Mark Murphy
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Biography
[Edit]Mark Murphy often seemed to be the only true jazz singer of his generation. A young, hip post-bop vocalist, Murphy spent most of his career sticking to the standards — and often presented radically reworked versions of those standards while many submitted to the lure of the lounge singer — during the artistically fallow period of the 1970s and '80s. Marketed as a teen idol by Capitol during the mid-'50s, Murphy deserted the stolid world of commercial pop for a series of exciting dates on independent labels that featured the singer investigating his wide interests: Jack Kerouac, Brazilian music, songbook recordings, vocalese, and hard bop, among others.
He grew up near Syracuse, NY, born into an intensely musical family (both parents sang). Mark began playing piano as a child, and studied both voice and theater while at college. He toured through Canada with a jazz trio for a time and spent awhile back home before he moved to New York in early 1954. A few television appearances gained him a contract for Decca Records, and he debuted with 1956's Meet Mark Murphy. He released one more LP for Decca before signing to Capitol in 1959. Though label executives often forced material (and an excessively clean-cut image) on the young singer, he managed to distinguish himself with good sets of standards, musical accompaniment furnished by West Coast jazz regulars, and a distinctive vocal style that often twisted lines and indulged in brief scatting to display his jazz credentials.
He eventually released four LPs for Capitol, but never reached popular audiences the way the label intended. In 1961, Murphy recorded his first album for Riverside, a set of standards and bop vocals named Rah! that gave a first glimpse at his ambition. Though the twentysomething Murphy seemed a little young for a saloon-song chestnut like "Angel Eyes," he performed quite well on side two, styled after a Lambert, Hendricks & Ross LP with vocal covers of bop standards including "Milestones" and Annie Ross' "Twisted." It and its follow-up, the themed LP That's How I Love the Blues, included a top-notch backing group including jazz heroes such as Clark Terry, Snooky Young, Al Cohn, Bill Evans, and Blue Mitchell. The records also displayed Murphy's penchant for trawling the entirety of the 20th century popular/jazz repertory for songs ranging from the slightly overdone to the downright forgotten.
By the mid-'60s, Murphy had begun to recognize his sizable European fan base. Along with scores of American expatriates, he spent many years in Europe and didn't even issue his LPs in America during the rest of the '60s. Instead, he recorded LPs for British labels including Fontana and Immediate (the latter run by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham). Murphy also collaborated with the Clarke-Boland Big Band for 1967's Midnight Mood. His frequent nightclub performances and intimate stage presence also earned rave reviews from jazz and vocal critics. By the time of his return to America in the early '70s, Murphy had become a major name in vocal jazz.
With a contract from Muse in hand, Murphy began recording what would become close to two dozen albums for the label, ranging from earthy '70s dates with the Brecker brothers to Jack Kerouac tributes complete with spoken word readings to a two-volume Nat King Cole Songbook series. During that period, Murphy was one of the only straight jazz vocalists (other than old-guard names like Sinatra and Tormé) to actually make a living out of his craft. He toured relentlessly as well, and remained as hip a name to drop in 1999 as he was in 1959. Since the '90s, Murphy has released a handful of albums including Some Time Ago in 2000, Memories of You in 2003, and Love Is What Stays in 2007.
Title: Secrets (Remixes), Pt. 2
Artist: Mark Murphy, Three Minutes
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: The Complete Nat 'King' Cole Songbook Volumes 1 And 2
Artist: Mark Murphy
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: A Beautiful Friendship: Remembering Shirley Horn - EP
Artist: Mark Murphy
Collections
Title: Giants of Jazz: Jazz Singers
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Best Modern Jazz Vocalists
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Compositions of Horace Silver
Genre: Jazz
Title: Music from Quentin Tarantino Films
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Top Jazz Singers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Essential Jazz Crooners
Genre: Jazz
Title: Original Sound Deluxe - Singin' Gentlemen
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz - Essential Love Songs
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz For When You're Dreaming
Genre: Jazz
Title: 50 Best Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Gentlemen Sing Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Crooners
Genre: Jazz
Title: In the Moment - Jazz Love Songs
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Great Gentlemen of Jazz Vocals
Genre: Jazz
Title: Winter Jazz Nights - 25 Chilled Jazz Pieces
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz At the Movies
Genre: Jazz
Title: All Time Greatest Jazz Hits
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Sonorama (EP Collection)
Title: A Tribute To Jerome Kern
Title: Rare Tracks Collection vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: The Darkest Pieces of Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Road Songs
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz For Autumn
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz for an Elegant Rendezvous
Genre: Jazz
Title: Ultra-Lounge: Wild Cool & Swingin' 3!
Genre: Jazz
Title: Ultra-Lounge: Nursery Rhythms!
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz for a Tropical Vacation
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Title: Romantic Swing Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Benny Goodman Songbook
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest Blues Singers
Genre: Jazz
Title: In The Mind Of Jamie Cullum
Title: From Latin To Jazz Dance Vol. 4
Genre: Jazz, Dancefloor, Disco
Title: Romantic Gentlemen
Title: Late Night Jazz - Verve 50
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best Jazz 100 (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Title: Let's Dance Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Swings Pop
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Remixed
Genre: Electronica, Jazz
Title: Wicked Jazz Sounds Vol. 3 (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Nu Jazz, Disco, Funk
Title: Wicked Jazz Sounds 4 (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Nu Jazz, Disco, Funk
Title: Nova Ipanema A Brazilian Funk Affair
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Bossanova
Title: Kulturkantine - Contemporary Jazz Lounge Session
Genre: Ambient, Downtempo, Electronica, Deep House, Jazz, Acoustic, Lounge
Title: Jazz Masters: Singers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Swinging Gentlemen
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Bossanova
Title: Jazz Vocalists - Verve 50
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Chilling Beach Sounds Vol. 2
Title: Keep Calm And Listen To Jazz (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Mojo Club - The Remix Album Part 2
Genre: Breakbeat , Electronica, Jazz, Nu Jazz
Title: 50 Essential Jazz Vocal Standards (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Get On The Right Track: Mod R&B, Jazz & Ska (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Late Night Jazz - The Ultimate Collection (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Gentlemen Of Jazz, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Simply Dinner Jazz (CD4: Desserts)
Genre: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Roots Of Jazz, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Most Essential Cool Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: That Cat Was Clean! ~ The Mod Side Of Jazz (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Smokin' Jazz, Vol. 1
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: Jazz Only Jazz: Chilled Jazz (The Ultimate Chilled Jazz Collection)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
Title: In The Mind Of Jamie Cullum
Artist: Jamie Cullum
Genre: Soul, Blues, Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Pop
Title: The Kings Of Jazz (CD1)
Artist: Jazzanova, Gilles Peterson
Title: Blue Eyed Soul
Artist: Till Brönner / Till Bronner
Genre: Soul, Blues, Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Classical
Title: Colin Curtis presents Jazz Dance Fusion
Artist: Colin Curtis
Genre: Electronica, Jazz, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Jazz Only Jazz: Winter Jazz Nights, Vol. 4 (Chilled Jazz Edition)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz