I LOVE LIFE even when I’m hurting is saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Dave McMurray‘s fourth Blue Note outing and follows his two Grateful Dedication volumes. These tracks celebrate everyday life, loss, gratitude, and McMurray’s Detroit hometown. A luminous Motor City cast accompanies him: Keyboardists Luis Resto and Maurice O’Neal, guitarist Wayne Gerard, bassists Don Was and Ibrahim Jones, drummer Jeff Canady, percussionist Mahindi Masai, and vocalists Herschel Boone and Kem. Some bandmates have been collaborators for more since the ’80s, and also play with him in Don Was & the Pan Detroit Ensemble. McMurray plays tenor and soprano saxophones and flute. He composed six of the nine cuts.
The name of the game is groove. Stylistically,…

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