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''A Sanctuary Within'' is an album by David Murray, released on the Italian
Black Saint Black Saint and Soul Note are two affiliated Italy, Italian independent record labels. Since their conception in the 1970s, they have released albums from a variety of influential jazz musicians, particularly in the genre of free jazz. History ...
label in 1992.Black Saint Records discography
accessed May 5, 2011
It features performances by Murray,
Sunny Murray James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray (September 21, 1936 – December 7, 2017) was an American musician, and was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming. Biography Murray was born in Idabel, Oklahoma, where he was raised by an ...
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Kahil El'Zabar Kahil El'Zabar (born Clifton Blackburn; November 11, 1953) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist (mainly a percussionist) and composer. He regularly records for Delmark Records. Life and work El'Zabar was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attend ...
and
Tony Overwater Tony Overwater (Rotterdam, 24 March 1965) is a Dutch jazz bassist (acoustic bass and violone) and composer of jazz and improvisational music. In 2002 he received the Boy Edgar Award, the most important jazz award in The Netherlands. Presentl ...
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Reception

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'' deemed the album "a quartet program of diverse moods enlivened by drummer Sunny Murray and percussionist Kahil El'Zabar." The
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review awarded the album 4½ stars.AllMusic Review
accessed July 11, 2011


Track listing

# "Short and Sweet" – 6:37 # "Mountain Song" ( Overwater) – 6:21 # "Return of the Lost Tribe" ( El'Zabar) – 10:16 # "Waltz to Heaven" – 5:33 # "A Sanctuary Within, Pt. 1" uonbsp;– 6:08 # "A Sanctuary Within, Pt. 2" uartetnbsp;– 9:00 # "Most of All" – 8:54 # "Song for New South Africa" – 7:13 # "Ballad for the Black Man" – 10:40 :''All compositions by David Murray except as indicated'' :*Recorded at Barigozzi Studio,
Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
o, December 13 & 14, 1991


Personnel

* David Murray — tenor saxophone, bass clarinet *
Tony Overwater Tony Overwater (Rotterdam, 24 March 1965) is a Dutch jazz bassist (acoustic bass and violone) and composer of jazz and improvisational music. In 2002 he received the Boy Edgar Award, the most important jazz award in The Netherlands. Presentl ...
— bass *
Sunny Murray James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray (September 21, 1936 – December 7, 2017) was an American musician, and was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming. Biography Murray was born in Idabel, Oklahoma, where he was raised by an ...
— drums *
Kahil El'Zabar Kahil El'Zabar (born Clifton Blackburn; November 11, 1953) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist (mainly a percussionist) and composer. He regularly records for Delmark Records. Life and work El'Zabar was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attend ...
— percussion, sanza, vocals


References

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