Ballads (David Murray album)

1988 studio album by David Murray

Ballads

Studio album by

David Murray

Released| 1988
Recorded| January 1988
Genre| Jazz
Length| 46:31
Label| DIW
Producer| Kazunori Sugiyama
David Murray chronology
| New Life
(1986)  | Ballads
(1988)  | Deep River
(1988)

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Ballads is a jazz album by David Murray released on the Japanese DIW label in 1988. It features six quartet performances by Murray with Fred Hopkins, Dave Burrell and Ralph Peterson Jr.

## Reception

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The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 3 stars stating "Ballads is an excellent set on all levels and even the sound is superb. One of the best albums of the '80s. ".[1]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [2]
Tom Hull| A[3]

## Track listing

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1. "Valley Talk" (Burrell) – 7:14
2. "Love in Resort" – 4:44
3. "Ballad for the Black Man" – 11:02
4. "Paradise Five" – 8:19
5. "Lady in Black" (Peterson) – 8:00
6. "Sarah's Lament" (Burrell) – 7:12

All compositions by David Murray except as indicated

## Personnel

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* David Murray – tenor saxophone
* Dave Burrell – piano
* Fred Hopkins – bass
* Ralph Peterson, Jr. – drums

## References

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1. ^ a b Cook, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 2, 2011
2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1061\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
3. ^ Hull, Tom. "David Murray". Tom Hull - on the Web. Retrieved May 26, 2024 - via tomhull.com.

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David Murray

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

As leader
or co-leader|

* Low Class Conspiracy (1976)
* Flowers for Albert (1976)
* Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club (1977)
* Let the Music Take You (1978)
* Last of the Hipman (1978)
* Interboogieology (1978)
* 3D Family (1978)
* Sweet Lovely (1979)
* Solo Live (1980)
* Ming (1980)
* Home (1981)
* Murray's Steps (1982)
* Morning Song (1983)
* Live at Sweet Basil Volume 1 (1984)
* Live at Sweet Basil Volume 2 (1984)
* Children (1984)
* Sketches of Tokyo (with John Hicks, 1985)
* New Life (1985)
* I Want to Talk About You (1986)
* Recording N.Y.C. 1986 (1986)
* In Our Style (with Jack DeJohnette, 1986)
* The Hill (1986)
* Hope Scope (1987)
* The Healers (with Randy Weston, 1987)
* Lovers (1988)
* Deep River (1988)
* Ballads (1988)
* Spirituals (1988)
* Tenors (1988)
* Ming's Samba (1988)
* Lucky Four (1988)
* Daybreak (with Dave Burrell, 1989)
* Special Quartet (1990)
* Remembrances (1990)
* Shakill's Warrior (1991)
* David Murray Big Band (1991)
* David Murray/James Newton Quintet (1991)
* Black & Black (1991)
* In Concert (with Dave Burrell, 1991)
* Fast Life (1991)
* Ballads for Bass Clarinet (1991)
* Death of a Sideman (1991)
* Real Deal (1991)
* A Sanctuary Within (1991)
* South of the Border (1992)
* Picasso (1992)
* MX (1992)
* Body and Soul (1993)
* Brother to Brother (with Dave Burrell, 1993)
* Jazzosaurus Rex (1993)
* Saxmen (1993)
* For Aunt Louise (1993)
* Love and Sorrow (1993)
* Shakill's II (1993)
* Windward Passages (Black Saint) (with Dave Burrell, 1993)
* David Murray Quintet (1994)
* The Tip (1994)
* Jug-A-Lug (1994)
* Flowers Around Cleveland (1995)
* Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead (1996)
* Long Goodbye: A Tribute to Don Pullen (1996)
* Fo Deuk Revue (1996)
* Creole (1997)
* Speaking in Tongues (1997)
* Seasons (1998)
* Octet Plays Trane (1999)
* Like a Kiss that Never Ends (2000)
* Yonn-Dé (2001)
* Silence (with Mal Waldron, 2001)
* Now Is Another Time (2001–2)
* Waltz Again (2002)
* Gwotet (2003)
* Sacred Ground (2006)
* Plays Nat King Cole en Español (2010)
* Be My Monster Love (2012)

