Diedre Murray (born November 28, 1951, Brooklyn, New York) is an American cellist and composer specializing in jazz, improvised music, opera, and contemporary classical music. She is also active as a producer, and curator. She lives in Queens, New York.
As a performer she has worked with the Henry Threadgill Sextett, Leroy Jenkins, Julius Hemphill, James Brown, Muhal Richard Abrams, Archie Shepp, Fred Hopkins, Jason Kao Hwang, and Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson, in addition to leading a number of her own ensembles.