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Sunny Murray

Sunny Murray has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 2 February 2014. Sunny Murray's music has been featured on 16 episodes.

Sunny Murray (James Marcellus Arthur Murray, Idabel, Oklahoma, September 21, 1937 - December 8, 2017) was an American jazz drummer, one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming.

Murray spent his youth in Philadelphia before moving to New York City where he began playing with Cecil Taylor: "We played for about a year, just practicing, studying - we went to workshops with Varèse, did a lot of creative things, just experimenting, without a job". He featured on the…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
African Ancestrian Piece
Cheikh Tidiane Fall, Malachi Favors, Sunny Murray
Circle Records1979
African Ancestrian Piece
Cheikh Tidiane Fall, Malachi Favors, Sunny MurrayCircle Records1979
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Suns Of Africa - Part 1
Sunny Murray
BYG Records1970
Suns Of Africa - Part 1
Sunny MurrayBYG Records1970
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Dons Dawn
Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd, Gary Peacock, Sonny Murray
ESP Disk1966
Dons Dawn
Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd, Gary Peacock, Sonny MurrayESP Disk1966
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This Nearly Was Mine
Sunny Murray
Pathé1969
This Nearly Was Mine
Sunny MurrayPathé1969
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Angel Son
Sunny Murray
Pathé1969
Angel Son
Sunny MurrayPathé1969
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Ghosts
Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Gary Peacock, Sonny Murray
Fontana1969
Ghosts
Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Gary Peacock, Sonny MurrayFontana1969
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Wolofu Bugu Bolibana
Cheikh Tidiane Fall, Malachi Favors, Sunny Murray
Circle Records1979
Wolofu Bugu Bolibana
Cheikh Tidiane Fall, Malachi Favors, Sunny MurrayCircle Records1979
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R.I.P.
Sunny Murray
BYG Records1970
R.I.P.
Sunny MurrayBYG Records1970
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