David Murray is a giant of modern jazz. His saxophone fuses all the

great things that black music has produced: Gospel sounds, free

jazz, Afro-Caribbean, blues and soul as well as the beautiful standards

of classic jazz. Murray's colorful tone, unsurpassed intonation,

flair for swing, melancholy tones, and improvisational power and

ingenuity make him one of the most important voices in music today.

The newly formed Brave New World Trio congregates style-setting

jazz greats with bassist Brad Jones and drummer Hamid Drake.

Together they draw from the African-American tradition as well as

from other cultures and with Seriana Promethea they present an

impressive musical statement. "The result shows the intuitive level of

understanding achieved. Having reached in his mid-60s a level of

technical mastery where a musician 'can play every note that he

hears,' Murray saw this pianoless trio as not just a way to keep the

notes flowing, but a catalyst for total freedom: that rare configuration

that allows him to deliver, through the saxophone, "my most free

expression of myself", writes Derek Schilling in the liner notes.