David Murray appears on hundreds of recordings as a leader and performer. This discography covers albums released under his name, by groups he was/is a member of and other albums he has contributed to.
As leader/co-leader Year recordedTitleLabelYear releasedPersonnel/Notes1976Flowers for AlbertIndia Navigation1976Quartet: Olu Dara, Fred Hopkins, Phillip Wilson1976Low Class ConspiracyAdelphi1976Trio: Fred Hopkins, Phillip Wilson 1976Live at Peace ChurchDanola Records1991Trio: Fred Hopkins, Stanley Crouch1977Solomon's SonsCircle1977Duo with James Newton 1977Penthouse JazzCircle1977Quintet: Butch Morris, Don Pullen, Fred Hopkins, Stanley Crouch 1977Holy Siege on IntrigueCircle1977Quintet: Butch Morris, Don Pullen, Fred Hopkins, Stanley Crouch1977Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club India Navigation1978Quartet: Lester Bowie, Fred Hopkins, Phillip Wilson 1978Let the Music Take YouMarge1978Quartet: Butch Morris, Johnny Dyani, George Brown1978Last of the HipmanRed1978Quartet: Butch Morris, Johnny Dyani, George Brown1978Conceptual SaxophoneCadillac1978Solo saxophone1978Sur-real SaxophoneHoro1978Solo saxophone1978Organic SaxophonePalm1978Solo saxophone1978InterboogieologyBlack Saint1978Quartet: Butch Morris, Johnny Dyani, Oliver Johnson with Marta Contreras1978The London ConcertCadillac1978Quintet: Butch Morris, Curtis Clark, Brian Smith, Clifford Jarvis 19783D FamilyHat Hut1978Trio: Johnny Mbizo Dyani, Andrew Cyrille1979Sweet LovelyBlack Saint1980Trio: Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall1980Solo LiveCecma1980Solo saxophone and bass clarinet1980MingBlack Saint1980Octet: Henry Threadgill, Olu Dara, Butch Morris, George E. Lewis, Anthony Davis, Wilber Morris, Steve McCall1981HomeBlack Saint1982Octet: Henry Threadgill, Olu Dara, Butch Morris, George Lewis, Anthony Davis, Wilber Morris, Steve McCall1982Murray's StepsBlack Saint1982Octet: Henry Threadgill, Bobby Bradford, Butch Morris, Craig Harris, Curtis Clark, Wilber Morris, Steve McCall1983Morning SongBlack Saint1983Quartet: John Hicks, Reggie Workman, Ed Blackwell1984Live at Sweet Basil Volume 1Black Saint1984Big band: Olu Dara, Baikida Carroll, Craig Harris, Bob Stewart, Vincent Chancey, Steve Coleman, John Purcell, Rod Williams, Fred Hopkins, Billy Higgins conducted by Butch Morris1984Live at Sweet Basil Volume 2Black Saint1984Big band: Olu Dara, Baikida Carroll, Craig Harris, Bob Stewart, Vincent Chancey, Steve Coleman, John Purcell, Rod Williams, Fred Hopkins, Billy Higgins conducted by Butch Morris1984ChildrenBlack Saint1984Quintet: James Blood Ulmer, Don Pullen, Lonnie Plaxico, Marvin Smith1985Sketches of TokyoDIW1985Duo with John Hicks1985New LifeBlack Saint1985Octet: Baikida Carroll, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, John Purcell, Adegoke Steve Colson, Wilber Morris, Ralph Peterson, Jr.1986I Want to Talk About YouBlack Saint 1989Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Ralph Peterson, Jr.1986Recording N.Y.C. 1986DIW1986Quartet: James Blood Ulmer, Fred Hopkins, Sunny Murray1986In Our StyleDIW1986Duo with Jack DeJohnette1986The HillBlack Saint1987Trio: Richard Davis, Joe Chambers1987Hope ScopeBlack Saint1991Octet: Rasul Siddik, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, Dave Burrell, Wilber Morris, Ralph Peterson, Jr1987The HealersBlack Saint1987Duo with Randy Weston1987The People's ChoiceCecma1987Quartet: Hugh Ragin, Abdul Wadud, Fred Hopkins 1988LoversDIW1988Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr.1988Deep RiverDIW1988Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr.1988BalladsDIW1988Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr.1988SpiritualsDIW1988Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr.1988TenorsDIW1988Quartet: Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ralph Peterson, Jr.1988Ming's SambaPortrait1988Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Ed Blackwell1988Lucky FourTutu1989Quartet: Dave Burrell, Wilbur Morris, Victor Lewis1989DaybreakGazell1989Duo with Dave Burrell1989Last of the HipmenJazzline1989Sextet: Dave Burrell, Hugh Ragin, Wilber Morris, Bobby Battle, Paul Zauner1990Special QuartetDIW/Columbia1991Quartet: McCoy Tyner, Fred Hopkins, Elvin Jones 1990RemembrancesDIW1991Quintet: Hugh Ragin, Dave Burrell, Wilber Morris, Tani Tabbal1991Shakill's WarriorDIW/Columbia1991Quartet: Stanley Franks, Don Pullen, Andrew Cyrille 1991David Murray Big BandDIW/Columbia1991Big band: Hugh Ragin, Graham Haynes, Rasul Siddik, James Zollar, Craig Harris, Frank Lacy, Al Patterson, Bob Stewart, Vincent Chancey, Khalil Henry, James Spaulding, Patience Higgins, Don Byron, John Purcell, Sonelius Smith, Fred Hopkins, Tani Tabbal conducted by Butch Morris1991The Jazzpar PrizeEnja1992Orchestra (New Jungle Orchestra): Pierre Dørge, Horace Parlan, Harry Beckett, Per Jörgensen, Jörg Huke, Jesper Zeuthen, Jacob Mygind, Irene Becker, Jens Skou Olsen, Audun Kleive1991Blue Monk Enja1991Duo with Aki Takase1991David Murray/James Newton QuintetDIW1996Quintet: James Newton, John Hicks, Fred Hopkins, Andrew Cyrille, Billy Hart1991 Black & BlackRed Baron1991Quartet: Marcus Belgrave, Kirk Lightsey, Santi Debriano, Roy Haynes1991In ConcertVicto1991Duo with Dave Burrell1991Fast Life DIW/Columbia1991Quartet + 1: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Idris Muhammad, Branford Marsalis1991Ballads for Bass ClarinetDIW1993Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Idris Muhammad1991Death of a Sideman DIW1992Quintet: Bobby Bradford, Dave Burrell, Fred Hopkins, Ed Blackwell, all music composed by Bobby Bradford1991Real DealDIW1994Duo with Milford Graves1991 A Sanctuary WithinBlack Saint1992Quartet: Tony Overwater, Sunny Murray, Kahil El'Zabar1992South of the BorderDIW1993Big band: Hugh Ragin, Rasul Siddik, James Zollar, Craig Harris, Frank Lacy, Al Patterson, Vincent Chancey, Kahlil Henry, John Purcell, Patience Higgins, Don Byron, Sonelius Smith, Fred Hopkins, Tani Tabbal, Larry McDonald conducted by Butch Morris1992Picasso DIW1993Octet: Rasul Siddik, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, Dave Burrell, Wilber Morris, Tani Tabbal1992MXRed Baron1993Sextet ("and Friends"): Ravi Coltrane, Bobby Bradford, John Hicks, Fred Hopkins, Victor Lewis1993Body and SoulBlack Saint1993Quartet: Sonelius Smith, Wilber Morris, Rashied Ali, Taana Running1993Brother to BrotherGazell1993Duo with Dave Burrell1993Ugly BeautyEvidence1995Duo with Donal Fox1993Acoustic OctfunkSound Hills1994Trio: Fred Hopkins, Andrew Cyrille1993Jazzosaurus Rex Red Baron1993Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Andrew Cyrille 1993SaxmenRed Baron1993Quartet: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Andrew Cyrille 1993For Aunt LouiseDIW1995Quartet: John Hicks, Fred Hopkins, Idris Mohammad1993Love and Sorrow DIW1996Quartet: John Hicks, Fred Hopkins, Idris Mohammad1993Shakill's II DIW1994Quartet: Bill White, Don Pullen, J.T. Lewis1993Windward PassagesBlack Saint1997Duo with Dave Burrell1994David Murray Quintet DIW1996Quintet: Ray Anderson, Anthony Davis, Kenny Davis, Tommy Campbell1994The TipDIW1995Octet: Olu Dara, Robert Irving III, Bobby Broom, Daryl Thompson, Darryl Jones, Toby Williams, Kahil El'Zabar1994Jug-A-LugDIW1995Octet: Olu Dara, Robert Irving III, Bobby Broom, Daryl Thompson, Darryl Jones, Toby Williams, Kahil El'Zabar1995Flowers Around Cleveland Bleu Regard1995Quartet: Bobby Few, John Betsch, Jean Jacques Avenel1995Live at the Village Vanguard Sound Hills2000Quartet: Hilton Ruiz, , Pheeroan akLaff1996Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful DeadAstor Place1996Octet: Hugh Ragin, James Zoller, Omar Kabir, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, Robert Irving III, Fred Hopkins, Renzell Meritt, Bob Weir1996Long Goodbye: A Tribute to Don Pullen DIW1998Quartet: D.D. Jackson, Santi Debriano, J.T. Lewis1996Fo Deuk RevueJustin Time1997Big band: Darryl Burgee, Ousseynou Diop, Assane Diop, Craig Harris, Robert Irving III, Abdou Karim Mané, Oumar Mboup, Hugh Ragin, Doudou N'Diaye Rose, Moussa Séné, El Hadji Gniancou Sembène, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and vocalists1997ValenciaSound Hills2022Duo with Aki Takase 1997Creole Justin Time1998Tentet: Michel Cilla, Max Cilla, Ray Drummond, Billy Jabali Hart, D.D. Jackson, Klod Kiavue, François Landreseau, Gérard Lockel, James Newton1997Speaking in TonguesJustin Time1999Octet: Fontella Bass, Hugh Ragin, Stanley Franks, Clarence 'Pookie' Jenkins, Ranzell Merritt, Jimane Nelson, Leopoldo F. Fleming1998SeasonsPow Wow1999Quartet: Roland Hanna, Richard Davis, Victor Lewis 1999Octet Plays TraneJustin Time 2000Octet: Rasul Siddick, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, Ravi Best, D. D. Jackson, Mark Johnson, Jaribu Shahid2000Like a Kiss that Never EndsJustin Time2001Quartet (Power Quartet): John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Andrew Cyrille2001Yonn-Dé Justin Time2002Octet feat. the Gwo ka Masters: Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, Santi Debriano, Pheeroan akLaff, Klod Kiavue, François Landreseau, Guy Konket2001SilenceJustin Time2008Duo with Mal Waldron2001-02Now Is Another Time Justin Time2003Big band (Latin) featuring Hamiet Bluiett, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris2002Waltz AgainJustin Time2005Quartet: Lafayette Gilchrist, Jaribu Shahid, Hamid Drake and string section2003GwotetJustin Time2004Orchestra feat. Pharoah Sanders and the Gwo ka Masters: Carlos Sonduy Dimet, Alexander Brown, Elpidio Chappotin Delgado, Leonardo Alarcon, Angel Ballester Veliz, Moises Marquez Leyva, Klod Kiavue, Christian Laviso, Hervé Sambe, Jaribu Shahid, Hamid Drake2006Sacred GroundJustin Time2007Quartet: Lafayette Gilchrist, Ray Drummond, Andrew Cyrille and Cassandra Wilson2007Live in BerlinJazzwerkstatt2008Quartet (Black Saint Quartet): Lafayette Gilchrist, Jaribu Shahid, Hamid Drake 2008The Devil Tried to Kill MeJustin Time2009Orchestra feat. the Gwo-Ka Masters and Taj Mahal2009Rendezvous SuiteJazzwerkstatt2011Quartet: Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Mingus Murray, Ranzell Merrit2010Plays Nat King Cole en EspañolMotéma2011Tentet: Cuban ensemble with Daniel Melingo and strings2012Be My Monster LoveMotéma2013Quartet (Infinity Quartet): Marc Cary, Jaribu Shahid, Nasheet Waits plus Macy Gray, Gregory Porter, Bobby Bradford 2015Blues for MemoDoublemoon2016Quartet (Infinity Quartet)2015PerfectionMotéma2016Trio: Geri Allen and Terri Lyne Carrington2022Sun/MoonJ.M.I.2022Solo tenor saxophone and bass clarinet2023PlumbJ.M.I.Recorded live to analog tape. 2023 Trio: Questlove and Ray Angry
As a member Clarinet Summit In Concert at the Public Theatre (India Navigation, 1984) Southern Bells (Black Saint, 1987)
World Saxophone Quartet See main article: World Saxophone Quartet
As sideman
With James Blood Ulmer Are You Glad to Be in America? (Rough Trade/Artists House, 1980) Music Revelation Ensemble – No Wave (Moers Music, 1980) Free Lancing (Columbia, 1981) Music Revelation Ensemble (DIW, 1988) Music Revelation Ensemble – Elec. Jazz (DIW, 1990) Music Revelation Ensemble – After Dark (DIW, 1991)
With Jack DeJohnette Special Edition (ECM, 1980) Album Album (ECM, 1984)
With Kahil El'Zabar One World Family (CIMP, 2000) Love Outside of Dreams (Delmark, 2002) We Is (Delmark, 2004)
With Kip Hanrahan Conjure – Music for the Texts of Ishmael Reed (American Clavé, 1984) Vertical's Currency (American Clavé, 1985) Conjure – Cab Calloway Stands in for the Moon (American Clavé, 1988) Days and Nights of Blue Luck Inverted (American Clavé, 1988)
With D.D. Jackson Peace Song (Justin Time, 1994) Paired Down (Jusin Time, 1996)
With McCoy Tyner Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane (Impulse!, 1987) 44th Street Suite (Red Baron, 1991)
With others Ted Daniel, In the Beginning (Altura Music, 1975) Michael Gregory Jackson, Clarity (Bija, 1976) Sunny Murray, Live at Moers Festival (Moers Music, 1979) – live Amiri Baraka, New Music New Poetry (India Navigation, 1980) Billy Bang, Outline No. 12 (Celluloid, 1982 ) Craig Harris, Cold Sweat Plays J. B. (JMT, 1989) – featuring Murray on 2 tracks Ralph Peterson, Presents the Fo'tet (Blue Note, 1989) Bobby Battle Quartet with David Murray, The Offering (Mapleshade, 1990) The Bob Thiele Collective, Sunrise Sunset (Red Baron, 1990) Teresa Brewer, Softly I Sing (Red Baron, 1991)