David Murray

In storage : From 10am-2pm on Saturday, you can get a free behind-the-scenes look at the Otago Settlers Museum's new custom-built storage facility. Read More

The Halfway House has been nominated by the New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission which grants it building protection from demolition, as Danny Monteverde reports (New Orleans Times-Picayune). Read More

On the new album "The Devil Tried to Kill Me" (Justin Time) by David Murray and the Gwo Ka Masters featuring Taj Mahal, we find Mr. Murray, the saxophonist and composer, returning to Guadeloupe for his third recording with Klod Kiavué and François Ladrezeau, who play gwo ka hand drums that help define the island's indigenous folk music. Read More

If there is one genre of popular music that has managed to to both refrain from being co-opted by commercial and corporate interests yet still remain culturally significant, it would have to be jazz. Read More

Jagged orange lightening bolts frame a box of rainbow swirls beneath a diamond-shaped prism inside a bright yellow square angling into a tangle of colored streamers. Read More

A WORLD class pianist comes to North Devon Jazz Club in November for a special one-off gig. Read More

Six orchestras — three visiting orchestras led by legendary conductors Christoph von Dohnanyi, Valery Gergiev and Rene Jacobs, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta with conductors Edo de Waart, Yan Huichang and Yip Wing-sie — will be presented as part of the 38 th Hong Kong Arts Festival that will be held from Feb. 25 to March 28, 2010. Read More

The 7th Ave. home in the '80s and early '90s of Gil Evans' last orchestra, David Murray's octets, Abdullah Ibrahim's bands, Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy and other avant-gutsy acts closed last night (Oct. 24) without notice or fanfare. Read More

There was a time, perhaps, when playing jazz was much more a matter of soul than technique. Read More

An ensemble of the world's best performing arts and theater shows. Read More