David Murray Quartet feat. George Burton

David Murray presents in Madrid, in quartet format, his most recent album, Birdly Serenade (2025), as part of the official concerts of the Festival Internacional Jazz Madrid at the Teatro Fernán Gómez.

The American tenor saxophonist David Murray leads this quartet, completed by George Burton on piano, Luke Stewart on bass and Russell Carter on drums. The group's repertoire centres on Birdly Serenade, a work published in 2025 that the project now brings to the Madrid stage.

Murray has developed projects of his own, such as a big band and a celebrated octet from the 1980s, and has collaborated with filmmaker Robert Altman and writer Stanley Crouch. Among the musicians he has been associated with are Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton and Oliver Lake, with whom he was part of the World Saxophone Quartet. Eight years ago he appeared at the JAZZMADRID festival with the Infinity Quartet, alongside poet and rapper Saul Williams, a collaboration that resulted in the album Blues for Memo.

Birdly Serenade blends poetry and music, presenting jazz as a language capable of constant renewal. The concert takes place at the Teatro Fernán Gómez, Centro Cultural de la Villa, a municipal Madrid venue that hosts concerts and shows of many different genres.