Turk Murphy's Jazz Band Favorites

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band Favorites Artist: Turk Murphy
Label: Fantasy
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 025218301121
EAN: 0025218301121
ASIN: B000000XH1


Release Date: 1991-10-11

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Listmania:

  1. West Coast Trad Jazz Revival: Watters, Murphy, Scobey, et.al.
  2. Best of Turk Murphy

Tracks:

  1. New Orleans Stomp
  2. When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
  3. Trouble In Mind
  4. Turk's Blues (Social Polecat)
  5. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
  6. 1919 Rag
  7. Curse Of An Aching Heart
  8. Irish Black Bottom
  9. Trombone Rag
  10. Darktown Strutter's Ball
  11. Ragtime Dance
  12. Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
  13. Down By The Riverside
  14. By And By
  15. Storyville Blues
  16. A Closer Walk With Thee
  17. St. James Infirmary
  18. Minstrals Of Annie Street
  19. Cakewalkin' Babies (From Home)
  20. Wolverine Blues
  21. Bay City

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Good ol' good ones.......2005-09-14

Along with Lu Watters and Bob Scobey, Turk Murphy was one of the pioneers of the West Coast revival, a localized brand of Dixieland jazz that stressed ensemble playing as did the original masters of New Orleans. Murphy played a brash brand of trombone, in the style of Kid Ory. These sides, mostly recorded in 1949-1950, were among the first recordings under Murphy's leadership. They are all good examples of what was going on in San Francisco in the traditional jazz school of the day. Murphy rarely liked to play faster than medium-up tempo, unlike Scobey who liked faster tempos. But CAKEWALKING BABIES, with a vocal by Clair Austin, really swings hard. Other well-performed tunes include WAITING FOR THE ROBERT E. LEE, NEW ORLEANS STOMP, and STRUTTIN' WITH SOME BARBECUE. Bob Helm switches clarinet duty with Bill Napier, and Helm's reedy tone is as instantly recognizable as Edmond Hall's. Murphy liked to sing on occasion, which was really nothing to write home about. All in all, a very nice CD of West Coast trad by one of its finest practitioners.

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