Jez Nelson introduces a session from the David Murray Big Band, recorded last month at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague. Avant-garde saxophonist
David Murray leads a tentet playing his own arrangements of the obscure works of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. The big band features Hilton Ruiz (piano), James Newton (flute), Hamiet Bluiett (sax) and Andrew Cyrille (drums). Producer Steve Shepherd