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8 unusual facts about Diedre Murray


Diedre Murray

Recent projects include a collaboration with Carl Hancock Rux on The Blackamoor Angel, a full length opera, a collaboration with Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage on a musical for children's musical entitled Sweet Billy and the Zooloos, and year-long residency at Harlem Stages with playwright Marcus Gardley.

Other works include Strings Attached, a dance piece by choreographer Risa Jaroslow; Best of Both Worlds created by Randy Weiner and Diane Paulus; and a collaboration with Sonoko Kawahara on Name of The Flower, a music-theater piece; The Iliad and The Odyssey with Kathryn Walker.

In 1996 her projects included: You Don't Miss the Water, a music-theater piece, in collaboration with noted poet Cornelius Eady, produced by the Music Theatre Group; and the premiere of Women In The Dunes, a dance piece created by Blondel Cummings for the Japan Society and Mu Lan-Pi.

Easily Slip Into Another World

The album and features five of Threadgill's compositions (six on CD) and one by Olu Dara performed by Threadgill with Frank Lacy, Rasul Siddik, Fred Hopkins, Diedre Murray, Pheeroan akLaff and Reggie Nicholson with guest vocalist Asha Puthli credited as Aisha Putli added on one track.

Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket

The album features six of Threadgill's compositions performed by Threadgill with Craig Harris, Olu Dara, Fred Hopkins, Diedre Murray, Pheeroan akLaff and John Betsch.

Rag, Bush and All

The album and features four of Threadgill's compositions performed by Threadgill's Sextett with Bill Lowe, Ted Daniel, Fred Hopkins, Diedre Murray, Newman Baker and Reggie Nicholson.

Song Out of My Trees

The album features five of Threadgill's compositions performed by a variety of ensembles that include Threadgill, Ted Daniel, Brandon Ross, Jerome Richardson, James Emery, Ed Cherry, Myra Melford, Tony Cedras, Amina Claudine Myers, Diedre Murray, Michelle Kinney, Gene Lake, and Reggie Nicholson.

You Know the Number

The album and features six of Threadgill's compositions performed by Threadgill's Sextett with Frank Lacy, Rasul Siddik, Fred Hopkins, Diedre Murray, Pheeroan akLaff and Reggie Nicholson.



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