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Cellist
Diedre Murray has been active in creative music since the '70s, and is known for her work in the groups of
Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson,
Leroy Jenkins, and
Henry Threadgill, and for her own compositions. While working in
Threadgill's group during the '80s and '90s,
Murray found a complementary collaborator in bandmate and bassist
Fred Hopkins. In 1990, the duo co-led a quartet date which didn't see release until the late '90s, but their next two duo recordings -- Firestorm and Stringology -- fared better, finding release on the Victo and Black Saint labels.
Murray has also led a number of ensembles, and has curated various music series, and the Hearings Music Festival in N.Y.C. 2001 brought the world premiere of Eli's Comin', a music theater work inspired by
Laura Nyro and featuring
Diedre Murray's new arrangements of
Nyro's music and lyrics;
Murray has composed original music for other theater productions as well. ~ Joslyn Layne