Diedre Murray

Diedre Murray
BornNew York
GenresJazz, classical
OccupationMusician
InstrumentCello
Years active1970s–present

Diedre Murray is an American cellist and composer specializing in jazz and musical theater. She also works as a record producer and curator.

As a performer she has worked with Leroy Jenkins, Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson, Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, James Brown, Julius Hemphill, Fred Hopkins, Jason Kao Hwang, and Archie Shepp, in addition to leading her ensembles, and has appeared on over 50 recordings as a cellist, composer, arranger and/or producer.

A native of New York, Murray received a B.S. degree from Hunter College in ethnomusicology, and studied at the Manhattan School of Music.

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