David Murray (saxophonist)
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| - | '''Harry Beckett''' (born May 30, 1935 as '''Harold Winston Beckett''' in [[St Michael Parish]], [[Barbados]]: died July 22, 2010 in London) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] trumpeter and flugelhorn player. | + | '''David Murray''' (born February 19, 1955, [[Oakland, California|Oakland]], [[California]], [[United States]]) is an American [[jazz]] musician. Murray plays mainly tenor [[saxophone]] and sometimes [[bass clarinet]]. He has recorded prolifically for many record labels since the mid-1970s. |
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| - | Resident in the UK since 1954, Harry Beckett's reputation extends throughout Europe and the USA. In 1961, he played with [[Charles Mingus]] in the film ''[[All Night Long]]''. In the late 1960s he worked and recorded within the band of bass player and composer [[Graham Collier]]. Since 1970 he has been leading groups of his own, recording for [[Philips]], [[RCA]] and [[Ogun Records]] amongst other labels. | + | |
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| - | He was a key figure of important groups in the British free jazz/improvised music scene, including [[Ian Carr]]'s Nucleus, the [[Brotherhood of Breath]] and [[The Dedication Orchestra]], [[London Jazz Composers Orchestra]], London Improvisers Orchestra, [[John Surman]]'s Octet, [[Django Bates]], [[Ronnie Scott]]'s Quintet, [[Kathy Stobart]], [[Charlie Watts]], [[Stan Tracey]]'s Big Band and Octet; [[Elton Dean]]'s ''Ninesense''. He has also recorded with [[Keef Hartley]], [[Jah Wobble]], [[David Sylvian]] and worked with [[David Murray (jazz musician)|David Murray]]. He toured abroad with [[Johnny Dyani]], [[Chris McGregor]], [[Keith Tippett]], [[John Tchicai]], [[Joachim Kühn]], [[Dudu Pukwana]]'s ''Zila'', [[George Gruntz]]'s Bands, Belgian quintet [[The Wrong Object]], [[Pierre Dørge]]'s ''New Jungle Band'' and [[Annie Whitehead]]'s [[Robert Wyatt]] project, ''Soupsongs'', which also featured [[Phil Manzanera]] and [[Julie Tippetts]], amongst other jazz and rock luminaries. | + | |
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| - | His most recent, dub-oriented album, ''The Modern Sound of Harry Beckett'', was produced by famed British producer [[Adrian Sherwood]] and released on On-U Sound in late 2008. | + | |
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| - | In 1972 Beckett won the ''[[Melody Maker]]'' jazz Poll as 'Top Trumpeter in Britain'. He was a member of the [[Orchestre National de Jazz]] between 1997 and 2000. | + | |
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| - | Beckett died on [[22 July]], after a [[stroke]]. | + | |
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| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | *[[Jazz Warriors]] | + | |
| - | *[[List of jazz trumpeters]] | + | |
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David Murray (born February 19, 1955, Oakland, California, United States) is an American jazz musician. Murray plays mainly tenor saxophone and sometimes bass clarinet. He has recorded prolifically for many record labels since the mid-1970s.
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