Sunny Murray
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- Perles noires
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Idabel, Oklahoma, USA
James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray was an American musician, and was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming.
Known for
- Sunny's Time Now — Self2008
- Fun and Games for Everyone — Drummer1969
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1936-09-21
- Active to
- 2017-12-07
Discography
- Action1965
- Sonny's Time Now1965
- Sunny Murray1966
- Big Chief1969
- Sunshine1969
- An Even Break (Never Give A Sucker)1970
- Hommage to Africa1970
- African Magic1979
- Smoke1990
- 13# Steps on Glass1995
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Sunny Murray (James Marcellus Arthur Murray, Idabel, Oklahoma, September 21, 1937 - December 8, 2017) was an American jazz drummer, one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming. Murray spent his youth in Philadelphia before moving to New York City where he began playing with Cecil Taylor: "We played for about a year, just practicing, studying - we went to workshops with Varèse, did a lot of creative things, just experimenting, without a job". <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sunny+
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Murray
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Idabel
- Place of death
- 16th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Record label
- ESP-Disk
- Image
- Sunny Murray.jpg
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- Sunny Murray
- date of birth
- 1937-10-21
- date of death
- 2017-12-07
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