Morning Song (David Murray album)

Morning Song is an album by David Murray, released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1983.

[1] The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide called it "an inspired mixture of originals and standards", giving it five stars.

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "For David Murray, this is a fairly straightforward quartet date.

Joined by pianist John Hicks, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Ed Blackwell, Murray performs three of his lesser-known originals, Butch Morris' 'Light Blue Frolic,' 'Body and Soul' and 'Jitterbug Waltz.'

Doubling on tenor and bass clarinet, Murray as usual has a tendency to jump into the extreme upper register a bit too much at unexpected times, disrupting a relatively mellow mood on a few occasions.