Flowers Around Cleveland is an album by David Murray released on the French Bleu Regard label. It was released in 1995 and features seven quartet performances by Murray with pianist Bobby Few, bassist Jean Jacques Avenel and drummer John Betsch.
Reception The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is one of Murray's records to seek out.".Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed September 7, 2011
Track listing "Fantasy Rainbow" – 8:33 "Few's Blues" (Few) – 8:06 "The Desagregation of Our Children" – 10:36 "Sorrow Song (For W.E.B. Dubois)" – 10:52 "Dakar Darkness" – 6:35 "When the Monarchs Come to Town" – 9:09 "Flowers Around Cleveland" (Avenel, Betsch, Few, Murray) – 8:43 All compositions by David Murray except as indicated Recorded May 16 & 17, 1995
Personnel David Murray – tenor saxophone Bobby Few – piano John Betsch – drums Jean Jacques Avenel – bass
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