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label in 1980. It features performances by Murray,

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Reception

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review by

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states, "Murray stretches out on four of his originals (which clock in between eight and twelve-and-a-half minutes) and shows plenty of fire but also a healthy dose of lyricism. This is exciting music very much in the avant-garde".Yanow, S.

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accessed April 16, 2009.

Track listing

# "Coney Island" – 9:27 # "Corazón" – 8:29 # "The Hill" – 12:29 # "Hope Scope" – 8:00 :''All compositions by David Murray'' :*Recorded at Barigozzi Studios, Milano, December 4 & 5, 1979

Personnel

* David Murray: tenor saxophone *

: bass *

: drums

References

{{Authority control 1980 albums David Murray (saxophonist) albums Black Saint/Soul Note albums