With James Blood Ulmer/
Music Revelation Ensemble|

* Are You Glad to Be in America? (1980)
* Free Lancing (1981)
* Music Revelation Ensemble (1988)
* Elec. Jazz (MRE, 1990)
* After Dark (MRE, 1991)

With the
World Saxophone Quartet|

* Point of No Return (1977)
* Steppin' (1978)
* Live in Zurich (1981)
* W.S.Q. (1981)
* Revue (1982)
* Live at Brooklyn Academy of Music (1985)
* Plays Duke Ellington (1986)
* Dances and Ballads (1987)
* Rhythm and Blues (1988)
* Metamorphosis (1990)
* Breath of Life (1992)
* Moving Right Along (1993)
* Four Now (1995)
* Takin' It 2 the Next Level (1996)
* Selim Sivad: A Tribute to Miles Davis (1998)
* Requiem for Julius (1999)
* 25th Anniversary: The New Chapter (2000)
* Experience (2003)
* Political Blues (2006)

With others|

* Cold Sweat Plays J. B. (Craig Harris, 1988)
* Special Edition (Jack DeJohnette, 1979)
* Album Album (Jack DeJohnette, 1984)
* Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge (James Carter, 2001)
* The Jazzpar Prize (Pierre Dørge's New Jungle Orchestra, 1991)
* Love Outside of Dreams (Kahil El'Zabar, 1997)
* One World Family (Kahil El'Zabar, 2000)
* We Is (Kahil El'Zabar, 2000)
* Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane (McCoy Tyner, 1984)
* 44th Street Suite (McCoy Tyner, 1991)

Soundtracks|

* Kansas City (1996)

Related articles|

* David Murray discography

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Dave Burrell

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

leader or
co-leader|

* High Won-High Two (1968)
* Echo (1969)
* La Vie de Bohème (released 1969)
* After Love (1970)
* In: Sanity (The 360 Degree Music Experience, 1976)
* Dave Burrell Plays Ellington & Monk (1978)
* Lush Life (1978)
* Windward Passages (hatART, 1979)
* Live at the Black Musicians' Conference, 1981 (1981)
* The Jelly Roll Joys (1990)
* Recital (and Tyrone Brown, 2000)
* Expansion (2003)
* Consequences (2005)
* Margy Pargy (2005)
* Momentum (2005)

With
David
Murray|

* Hope Scope (1987)
* Ballads (1988)
* Deep River (1988)
* Lovers (1988)
* Lucky Four (1988)
* Spirituals (1988)
* Tenors (1988)
* Daybreak (Burrell, 1989)
* Remembrances (1990)
* Death of a Sideman (1991)
* In Concert (1991)
* Picasso (1992)
* Brother to Brother (1993)

With
Archie
Shepp|

* For Losers (1968–69)
* Kwanza (1968–69)
* The Way Ahead (1968)
* Black Gipsy (1969)
* Blasé (1969)
* Live at the Pan-African Festival (1969)
* Pitchin Can (1969–70)
* Yasmina, a Black Woman (1969)
* Things Have Got to Change (1971)
* Attica Blues (1972)
* The Cry of My People (1972)
* A Sea of Faces (1975)
* Body and Soul (1975)
* Jazz a Confronto 27 (1975)
* Montreux One (1975)
* Montreux Two (1975)
* There's a Trumpet in My Soul (1975)
* U-Jaama (Unite) (1975)
* Lover Man (1988)

With
others|

* Three for Shepp (Marion Brown, 1966)
* I Plan to Stay a Believer (William Parker, 2001–08)
* Essence of Ellington (William Parker, 2012)
* Epitome (Odean Pope, 1993)
* Black Woman (Sonny Sharrock, 1969)

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