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Live at Glenn Miller Café
Live album by Arthur Doyle and Sunny Murray
Released	2001
Recorded	March 28, 2000
Venue	Glenn Miller Café, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Free jazz
Length	1:06:43
Label	Ayler Records aylCD-002

Live at Glenn Miller Café is a live album by saxophonist Arthur Doyle and drummer Sunny Murray. It was recorded in March 2000 at the Glenn Miller Café in Stockholm, Sweden, and was released in 2001 by Ayler Records. Although the album is credited to Doyle and Murray, the first three tracks are a duet between Murray and saxophonist Bengt Frippe Nordström, who died several months after the concert.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz
All About Jazz

In a review for AllMusic, Steve Loewy wrote: "this is one of better-recorded displays, with some intense work on both tenor and flute. Veteran Sunny Murray... is... highly effective, keeping the saxophonist on target.... This is an important album for a rare glimpse of Nordström, and for an unusually coherent Doyle. While it may not convert Doyle's detractors, it should satisfy his admirers. The sound quality is remarkably good considering this was a live date."

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings referred to Murray as Doyle's "motor," and stated that "Two Free Jazz Men Speak" "apotheosizes their duet manner."

Derek Taylor of All About Jazz called the album "visceral energy music designed to strike the ears with maximum emphatic impact," and commented: "this Glenn Miller set is... proof that true improvisatory music never unfolds the same way twice. Whether you love Doyle or despise him there’s no denying the stamina and resolve he puts into his performances."

Writing for Paris Transatlantic, Dan Warburton stated: "The recording wisely mixes Murray's drums behind Doyle's horns... and the interplay between the musicians is evident throughout... Murray's... playing on this album ought to serve as an inspiration for generations to come. Doyle's reading of 'Nature Boy'... is awesome... both of these special musicians are still, to quote John Zorn, kicking butt."

Track listing

1. "Spontaneous Creation, Part 1" (Nordström) – 2:00
2. "Spontaneous Creation, Part 2" (Nordström) – 6:36
3. "Spontaneous Creation, Part 3" (Nordström) – 3:19
4. "African Love Call" (Doyle) – 12:33
5. "Two Free Jazz Men Speak" (Doyle/Murray) – 20:16
6. "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) – 9:27
7. "Joy" (Doyle/Murray) – 12:33

Personnel

• Arthur Doyle – tenor saxophone, flugelhorn, voice (tracks 4–7)
• Bengt Frippe Nordström – alto saxophone (tracks 1–3)
• Sunny Murray – drums

References

1. "Arthur Doyle & Sunny Murray: Live at Glenn Miller Café". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
2. "Arthur Doyle & Sunny Murray - Live at Glenn Miller Café". Ayler Records. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
3. ^ Loewy, Steve. "Arthur Doyle and Sunny Murray: Live at Glenn Miller Café". AllMusic. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 401.
5. ^ Taylor, Derek (October 1, 2001). "Arthur Doyle and Sunny Murray: Live at Glenn Miller Café". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
6. Warburton, Dan (November 2001). "Arthur Doyle / Sunny Murray: Live at Glenn Miller Café". Paris Transatlantic. Retrieved April 29, 2022.

• 2001 live albums
• Sunny Murray live albums
• Arthur Doyle live albums
• Ayler Records live albums