Search results for "Mark Murphy"
Mark Murphy: On the Red Clay (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 21, 08Backed by a stellar lineup, vocal stylist Mark Murphy lends his unique lyrical take to this classic Freddie Hubbard t...
Mark Murphy: Empty Faces (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 21, 08An inspired Mark Murphy uses his amazingly expressive voice to navigate the many twists and turns of this unusua...
Mark Murphy: You've Proven Your Point (Bongo Beep) (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 06, 07No jazz vocalist has surpassed Mark Murphy at evoking the bohemian, beatnik sensibility of the 1950s in song form. ...
Mark Murphy: Doodlin' (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music December 03, 07This track comes perilously close to being not imitation hip, but the real thing. Horace Silver's "Doodlin'" was a fo...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: RING-A-DING-DINGS: TWELVE 1960S MALE VOCAL HIPSTERS
Sinatra named them, Sinatra claimed them. Frank's album Ring-a-Ding Ding! (1960) christened a boatload of actual and ...
Mark Murphy: Angel Eyes (2007) (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 01, 09Mark Murphy has to compete with his earlier recording of this song—never an easy thing for the veteran performer—but ...
Mark Murphy: On Green Dolphin Street (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 31, 08Right from the start, when Murphy sings the verse solely with piano, you know it's going to be a great vocal version ...
Mark Murphy: Skylark / You Don't Know What Love Is (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 31, 07How many singers have performed at this high level in their seventies? Aspiring jazz vocalists should not just liste...
Mark Murphy: Angel Eyes (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 12, 08Introduced by an ominously repeated pattern from the brass and guitar that would suit the soundtrack of a film n...
Mark Winkler: lowercase (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music February 04, 09On Joshua Redman's "lowercase," Mark Winkler demonstrates his smooth and undulating vocal style. He sings the se...
Rashied Ali: Theme For Captain Black (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 06, 09The first James Blood Ulmer record I bought came from a little record/book store in a generic strip mall (Wait, isn't...
Stolen Moments with Mark Murphy posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 04, 09The fans of singer Mark Murphy were justifiably alarmed when a recent email went the rounds, claiming that "time is r...
Murphy, Mark posted in Encyclopedia September 18, 09Vocalist Mark Murphy has always sung with an instrumentalist's ear and discipline. A performer of jazz for more than ...
Levine, Mark posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Levine, Mark, pianist, educator, composer, author; b. Concord, NH, 4 October 1938. He grew up in Concord and went to ...
Soskin, Mark posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Soskin, Mark, pianist; b. Brooklyn, NY, 12 July 1953. His parents were Daniel (deceased) and Selma. His brother is Ga...
Moultrup, Mark (J.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Moultrup, Mark (J.), keyboardist, vocalist, composer, arranger, producer. His education was in Jazz Studies at Way...
Goldsby, John (Mark) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Goldsby, John (Mark), bass, composer, educator; b. Louisville, KY, 10 December 1958. His parents are Hugh Goldsby and...
James Blood Ulmer: Jazz Is The Teacher (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music June 19, 08James Blood Ulmer found his way to New York in the early 1970s and by '74 was recording with Ornette Coleman. He has ...
In Conversation with Kurt Elling posted in Features and Interviews July 07, 09By Ted Panken ...
Mays, Bill(William Allen) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Mays, Bill (William Allen), pianist; b. Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 5, 1944. He was born into a musical family and bega...
Smith, Sean (Christopher) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Smith, Sean (Christopher), bassist and composer; b. Nowalk, CT, 11 November 1965. His father was H. Graham Smith Jr. ...
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