The David Murray / James Newton Quintet self-titled album is a towering, masterfully expressive, and deeply spiritual landmark in modern acoustic jazz, originally recorded in 1991 and archived here through the highly collectable 1996 release by the legendary Japanese jazz label DIW. Spanning 55 minutes across seven brilliant compositions, this high-fidelity document captures a historic meeting of minds between two of the most influential avant-garde woodwind visionaries of the post-bop era. The album juxtaposes David Murray’s robust, volcanic tenor saxophone lines and blues-drenched bass clarinet growls with the crystalline, highly virtuosic, and microtonal flute architecture of James Newton. Backed by an absolute dream-team rhythm section consisting of piano titan John Hicks, the deep, elastic double bass phrasing of Fred Hopkins, and the legendary, polyrhythmic drum mastery of Andrew Cyrille (with a special guest appearance by Billy Hart), the quintet balances avant-garde freedom with deeply rooted swing traditions. The compositions are shared brilliantly across the band, highlighted by the intricate, 12-minute epic suite Inbetwinxt, the explosive, rhythmically driving Muhammad Ali, and the evocative, ancient-themed Akhenaten. Exceptionally preserved in immaculate dual-format lossless and high-bitrate audio alongside full artwork scans, this definitive document stands as an absolute cornerstone and a mandatory treasure for global collectors of sophisticated post-bop, free jazz, and modern creative music history.