Sunny Murray (1936-2017) was an influential American jazz drummer, one of the pioneers of the free jazz movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his role in shaping the avant-garde jazz scene through his innovative approach to rhythm and his disregard for conventional timekeeping in favor of a more textural and coloristic style of drumming. Murray worked with some of the most prominent figures in jazz, including C
... Per saperne di piùSunny Murray (1936-2017) was an influential American jazz drummer, one of the pioneers of the free jazz movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his role in shaping the avant-garde jazz scene through his innovative approach to rhythm and his disregard for conventional timekeeping in favor of a more textural and coloristic style of drumming. Murray worked with some of the most prominent figures in jazz, including Cecil Taylor, with whom he started his career in the late 1950s, and Albert Ayler, with whom he recorded some of his most celebrated works.
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