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HIGHNOTE

WILD & FREE

Modern Nostalgic Playful Romantic Dark
$16.49

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Artist
MURPHY, MARK
Format
CD
Label
HIGHNOTE
Released
Apr 14, 2017
Catalog #
HNR757310.2
UPC
632375731021

About

When Mark Murphy died in October 2015, the obituaries claimed that he had been almost the last of his kind. Murphy, it was said, was a man who embodied the spirit of postwar bohemia, the 'On The Road' Kerouac generation who fought against the straight life of prosperity and numb consumerism they saw all around them. With a catalogue of more than 40 albums under his own name as well as numerous collaborations, Mark Murphy resisted orthodoxy. He could very likely have enjoyed a successful mainstream career had he remained a crooner in the vein of Mel Torme or Jack Jones, but he had greater ambition to carry the jazz vocal flame. He was a consummate improviser, who never sang a song the same way twice. It is that Mark Murphy we encounter here in a historic engagement at the Keystone Korner which was his only performance in the club. Familiar Murphy favorites are here along with a few surprises with Mark's voice alternately thundering and whispering through the inspired setlist.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I Return to Music 05:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    I Return to Music
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Kirby Shaw
    Performer
    Mark Murphy, Peter Barshay, Paul Potyen, Jack Gobetti, Babatunde Lea
  2. 2 Farmer's Market 06:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    Farmer's Market
    Duration
    06:27
    Composer
    Art Farmer
    Performer
    Mark Murphy, Peter Barshay, Paul Potyen, Jack Gobetti, Babatunde Lea
  3. 3 State Fair: It Might as Well Be Spring - Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most 02:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    State Fair: It Might as Well Be Spring - Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Richard Rodgers, Tommy Wolf
    Performer
    Mark Murphy, Peter Barshay, Paul Potyen, Jack Gobetti, Babatunde Lea
  4. 4 Stompin' At the Savoy 05:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    Stompin' At the Savoy
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb
    Performer
    Mark Murphy, Peter Barshay, Paul Potyen, Jack Gobetti, Babatunde Lea
  5. 5 Demi-Dozen: You Fascinate Me So 03:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    Demi-Dozen: You Fascinate Me So
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Cy Coleman
    Performer
    Mark Murphy, Peter Barshay, Paul Potyen, Jack Gobetti, Babatunde Lea
  6. 6 Bijou 03:08
    Track
    6
    Title
    Bijou
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Ralph Burns
    Performer
    Mark Murphy, Peter Barshay, Paul Potyen, Jack Gobetti, Babatunde Lea
  7. 7 Fiesta in Blue 03:30
    Track
    7
    Title
    Fiesta in Blue
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Jimmy Mundy, Benny Goodman
    Performer
    Mark Murphy, Peter Barshay, Paul Potyen, Jack Gobetti, Babatunde Lea
  8. 8 Body and Soul 05:35
    Track
    8
    Title
    Body and Soul
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Johnny Green
    Performer
    Mark Murphy, Peter Barshay, Paul Potyen, Jack Gobetti, Babatunde Lea
  9. 9 Aguas de Março (Waters of March) 03:37
    Track
    9
    Title
    Aguas de Março (Waters of March)
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Antônio Carlos Jobim
    Performer
    Mark Murphy, Peter Barshay, Paul Potyen, Jack Gobetti, Babatunde Lea
  10. 10 Laugh, Clown, Laugh - A Little Night Music, Act II: Send in the Clowns 02:50
    Track
    10
    Title
    Laugh, Clown, Laugh - A Little Night Music, Act II: Send in the Clowns
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Ted Fiorito, Sam Lewis
    Performer
    Mark Murphy, Peter Barshay, Paul Potyen, Jack Gobetti, Babatunde Lea
  11. 11 Charleston Alley 02:30
    Track
    11
    Title
    Charleston Alley
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Leroy Kirkland, Horace Henderson
    Performer
    Mark Murphy, Peter Barshay, Paul Potyen, Jack Gobetti, Babatunde Lea
  12. 12 Blues in the Night 04:28
    Track
    12
    Title
    Blues in the Night
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Harold Arlen
    Performer
    Mark Murphy, Peter Barshay, Paul Potyen, Jack Gobetti, Babatunde Lea
  13. 13 Born to Dance: I've got you under my skin 04:35
    Track
    13
    Title
    Born to Dance: I've got you under my skin
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Cole Porter
    Performer
    Mark Murphy, Peter Barshay, Paul Potyen, Jack Gobetti, Babatunde Lea
  14. 14 Don't Be Blue 03:40
    Track
    14
    Title
    Don't Be Blue
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    John Guerin, Michael Franks
    Performer
    Mark Murphy, Peter Barshay, Paul Potyen, Jack Gobetti, Babatunde Lea
  15. 15 Introducing the Band 00:59
    Track
    15
    Title
    Introducing the Band
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    na Not Applicable