Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club


Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club is a live album by David Murray. It was released as two volumes on the India Navigation label in 1978 and re-released in 1989 on a single CD. It features a live performance by Murray, trumpeter Lester Bowie, bassist Fred Hopkins and drummer Phillip Wilson recorded in concert at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, NYC.

Reception

The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide called the first volume of Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club "an epoch-stretching quartet set".
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated, "This double CD, which packages together the two original LPs, captures David Murray's quartet in high spirits. The six selections are full of spirit, looseness, humor, screams and screeches. Some of it rambles on too long but it generally holds on to one's attention."

Track listing

  1. "Nevada's Theme" - 11:15
  2. "Bechet's Bounce" - 7:37
  3. "Obe" - 18:12
  4. "Let the Music Take You" - 3:36
  5. "For Walter Norris" - 21:16
  6. "Santa Barbara and Crenshaw Follies" - 12:20

Personnel