Windward Passages is a studio album

Studio album

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 released by jazz

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 pianist

Piano

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 Dave Burrell

Dave Burrell

Davis Burrell is an American jazz instrumentalist, most notably on the piano. He has worked for many jazz musicians including Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, Marion Brown and David Murray.- Biography :...

 and saxophonist

Saxophone

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 David Murray

David Murray (jazz musician)

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. It was recorded in 1993 and released later that year on December 3 on the Italian Black Saint

Black Saint/Soul Note

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 label. The album is an update/sequel

Sequel

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 to Burrell's 1979 album Windward Passages

Windward Passages

Windward Passages is a live album released by jazz pianist Dave Burrell that is considered "a widely acclaimed jazz-opera." It was recorded on September 13, 1979 in Sweden and released by hatART Records in 1980 on double-LP...

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The album also features Burrell's wife, Monika Larsson, on the track "Cela Me Va" performing a spoken word reading. However, Murray's playing "ends up drowning her out to an extent."

Track listing

1. "Sorrow Song (For W.E.B. Dubois)" (Murray) — 8:29
2. "It Hurts So Much to See" (Larsson) — 8:00
3. "Naima [Take 2]" (Coltrane
   John Coltrane
   John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
   
   ) — 11:33
4. "Cela Me Va" (Larsson) — 5:26
5. "The Crave" (Morton
   Jelly Roll Morton
   Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe , known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer....
   
   ) — 6:04
6. "Zanzibar Blue" (Burrell) — 9:22
7. "Conversation With Our Mothers" (Murray) — 6:09
8. "Naima [Take 1]" (Coltrane) — 13:59

Personnel

• Dave Burrell — piano
  Piano
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• David Murray — clarinet
  Clarinet
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   (bass
  Bass (instrument)
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  ), saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
   (tenor
  Tenor
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  )
• Giovanni Bonandrini — producer
• Maria Bonandrini, Max Martino — artwork
• Aldo Borrelli, Paolo Falascone — engineers
• Monika Larsson — vocals on "Cela Me Va"

Reception

Though Allmusic begins their review saying the album is "a bit unusual," they ultimately recommend it because it is "one of the better and more accessible recordings of both David Murray and Dave Burrell."