Ming's Samba

Ming's Samba is an album by David Murray

David Murray (jazz musician)

David Murray is an American jazz musician. Murray plays mainly tenor saxophone and sometimes bass clarinet. He has recorded prolifically for many record labels since the mid-1970s.-Biography:...

 released on the Portrait

Portrait Records

Portrait Records was a sister label of Epic Records and later of Columbia Records. Cyndi Lauper and Sade signed with Portrait, but their contracts were absorbed by Epic after that incarnation of the label was shuttered....

 label. It was released in 1988 and features five quartet performances by Murray with John Hicks

John Hicks (jazz pianist)

John Josephus Hicks, Jr. was an American jazz pianist and composer, active in the New York and the international jazz scene from the mid-1960s.-Biography:...

, Ray Drummond

Ray Drummond

Ray Drummond is a jazz bassist and teacher. He also has an MBA from Stanford University, hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop...

 and Ed Blackwell

Ed Blackwell

Ed Blackwell was an American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for his extensive work with Ornette Coleman....

.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow

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 awarded the album 4 stars stating "Although David Murray had already recorded a countless number of sessions as a leader by the late 1980's, Ming's Samba was his first on a large American label... A recommended release although this set will probably be difficult to find.".

Track listing

All compositions by David Murray except as indicated

1. "Ming's Samba" – 10:54
2. "Rememberin' Fats (for Fats Waller)" – 8:44
3. "Nowhere Everafter" (Butch Morris
   Butch Morris
   Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris is an American jazz cornetist, composer and conductor.-Biography:Before his musical career, Morris served in Vietnam during the Vietnam War....
   
   ) – 2:52
4. "Spooning" (Morris) – 7:31
5. "Walter's Waltz" – 9:24

Personnel

• David Murray
  David Murray (jazz musician)
  David Murray is an American jazz musician. Murray plays mainly tenor saxophone and sometimes bass clarinet. He has recorded prolifically for many record labels since the mid-1970s.-Biography:...
  
   – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
• John Hicks
  John Hicks (jazz pianist)
  John Josephus Hicks, Jr. was an American jazz pianist and composer, active in the New York and the international jazz scene from the mid-1960s.-Biography:...
  
   – piano
• Ray Drummond
  Ray Drummond
  Ray Drummond is a jazz bassist and teacher. He also has an MBA from Stanford University, hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop...
  
   – bass
• Ed Blackwell
  Ed Blackwell
  Ed Blackwell was an American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for his extensive work with Ornette Coleman....
  
  – drums