WAC | Calendar | May 1999

David Murray
photo: Daniel Miller

Performing Arts
THE DAVID MURRAY OCTET

SATURDAY,
MAY 8, 1999,
8 PM

$15 ($12 WALKER MEMBERS)
AUDITORIUM

Follow the link to hear some examples of other works by the David Murray Octet.

David Murray, an award-winning composer-musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet), blends the legacies of the 1970s free jazz movement, gospel, and the New Orleans sound with African roots. This extraordinary Octet includes Craig Harris on trombone, Wilber Morris on bass, Hugh Ragin on trumpet, and James Spaulding on alto sax. Murray is also a cofounder of the World Saxophone Quartet. Murray and his all-star Octet perform a special evening-length concert as part of the weeklong residency with Urban Bush Women.

COMMON TIME IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE DAYTON HUDSON FOUNDATION ON BEHALF OF DAYTON'S, MERVYN'S CALIFORNIA, AND TARGET STORES. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY THE DORIS DUKE FUND FOR JAZZ AND DANCE, THE MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION, THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, THE NATIONAL DANCE PROJECT OF THE NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, AND THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS.