And when I play they know I exist, and it leaves a space when I go.

James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray (born September 21 1936 in Idabel Oklahoma) is one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming. "Murray's aim was to free the soloist completely from the restrictions of time and to do this he set up a continual hailstorm of percussion.

James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray (born September 21 1936 in Idabel Oklahoma) is one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming.