Murray, Diedre

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Murray, Diedre
Date of birth
1951-11-28
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 49073970
Wikidata: Q612869
Library of congress: nr 89016196
Sources of Information
  • Threadgill, H. Easily slip into another world [SR] p1988:container (Diedre Murray, cello)
  • The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess [SR] p2012:container (musical score adapted by Diedre L. Murray)
  • Wikipedia, June 12, 2012(Diedre Murray; b. Nov. 28, 1951, Brooklyn, N.Y.; cellist, composer, producer, curator, arranger)
  • Fred Hopkins/Diedre Murray Quartet. Prophecy [SR] p1998:label (Fred Hopkins/Diedre Murray Quartet) container (Fred Hopkins, bass ; Diedre Murray, cello ; Newman Baker, drums ; Brandon Ross, guitar) insert (expansion of the duo, Stringdom)

Wikipedia description:

Diedre Murray is an American cellist and composer specializing in jazz and musical theater. She also works as a record producer and curator. As a performer she has worked with Leroy Jenkins, Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson, Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, James Brown, Julius Hemphill, Fred Hopkins, Jason Kao Hwang, and Archie Shepp, in addition to leading her ensembles, and has appeared on over 50 recordings as a cellist, composer, arranger and/or producer. A native of New York, Murray received a B.S. degree from Hunter College in ethnomusicology, and studied at the Manhattan School of Music.

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