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Dark Star - The Music of the Grateful Dead

David Murray

Initial release : 1996

Astor Place 4002

A tribute album - Grateful Dead music played by David Murray's Octet. Bob Weir plays guitar on one track, a new composition and the only non-Dead song on the album. . The album is dedicated to Garcia.

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Tracks

  • Shakedown Street (Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter)
  • Samson and Delilah (Traditional)
  • Estimated Prophet (John Barlow / Bob Weir)
  • Dark Star (Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter / Bill Kreutzmann / Phil Lesh / Ron McKernan / Bob Weir)
  • China Doll (Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter)
  • One More Saturday Night (Bob Weir)
  • Shoulda Had Been Me (Cockburn / Nash / Bob Weir)

Musicians

  • David Murray - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • James Spaulding - flute, alto saxophone
  • Hugh Ragin - trumpet
  • James Zoller - trumpet (tracks 3, 4, 5 and 7)
  • Omar Kabir - trumpet (tracks 1, 2 and 6)
  • Craig Harris - trombone
  • Robert Irving III - synthesizer, piano, Hammond B3 organ
  • Fred Hopkins - bass
  • Ranzell Merritt - drums
  • Bob Weir - guitar (track 7)
Credits

  • Producer - Herbie Miller
  • Executive producer - Steve Plotnicki
  • Arranger - David Murray
  • Music Copyist - Will Connell, Jr.
  • Recording engineer, mixing - Jim Anderson
  • Assistant recording engineer - Adam Blackburn
  • Assistant mixing engineer - Barbara Lipke
  • Mastering - Allan Tucker
  • Photography - Danny Miller
  • Graphic design - Rebellious Design
  • Liner Notes - David Gans, Howard Mandel

  • Special thanks to Bob Weir
  • Thanks to Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Cameron Sears, Vince Welnick, Michael Nash and everyone at the Grateful Dead Office
  • John Purcell - Thanks for everything
  • Fred Feldman - Thanks for planting the seed

  • Recorded at Clinton Recording Studios, NY, January 17-18, 1996
  • Mixed at Power Station Studios, NY, February 18-19, 1996

  • Dedicated to Jerry Garcia 1942-1995

Notes

The CD booklet includes two pieces one written from a jazz point of view, one (by David Gans) from a Dead point of view. Each provides a short list of recommended recordings for those not familiar with the music of the Dead or David Murray.


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