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Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead

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Released
  
1996

Length
  
61:05

Release date
  
1996

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
January 17–18, 1996

Producer
  
Herbie Miller

Label
  
Astor Place

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Dark Star The Music of the Grateful Dead (1996)
  
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Artists
  
David Murray, David Murray Octet

Similar
  
David Murray albums, Jazz albums

Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead is an album by the David Murray Octet released on Astor Place. It was released in 1996 and contains Murray's versions of compositions by the Grateful Dead. The Octet plays on the first six tracks, and the last is a Murray solo, accompanied only by Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.

Contents

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "So overall this is a mixed bag, most highly recommended to listeners who have a high tolerance level and a strong sense of humor."

Track listing

  1. "Shakedown Street" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:54
  2. "Samson and Delilah" (Traditional) – 11:12
  3. "Estimated Prophet" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:55
  4. "Dark Star" (Garcia, Hunter, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir) – 16:15
  5. "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:17
  6. "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 8:29
  7. "Shoulda Had Been Me" (Cockburn, Nash, Weir) – 5:06
  • Recorded on January 17–18, 1996 at Clinton Recording Studios, New York, NY

    • Personnel

  • David Murray – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Hugh Ragin – trumpet
  • James Zoller or Omar Kabir – trumpet
  • Craig Harris – trombone
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute
  • Robert Irving III – piano, hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer
  • Fred Hopkins – bass
  • Renzell Meritt – drums
  • Bob Weir – guitar (Track 7)

    • Songs

    1Shakedown Street8:55
    2Samson and Delilah11:12
    3Estimated Prophet5:55

    References

    Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead Wikipedia
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