Soprano Saxophone Improvisations, by Kevin Murray

Soprano Saxophone Improvisations

by Kevin Murray

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	1.	Sunview Luncheonette 1 10:31
	2.	Record Shop 2 04:05
	3.	Sunview Luncheonette 2 08:01
	4.	Record Shop 1 14:23

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I met Kevin Murray in the Bay Area (our shared homeland) a few years before he moved to New York. At that time, he was a precociously talented drummer for his young age, possessing remarkable technical acumen, unflagging energy, and, most impressively, the intuition and feel for “freely improvised” music of a man many years his senior. Since moving to the Big Apple, Kevin has, in an almost disconcertingly short amount of time, expanded his virtuosity to include a creative practice on the soprano saxophone. Not only does he play with the confidence and sound fundamentals of a master of the instrument, he shows remarkable technical creativity in owning many of the most difficult “extended techniques” of the saxophone, as well as creating some new ones. The two live recordings presented here are evidence of a truly original saxophonist with a unique voice. There are shades of Evan Parker’s mastery of articulation and nuanced multiphonics, as well as Zorn’s rapid-fire technical grab-bag approach to solo saxophone performance, but Kevin’s style is unmistakably his own. While the music is free-flowing, it is highly engaging due to Kevin’s dogged pursuit of concrete ideas, following threads to their logical conclusion while running them through his prismatic technical gauntlet. The music here is certainly deserving of several focused listening sessions, and undoubtedly shows promise of much more to come from Kevin Murray, who is rapidly, and repeatedly, proving himself to be one of the finest improvising musicians of our time.

-Tom Weeks, Oakland, CA, May 2023

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released June 7, 2023

Kevin Murray, soprano sax
Recorded live at Sunview Luncheonette 3/3/23 & Record Shop 3/29/23 on a Tascam
Mastered by Nate Sherman

Video of Record Shop set - thanks Don Mount!
youtu.be/JbpOiXvZv8Y?t=116

Thank you - Tom, Bene, Scott, Nate!!
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ON TOUR JUNE '23:
6/10 - Brooklyn, NY @ House Show (DM)
6/15 - Boston, MA @ Find Out Series
6/16 - Providence, RI @ The Ridge
6/17 - Greenfield, MA @ John Doe, Jr.
6/20 - Brooklyn, NY @ Record Shop
6/22 - Washington, DC @ Rhizome
6/24 2pm - Willimantic, CT @ Willimantic Records
6/24 7pm - New Haven, CT @ Neverending Books
6/25 - Philadelphia, PA @ Century

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