

or

a rap

concert

|ith

acousticmusicians

insteadof re cord DJ's.

Somehow,

get

the

eeling

that

people

are not making big band olbums. So, why should

I

put

one out?

Recause

t is the most

powerful

ond

profound

statement can make in

music.

t is the

most dircct

rcute to the heafis of my

fans.

The trilogy

of

"Paul

Gonzalves,"

"Lester (Young)"

qnd

"Ben

(lVebster)"

is dedicated to three

great

teno,

sa-rophonists whom I

revere

with the highest respect. These werc written

for

a

grant

that

prcsented

the music

qt

Northeastern

Univenit

in Boston. They were

augmented with twnty stings but somehou. he tapes of rhat

concert werestolen.

The solo of Paul

Gonzalves

was anscibed by Andrew While. After that I

orchestrated

he

amous

27

choruses by Paul at Newport

(Jaz

Festival) when

he

drcve

everyone

wild

and opened the door

for

extended

tenor

saxophone solos on

record. First I

listened to the Duke's arrangement of

"Diminuendo

And

Crescendo

ln BIue" behind the soloist, then I

prcceeded

to stay

out of

Duke's way

and

found

my own olchestration to

accompany Mr.

Gonzalves.

Not

an easy tqsk as Mr Ellington

was

ond b all encompassing.

Originally,

"Ben"

and

"Lester"

were

abo

augmented with

stilngs. Here,

we

used

"Ben"

qs

a

vehicle

or

solos

and

"Lester"

to

feqture

Sonelius Smith, Hugh Ragin and

yours

tmly.

I can't say enough

or

my twenty

years'associotion

fith

cohort conductor,

Butch

Moilis. His movement

always enhances the

band, bringing out the subtleties n m music

(which

I don't consider that subtle to begin

with). I

have thoroughly enjoyed working with him. I hope his effurts will be recognird in the

uture

of

large

ensemble ecordings, because

he contols

the

fine

line betwen

written

music and improvised music. It is amazing

to see

how he mixes

lhese

two apprcach$ into something that is not intended but

generates

o certain emotional

response

rom

a

listener

or a

ployer.

He

hits that mq* thrcugh osmosisor maybe o timely wove of t he baton.

These hings can not be seen on ,his audio leco.ding, howeven 6t watching the fqc6 frcm the bandstand

at Condon's Jqz Club the

week

before this recording was made told me everything I needed o know about

Rutch and the bond being on the right track. The

players

in

the band did an excellent

ob

as

ar

as cotering

the ||itten

music o

ollowing

spontqneous

CONDUCTIONS'

of Rulch.

Special

thanks to David

Henderson

or

his yria on

"Let

The Music Take You." I usuolly sing this song

myself. Although

for

thk special occasion, I needed a top

flight

bona

fide

singer, Andy

Bey.

He

really rocked

it.

Thqnks

to Craig Harris

for

his composition,

"Love

Joy,"

and also hb rap lyrics

for

"Let

The

Music

Take



You." Hb transfonnalion

rom

q

grcat

lrombonist to MC EA LD h'asbvrth

rhe

pice

of admissionat

Condon s.

The spiril of

Steve

McCall was

ever

present

hrcugh this recordingas Brother

G'Ro

possionatelf

reciled his

poem

"Calling

Ste|eMccall," lt wosapryopriate hat

Joel

Brandon

ust

showedup at the recording

date, Of

course,

I

had to use him. Sleve had introduced

him ,o me in Chicago some.t'ears belore

qnd

told me he

x'as

the

best

thisrler

in the

World.

I hope everyone njot's thk album

for

it rcpresents

3

yearc

of trying

to make o big band sound as

iy i1

11s7s

continuall), ouing

and refining itself.

Unfortunatel.t', his is the

'90s.

Maybe there s hope

or

the.future.

This album

is dedicated to SteveMcCall, our

first

drummer.

David Munay

9/I

/91 NYC

Thk recording

marks

20

l,eqrs

of Collaboration betweenDavid

qnd

I - and I

3

.t'ears

ince he Big Band u.as

first formed.

From

the

irst

time I heard

hissound,

I

knew something was about to

hqppen. And it ditt.

We

began to

play

togelher

in

various

envmble situations

-

mostb'

quartet

and alva$ to the

hih.

I

think to

thls day - besidesour filendship - song has bonded us.

I love

hissong, ond the way he teats

m.y

song

-

lou

knou', I think we'veonly written

one contposition ogethel

in these 20

leors

-

And we used

to sing il on the

Oakland

Ba ' Bridge

-

But wv never

plated

it.



CALLING

STEVE McCALL

by

C'Ra

Intense A

GentleThunder

lle PerformedHis Life

The Drummer

My l)ear

FriendSteveMcCall

PulledCloserThe

Gods

l{hythm. Form,

Like Raining,Raining

Scales f Color

In Air,

Prana,The DevineWe

Breatn

l'cs. Ycs. ts

Our

Nature

That BroughtThis

Jaz

A Natural

Progrssion For The

Spir it

Vibrr t ing

Dap Within The

Skin

l)rumming,

Drumming

Skin Drumming

Wc

licelThe

MmsageComing

Breathing n The Wind

I hc

( 'reator

Happening

More Than we

Can Comprehend

And From The

Music A Testimony

To

Enhance his Time We're n

And From My Head.More Than Can Be Said

Though Always We

Remember

Someone

loserThan

MereFnend

LET THE

MUSIC

TAKE

YA,

IT'LL

SHAKE

YA

Lyria

by

David

Henderson

Go with the low of tenors

vibrating n the night

blue sky

Let

the music ake

you

to realmswhereminds

can

fly

Let the music ake

you

deper

than

your

hean can fel

Let

the music ake

you

where

the strong€st ove

can deal

Let the music ake

you

to loves

areativelow

Let the music akeyou

where

alone hat

you

can't

go

Let

the music ake

you

Let the music

ake

you

Let

the music ake

you

LET

THE MUSIC TAKE YA. IT 'LL

SHAKE YA

LET THE MUSIC TAKE

YA, IT'LL SHAKE YA



Frank

Lacy

Vincent

Chancey

Bob

Stewart

James

Zollar

Fred

Hopkins

Sonel ius

Smith

John

Purcell

Joel

A.

Brandon

David Lawrence

Murray

"Butch"

Morr is

Graham

Haynes

AI

Patterson

James

Spaulding

Patience

Tani

Herbie



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