Album Reviews : ** 1/2 DAVID MURRAY “I Want to Talk About You� <i> Black Saint</i> : <i> Albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor) to five (a classic). : </i>

Saxophonist Murray’s freewheeling reputation has obscured his strong traditionalist bent but it’s the latter element that dominates this adequate--but unexceptional--1986 live recording. Sounding somewhat reined in by pianist John Hicks and bassist Ray Drummond, Murray is mellifluous as his bass clarinet snakes through “Quads,� but then his tenor breaks out on “Red Car,� a raucous, strutting blues. Recording quality is not the best--drummer Ralph Peterson Jr., is muffled, and on “Morning Song� there’s extraneous noise--probably Hicks singing the notes as he develops his solo.