Sunny Murray

Two of his latter-day albums, Perles Noirs vols 1 and 2, have been put up on Eremite Records' Bandcamp page.

http://eremiterecords.bandcamp.com

i just ordered this:

http://ni-vu-ni-connu.net/film/sunnys-time-now-film/

https://vimeo.com/62376041

The documentary feature Sunny’s time now explores the life and work of the avant-garde drummer Sunny Murray, one of the most influential figures of the Free Jazz revolution. Through a series of interviews with key time witnesses as well as historic and contemporary concert footage, it reassesses the relationship between the libertarian music movement and the political events of the 1960s whose social claims it so intimately reflected. It also recounts how the most radical forms of musical expression were excluded from all major production and distribution networks as the libertarian ideal went out of fashion.

Beyond its historical approach, the film follows Sunny Murray on current gigs, showing his daily struggle to perpetuate a musical genre which is still widely ignored by the general public. In doing so, Sunny’s time now also dwells on the near-clandestine community of aficionados who continue to worship the gods of their musical coming of age and have thus permitted free improvisational music to live on.

LUX/FR 2008, 108’, English/French, HD video, Dolby SRD

Tony Bevan is selling some of his trio albs w/ Murray and John Edwards for low low prices on his bandcamp page btw:

https://tonybevan.bandcamp.com/merch

ah, cool, thanks for the tip

Just bought Sunshine and was wondering whta else I needed. I see that the s/t on ESP is out on cd in expanded form which I must have missed at time of release.

Also wonder what Milford Graves was essential. I think I always link the 2, possibly free drummers on ESP or something. Does Beaver Harris fit there too?

Graves has his own thread.

Re Murray, I posted this list upthread when he died, and I stand by it:

Cecil Taylor, Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come
Albert Ayler, Spiritual Unity, European Radio Studio Recordings 1964, Live In Copenhagen 1964
New York Eye & Ear Control
Sunny Murray, s/t, Sonny's Time Now, Sunshine, Homage To Africa, An Even Break (Never Give A Sucker), Big Chief
Sabir Mateen/Sunny Murray, We Are Not At The Opera
Louie Belogenis Trio, Tiresias
Charles Gayle, Kingdom Come

oh yeah, must have just come from looking at the titles i was seeing available from Milford Graves so forgot there was a thread on him active recently.
Right, that's who's on the cover of As Serious As your Life?

There have been several covers of As Serious As Your Life: one with Rashied Ali, another with Milford Graves, and a third that has Jimmy Garrison. Ali was on the first edition, Graves was on the ‘90s reprint, and I think Ali is back on the latest edition.

This is the current edition (the one I own).

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61GE39Ar9nL.jpg