LOVERS (DAVID MURRAY ALBUM)

Lovers
Lovers
Studio album by David Murray
Released	1988
Recorded	January 1988
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:38
Label	DIW
Producer	Kazunori Sugiyama
David Murray chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]
Tom Hull	A-^[3]

Lovers is an 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.^[4]

Track listing

"Teardrops for Jimmy (Dedicated to Jimmy Garrison)" (Burrell) - 7:57
"Lovers" - 7:40
"In a Sentimental Mood" ( Ellington, Kurtz, Mills) - 8:49
"Ming" - 9:48
"Water Colors" (Peterson) - 6:47
"Nalungo (For Nalungo Mwanga)" ( Mwanga) - 7:49

All compositions by David Murray except as indicated

Personnel

David Murray - tenor saxophone
Dave Burrell - piano
Fred Hopkins - bass
Ralph Peterson Jr. - drums

References

^ Allmusic Review
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2000). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (5th ed.). Penguin. p. 1091. ISBN 0-14-051452-X.
^ Hull, Tom. "David Murray". Tom Hull - on the Web. Retrieved May 26, 2024 – via tomhull.com.
^ David Murray Lovers

[1] Allmusic Review

[Penguin-2] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2000). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (5th ed.). Penguin. p. 1091. ISBN 0-14-051452-X.

[3] Hull, Tom. "David Murray". Tom Hull - on the Web. Retrieved May 26, 2024 – via tomhull.com.

[4] David Murray Lovers

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v t e 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

v t e Dave Burrell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As 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)

v t e 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

v t e Dave Burrell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As 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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