Speaking in Tongues is an album by David Murray

David Murray (jazz musician)

David Murray is an American jazz musician. Murray plays mainly tenor saxophone and sometimes bass clarinet. He has recorded prolifically for many record labels since the mid-1970s.-Biography:...

 released on the Justin Time label. Recorded in 1997 and released in 1999 the album features performances by Murray with Fontella Bass

Fontella Bass

Fontella Bass is an American soul singer, who is best known for the 1965 R&B hit "Rescue Me", which she also co-wrote.-Early life:...

, Leopoldo F. Fleming, Stanley Franks

Stanley Franks

Stanley Franks is a defensive back for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. Franks signed as a free agent to the Lions practice roster on October 27, 2009. Prior to the 2010 season, Franks won the job as starting defensive halfback. Prior to his time with the Lions, he played for the af2...

, Clarence 'Pookie' Jenkins, Ranzell Merritt, Jimane Nelson, and Hugh Ragin

Hugh Ragin

Hugh Ragin is an American jazz trumpeter.Ragin was raised in Houston and began on trumpet when he was in eighth grade. After playing in the Houston All-City High School Orchestra, which toured the UK, he took his bachelor's in music education at the University of Houston and his master's in trumpet...

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Heather Phares awarded the album 3 stars stating "Speaking in Tongues features more intuitive, forward-thinking work from this challenging saxophonist and his band.".

Track listing

1. "How I Got Over" (Ward
   Clara Ward
   Clara Ward was an American gospel artist who achieved great success, both artistic and commercial, in the 1940s and 1950s as leader of The Famous Ward Singers....
   
   ) - 5:39
2. "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" (Traditional) - 9:33
3. "Jimane's Creation" (Nelson) - 6:29
4. "Missionary" (Murray) - 11:43
5. "Don't Know What I Would Do" (Traditional) - 8:44
6. "Amazing Grace" (Newton
   John Newton
   John Henry Newton was a British sailor and Anglican clergyman. Starting his career on the sea at a young age, he became involved with the slave trade for a few years. After experiencing a religious conversion, he became a minister, hymn-writer, and later a prominent supporter of the abolition of...
   
   ) - 5:53
7. "Blessed Assurance" (Traditional) - 4:31
8. "A Closer Walk With Thee" (Traditional) - 4:22
   • Recorded December 5, 1997

Personnel

• David Murray
  David Murray (jazz musician)
  David Murray is an American jazz musician. Murray plays mainly tenor saxophone and sometimes bass clarinet. He has recorded prolifically for many record labels since the mid-1970s.-Biography:...
  
   - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
• Fontella Bass
  Fontella Bass
  Fontella Bass is an American soul singer, who is best known for the 1965 R&B hit "Rescue Me", which she also co-wrote.-Early life:...
  
   - vocals
• Leopoldo F. Fleming - percussion
• Stanley Franks
  Stanley Franks
  Stanley Franks is a defensive back for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. Franks signed as a free agent to the Lions practice roster on October 27, 2009. Prior to the 2010 season, Franks won the job as starting defensive halfback. Prior to his time with the Lions, he played for the af2...
  
   - guitar
• Clarence 'Pookie' Jenkins - electric bass
• Ranzell Merritt - drums
• Jimane Nelson - organ, piano and synthesizer
• Hugh Ragin
  Hugh Ragin
  Hugh Ragin is an American jazz trumpeter.Ragin was raised in Houston and began on trumpet when he was in eighth grade. After playing in the Houston All-City High School Orchestra, which toured the UK, he took his bachelor's in music education at the University of Houston and his master's in trumpet...
  
  - trumpet