The Jazzpar Prize (album)
Occupation
- Tenor saxophone, bass clarinet: David Murray
- Guitar: Pierre Dørge
- Piano: Horace Parlan
- Trumpet, flugelhorn: Harry Beckett
- Trumpet: Per Jörgensen
- Trombone: Jörg Huke
- Alto saxophone, bass clarinet Jesper Zeuthen
- Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone: Jacob Mygind
- Keyboards: Irene Becker
- Bass: Jens Skov Olsen
- Drums: Audun Kleive
- Vocals: Donald Murray ( 3)
The Jazzpar Prize is one with the Pierre Dørge New Jungle Orchestra, recorded in Copenhagen on 16 and 17 March 1991 and published in 1992 on the label Enja jazz album by David Murray.
Background
The tenor saxophonist and bass clarinetist David Murray in 1991 was the winner of the Jazzpar price after it had received in 1990 (when it was first awarded ) Muhal Richard Abrams. Among the nominees for the award included musicians Don Cherry, Jackie McLean, Martial Solal and Randy Weston. The Jazzpar Prize was regarded with about $ 35,000, the coveted world jazz price. Murray was selected by an international jury from Dan Morgenstern, Gary Giddins (USA ), Philippe Carles (France), Bert Noglik ( Germany ) and Erik Wiedemann (Denmark). To the awards ceremony was an opportunity to put together a lineup with Danish and international musicians to play with this, the winners concert and record a album. The band, who picked Murray, was the New Jungle Orchestra of the Danish guitarist Pierre Dørge, the Murray knew of joint appearances at various festivals here. The ten-member ensemble, including, inter alia, Danish keyboardist Irene Becker, the British trumpeter Harry Beckett, who belonged to the German trombonist Jörg Huke and the Danish saxophonist Jesper Zeuthen, had guests here beside the American pianist Horace Parlan Murray and the Norwegian drummer Audun Kleive.
In the first concert on March 13 - the opening act to the Jens Winther Quintet with Al Foster and a formation headed by Jesper Thilo occurred - played the formation an interpretation of Peer Gynt Suite, Improvisations on Brikama and Different Place diffenrent Bananas. There followed compositions Dørges Do Green Ants Dream? and dedicated to David Murray in Wonderland, then from Murray's repertoire Shakill 's Warrior ( the title track from his album recorded for DIW, also in March 1991 [A 1] ) and Song for Doni, which he had dedicated to his brother Donald. This was at that time choir director in Texas and was singled out as guest vocalist in a gospel medley, were interpreted in the Spiritual standards such as Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen and Down by the Riverside. This has long been the first appearance of Donald Murray with his brother David, who remembered so his early appearances in the family band in a Pentecostal Church. More concerts announced the formation in Odense and Aarhus; on 16 and 17 March, the musicians then went to a Copenhagen studio.
The music of the album
In addition to the already listed at the concerts gospel medley with Donald Murray, the Dørge compositions David in Wonderland and Do Green Ants Dream? Murray and the two pieces Shakill Warrior 's Song for Doni and the ensemble played also a Duke Ellington classic In a Sentimental Mood. While Do Green Ants Dream? is dominated by the ensemble performance, stand in David in Wonderland for a piano intro Parlans the soloists Murray ( on tenor saxophone) and Beckett ( on flugelhorn) in the foreground. The Gospel Medley is embedded in a big band arrangement; while the ballad In a Sentimental Mood is interpreted in the saxophone piano duo Murray / Parlan, Horace Parlan in which has a longer solo. It follows a middle tempo Shakill 's Warrior, launched in big band arrangement with solo contributions by Murray, Beckett, Dørge and Jens Skov Olsen. The theme of the finale song for Doni is presented by the horn section, in the central part of the solos Parlans and Beckett.
Review
Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 ½ ( out of 5) stars, calling the shots
Cook / Morton rated it with only 3 (of 4) stars; they went on a Murray and Dørges interest in Ellington's sound world. Murray - the otherwise excellent insertion in the ensemble - playing here a restrained than usual and his " spiritual kinship with Paul Gonsalves [ random ] entirely consistent "; although he varied the melody in the Ellington piece to bring his solo to ignite, his interpretation of In a Sentimental Mood among his recordings was " ironically, one of the smoothest and most respectful repertoire performances ".
List of titles
- David Murray & Pierre Dørge 's New Jungle Orchestra - The Jazzpar Prize ( Enja 7031-2 )