mjazzg Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 LondonJazzNews is reporting the death of Mark Murphy.Source is Sheila Jordan's Facebookhttp://www.londonjazznews.com/2015/10/rip-mark-murphy-1932-2015.htmla great voice falls silent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 That's too bad. Sheila would know, as she visited him often in the nursing home. He was a singular talent. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Dang. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Wow , I am sorry to hear that. There had been reports that he was in poor health and he had retired from performing a few years ago. He certainly had his own style, like it or not (and even though I generally do like his music, there were times when he went a bit extreme even for me), and what more can you ask for?I only saw him perform once, as part of the Stanford Jazz Festival several years ago. After intermission, I'd guess almost half the audience had disappeared, so he wasn't a singer to every one's taste. At his best, his style was singular and really quite amazing.RIP Mr. Murphy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Very sad. I'll play the 32Jazz compilation later today. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 He was a regular on the jazz radio here for a long time. Never really "got" him myself, but his individuality was as unmistakable as his integrity was unimpeachable. Plenty of respect here.RIPProof that his appeal extended past the jazz puristgeeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 RIP. He was my favorite singer when I was in college.I had the pleasure of meeting him twice. Nice guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 (edited) He was a regular on the jazz radio here for a long time. Never really "got" him myself, but his individuality was as unmistakable as his integrity was unimpeachable. Plenty of respect here.RIPProof that his appeal extended past the jazz puristgeeks. The Talkin' Loud connection's no surprise. He was big in London's Jazz dance/Acid Jazz club scene. It's how I first heard him and then bought Rah Edited October 22, 2015 by mjazzg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 R.I.P. Mr. Murphy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 I'm a BIG fan - especially his albums on Muse, and specifically "Mark Murphy Sings" (a must-have for jazz vocal fans, IMO).I saw him several times in the late 70's/early 80's when he lived in the Bay Area. He had a regular gig in a bar in Tiburon for a while, too. I saw him several years after that and it seemed like he had fallen into relying on some mannerisms that took away from his appeal as a singer I thought, and probably didn't help his career.RIP, Mark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 now on another voyage ... thank your for the music and R.I.P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hardbopjazz Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 He was great, had his own, was one of the torchkeepers of vocalese. And although I didn't listen to his records often in recent years, one of my all time favourite male singers. R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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medjuck Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 I always liked his record "Rah!" but later editions dropped his rewording of "I'll be Seeing You" and "My Favorite Things" apparently at the insistence of the copyright owners. I still remember "I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar faces of the horses at the races..." Saw him a couple of times in the '60s and in the last decade liked his cd "Love is What Stays" which uses "Stolen Moments" as a theme. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 Some great scatting on this tune. I first heard him on this album. I was hooked right away with this tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 And the radio tributes are pouring in: WBGO in Newark and Jonathan Schwartz. Schwartz featured some masterful ballad singing, including These Foolish Things with the seldom-heard additional lyric. His interpretations were daring and original and his instrument exemplary. We lost an artist and visionary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtSalt Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 My entry into Murphy's universe was Kerouac, Then And Now which begins with the vocal version of Srayhorn's Blood Count by B. Stillman. That would have been 1991/92 when I was studying the Beats and Lord Buckley. Not so happy days as it happens, but along with Chet Baker it was opening-up a new way of being as the then current popular and rock music fell silent for me. Been a fan ever since. I remember reading somewhere in the late 90s that he was looking to record some albums of Brazilian music, but that doesn't seem to have happened. That would have been interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted November 8, 2015 Report Share Posted November 8, 2015 (edited) 12 hours ago, ArtSalt said: My entry into Murphy's universe was Kerouac, Then And Now which begins with the vocal version of Srayhorn's Blood Count by B. Stillman. That would have been 1991/92 when I was studying the Beats and Lord Buckley. Not so happy days as it happens, but along with Chet Baker it was opening-up a new way of being as the then current popular and rock music fell silent for me. Been a fan ever since. I remember reading somewhere in the late 90s that he was looking to record some albums of Brazilian music, but that doesn't seem to have happened. That would have been interesting. He did a couple Brazilian albums in the 80's And also: "Brazil Song (Cancoes Do Brazil)" in '84 Edited November 8, 2015 by BFrank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Does anyone know Song for the Geese? The title tune was co-written with Sean Smith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtSalt Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 No, I've just found it on Youtube though! I don't know those Brazilian albums, but I just remembered I have the wonderful latin seared Sconsoloto on the Gilles Peterson compiled Themes From The Black Forest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 His version of Sconsoloto is great! On this album - worth picking up, for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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