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Sunny Murray
real name James Marcellus Arthur Murray Jr.
Idabel, United States
Sunny Murray is credited on 618 releases across 97 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
618
Credits
97
Albums
7
Decades active
22
In collections
Biography
James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray (September 21, 1936 – December 7, 2017) was an American musician, and was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
618 releases · 97 albums · active 1962–2025
- Performance · 895
- Other credits · 41
- Production · 1
Studios: Jazzhus Montmartre · Town Hall, New York · Atlantic Studios · Studio Saravah
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Infinity
1984
Ghosts
1965
New York Eye And Ear Control
1966
Spiritual Unity
1965
Bells
1965
Into The Hot
1962
The World Of Cecil Taylor
1961
The Early Albums Collection
2020
Wildflowers 1 (The New York Loft Jazz Sessions)
1977
High Won - High Two
1976
Impulse Energy Essentials (A Developmental And Historical Introduction To The New Music)
1972
Sunny Murray
1966
Frequent collaborators
- Archie Shepp
- Albert Ayler
- Various
- Cecil Taylor
- Dave Burrell
- Albert Ayler Quartet
- Clifford Thornton
- Gunter Hampel
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