The Healers

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Total Tracks: 4   Total Length: 43:36

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Muhal Richard Abrams is likely best known as a driving force behind the hugely influential Chicago co-op the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), but he's also an underappreciated composer. Not unknown by any means — he won Denmark's first Jazzpar Prize in 1990, before the international jury got around to David Murray, Lee Konitz, Tommy Flanagan and Roy Haynes. But Abrams 'orchestra rarely got the attention it deserved in its '80s and… more »

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This set of duets by David Murray (doubling on tenor and bass clarinet) and pianist Randy Weston is a bit of a surprise. Rather than performing standards or some of Weston’s “hits,” the duo stretches out on three obscurities by the two musicians (only Weston’s “Blue Moses” is slightly known) and Butch Morris’ “Clever Beggar.” Weston provides a solid harmonic and rhythmic foundation for Murray’s thick-toned but sometimes screeching flights, and the combination works pretty well. – Scott Yanow