1993 studio album by David Murray
Picasso is an album by the David Murray Octet, released on the Japanese DIW label in 1993.[1][2] It features performances by Murray, Rasul Siddik, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, Dave Burrell, Wilber Morris and Tani Tabbal. "Picasso Suite" is a tribute to both Pablo Picasso and Coleman Hawkins's tribute to Picasso.[3] It was written for the Northeast Ohio Jazz Society and the Cleveland Museum of Art.[4][5]
The AllMusic review awarded the album 3 stars.[6]
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AllMusic | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png) [6] |
- "Picasso Suite: Introduction" - 2:30
- "Picasso Suite: Catalonian Vonz" - 9:27
- "Picasso Suite: La Vie-The Jazz Life" - 4:38
- "Picasso Suite: Portrait Of Sax And Yac" - 3:16
- "Picasso Suite: Airtime For Hawkins" - 4:10
- "Picasso Suite: When Hawk Meets Pablo" - 12:20
- "Picasso Suite: Reprise; Catalonian Vonz" - 1:26
- "Menehune Messages" (Burrell, Monika Larsson) - 7:43
- "Chazz" (Morris) - 7:19
- "Shakill's Warrior" - 9:26
- All compositions by David Murray except as indicated
- Recorded September 1, 2, 9, & 11, 1992, NYC
- ^ Giddins, Gary (October 27, 1998). "Visions of Jazz: The First Century". Oxford University Press, USA – via Google Books.
- ^ Hasson, Bill (Jun 1994). "Picasso by the David Murray Octet". American Visions. 9 (3): 46.
- ^ Lock, Graham; Murray, David (October 27, 2009). "The Hearing Eye: Jazz & Blues Influences in African American Visual Art". Oxford University Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Kisner, Kathleen (March 6, 1992). "Jazz and Picasso fans alike...". Friday. The Plain Dealer. p. 18.
- ^ Guregian, Elaine (March 10, 1992). "Pressure is a Boon to 'Picasso' composer". Akron Beacon Journal. p. D1.
- ^ a b AllMusic Review accessed August 10, 2011
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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)
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