Search results for "Frank Murphy"
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: 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...
Frank Zappa: Son of Orange County (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music December 12, 08I was 16 years old or so and hanging out in my room listening to the radio. I think I was tuned to Boston's WBCN, a g...
Frank Zappa: Be-Bop Tango (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 03, 08"Not too fast, because I want to get the right notes on the tape," Zappa advises his band before closing their set at...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE JAZZY SIDE OF FRANK ZAPPA
"Jazz is the music of unemployment," Frank Zappa once quipped. But don't let these cynical words mis-lead you. Zapp...
Murphy, Paul posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Murphy, Paul, drummer; b. Worcester, MA, 25 January 1949. He studied music, percussion, and timpani for 9 years wi...
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 ...
Miles Davis: Someday My Prince Will Come (alt. take) (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 21, 07My joy in listening to most of Davis’s transformations throughout his career makes picking a favorite period nothing ...
Weekend Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog September 04, 08Last week, jazz.com published its 3,000th review. Since jazz.com’s launch last December, our team of more than fo...
Weekend Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog October 16, 08Yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay When you hear that sound, you know it’s time again for the jazz.com weekend track review round...
New Jazz Bios: From Buddy Bolden to Sun Ra posted in The Jazz.com Blog January 15, 09Hidden away in the inner recesses of jazz.com is our ambitious Encyclopedia Project. Dozens of contributors have b...
James, Harry (Haag) posted in Encyclopedia September 22, 08Trumpeter and bandleader Harry James forged a reputation as one of the hottest horn blowers in Swing, and scored some...
Watch Out Wikipedia . . . Here We Come! posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 28, 08The jazz.com team continues to work behind-the-scenes on our on-line Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians. Under the lead...
Russell, Pee Wee (Charles Ellsworth) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 08Pee Wee Russell took the clarinet from New Orleans out into the world. Still today, he stands as one of its most expr...
Wayne Shorter: Etcetera (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 23, 07One of those iconoclastic Shorter compositions that, in many ways, defines an era of jazz. The piece’s opening theme ...
Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson: Just One of Those Things (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 24, 07Peterson’s fleet fingers dance through a short intro leading to Armstrong’s usual laid-back vocal. The casualness of ...
Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music October 24, 07This tasteful pairing should have been documented long before these 1996 sessions. Both players have staked out signi...
Betty Carter: Lover Man (1993) (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music October 25, 07Betty Carter’s final 10 years brought her uncompromising style to Verve records and a wider audience. Her unorthodox ...
Art Blakey: Along Came Betty (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 25, 07Art Blakey at Birdland, photo by Marcel Fleiss Golson’s composition with its simple yet haunting...
Joe Lovano: New York Fascination (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 25, 07“New York Fascination” was written for a Jazz at Lincoln Center commission, as were two other pieces on this disc. Ho...
Eric Dolphy: Something Sweet, Something Tender (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 25, 07Eric Dolphy, artwork by Michael Symonds Eric Dolphy stands alone in the jazz pantheon. There I said it! While th...
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