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Brian Murphy
About Me
I am a pianist/arranger/composer originally from Canada and currently
based out of Miami Beach, Florida. I have recorded and performed
extensively in Canada, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Finland, Japan,
and the U.S. with many renowned Jazz artists including Wynton Marsalis,
Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Buddy DeFranco, Diana Krall, Paquito D'Rivera, Bob
Berg, Dave Liebman, Woody Shaw, Sheila Jordan, Nigel Kennedy, Dena
DeRose and Duffy Jackson and Blues greats Jimmy Witherspoon, Albert
Collins and Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson.
I collaborated with the great Tito Puente as arranger/keyboardist on a
number of award winning Latin Jazz albums including Goza Mi Timbal a.k.a.
Dig My Timbales (Grammy & American Film Institute awards 1990), Out of
This World (AFIM award 1991), Mambo of the Times (AFIM award 1992)
along with Master Timballero, The Billy Strayhorn Songbook and Hot
Timbales. My arrangement of Straight No Chaser (from Goza Mi Timbal)
appears in Rebeca Mauleon's 'SALSA GUIDEBOOK ' as a reference for
converting a non-clave melody.
I have appeared in Europe and Canada with Rob McConnell and The Boss
Brass, was featured with, trumpet/flugelhorn great, Guido Basso from 1987
to 1994 and I am currently recording and performing with Ira Sullivan,
flute/saxophone/trumpet master. Ira and I were featured at the 2002 JVC
Jazz Festival in Toronto where we received enthusiastic response and
excellent reviews.
I have been awarded several arts grants from the Canada Council for studies
in electronic music and for studies with acclaimed composer Doug Riley.
For more background and schedule information please visit my Website.