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Mark Murphy: Bop for Miles
by Andrew Rowan
Simply put, Mark Murphy is one of the great jazz singers. His musical gifts remain prodigious, his depth of expression a model for all who practice this art, his recordings reside in the treasure trove of vocal jazz. On his current recording, Bop for Miles , Murphy is in top form, ebullient and able ...
Memories of You
By Mark Murphy
Label: Unknown label
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. The Comeback (Chatman) - 5:21
2. In the Evenin' (Carr/Raye) - 6:38
3. Everyday (Chatman) - 5:02
4. Memories of You (Blake/Razaf) - 5:59
5. Just Squeeze Me (Ellington/Gaines) - 4:29
6. If I Were a Bell (Loesser) - 3:06
7. Close Enough to Love (Mandel/Williams) - 4:34
8. Love You Madly (Ellington) - 3:23
9. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (Ellington/Webster) - 5:20
10. Sposin' (Denniker/Razaf) - 3:05
11. A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry (Gimbel/Reid) - 6:25
Mark Murphy: Memories of You
by Joel Roberts
It only takes a few moments for Mark Murphy to remind listeners why he's been one of the top vocalists in jazz for a generation. His new CD is Memories of You, a set of songs associated with the late, great Joe Williams. It's not so much Murphy's voice, which is fine, if a ...
I'll Close My Eyes
By Mark Murphy
Label: Muse Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: I'll Close My Eyes; If; Happyin'; Miss You Mr. Mercer; Small World; There Is No Reason Why; Time on My Hands; Ugly Woman; Not Like This
Bop for Kerouac
By Mark Murphy
Label: Muse Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Be Bop Lives (Boplicity); Goodbye Pork Pie Hat; Parker's Mood; You Better Go Now; You've Proven Your Point; Bad and the Beautiful; Down St. Thomas Way; Ballad of the Sad Young Men
What a Way to Go
By Mark Murphy
Label: Mujse Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: What a Way to Go; Ceora Lives; I Fall in Love Too Easily; Saxophone Joe; All My Tomorrows; Jamaica; I Never Noticed Until Now; Clown in My Window; Ding Walls
Mark Murphy: What a Way to Go
by William Grim
What a Way to Go is another in a long line of masterful CDs by the master of vocal jazz, Mark Murphy. Ballads predominate, and the arrangements by Larry Fallon are lush and make good use of synthesizers to make up for the lack of a string orchestra. One of the best things about ...
Mark Murphy: Bop for Kerouac
by William Grim
Bop for Kerouac is one of Mark Murphy’s best albums, and that’s saying a lot because over the years he has recorded some of the finest and most innovative jazz vocal albums of all time. It’s a concept album that is focused on the aesthetic of the Beats and features vocalise adaptations of Charlie Parker tunes ...
Mark Murphy: I'll Close My Eyes
by William Grim
Every album by Mark Murphy is a gem and I'll Close My Eyes is no exception. Starting with the title track, Murphy displays his uncanny sensitivity to the relationship between words and music by delivering a very emotional reading of the song's verse, a text that is overlooked by most performers. Added to the performance's appeal ...
