sunny murray quintet

A landmark recording in avant-garde jazz, legendary free-jazz drummer Sunny Murray was an indispensable force in the early defining moments of free-jazz, working with Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp, Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry among countless others. Murray shines on this 1966 recording for ESP-Disk’ leading a quintet featuring the explosive talents of Jaques Coursil (trumpet), Jack Graham and Byard Lancaster (both alto sax) and the extraordinary bassist Alan Silva. Also available on LP (GET 1024).