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Shakill's Warrior

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Released
  
1991

Producer
  
Kazunori Sugiyama

Release date
  
1991

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
72:49

Artist
  
David Murray

Label
  
DIW Records

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Recorded
  
March 1–2, 1991 Sound On Sound, NYC

Shakills Warrior (1991)
  
David Murray Big Band (1991)

Similar
  
David Murray albums, Jazz albums

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Shakill's Warrior is an album by David Murray released on the DIW/Columbia label. It was released in 1991 and features eight quartet performances by Murray with Stanley Franks, Don Pullen, and Andrew Cyrille.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "The music, with the exception of some typical Murray outbursts into the extreme upper register, is generally respectful and soulful, one of Murray's mellower efforts.".

Track listing

  1. "Blues For Savannah" (Murray)- 7:26
  2. "Song From The Old Country" (Pullen) - 7:01
  3. "High Priest" (Cyrille) - 11:59
  4. "In The Spirit" (Pullen) 9:49
  5. "Shakill's Warrior" (Murray) - 8:37
  6. "At The Cafe Central" (Pullen) 10:52
  7. "Black February (Butch Morris) - 0:53
  8. "Milano Strut" (Pullen) - 8:17

Personnel

  • David Murray - tenor saxophone
  • Don Pullen - organ
  • Stanley Franks - guitar
  • Andrew Cyrille - drums

    • Songs

    1Blues for Savannah7:27
    2Song From the Old Country7:02
    3High Priest12:00

    References

    Shakill's Warrior Wikipedia
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