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About Dave McMurray
Hometown
Detroit, MI, United States
Born
1958
Genre
Jazz
Dave McMurray is a Detroit-based saxophonist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He possesses a keen melodic sensibility and rich, earthy tone whether working in jazz, rock, R&B, funk, pop, or folk. McMurray has amassed hundreds of credits as a sideman in high-profile work with artists ranging from Albert King to Geri Allen. His Warner Bros. debut was 1995's The Dave McMurray Show. He scored a radio hit with "My Brother & Me" from 1999's Peace of Mind. After 2003's acclaimed Nu-Life Stories, McMurray served as musical director for Kem. For Blue Note he released the acclaimed Music Is Life in 2018. In 2021, he led a Detroit-based band of luminaries through Grateful Deadication, a funky jazz adventure through the music of the Grateful Dead. Grateful Deadication, Vol. 2 arrived in 2023 with special guests Bob James, Jamey Johnson, and Oteil Burbridge.
Dave McMurray has also released music as a member of Griot Galaxy, Orquestra Was, The Twisted Brown Trucker Band, Straight Jacket, and Was (Not Was).
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