Mark Murphy Sings

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Mark Murphy Sings
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Studio album by
Released1975
RecordedJune 17–19, 1975
Genre Vocal jazz
Length38:13
Label Muse
Producer Helen Keane
Mark Murphy chronology
Mark 2
(1975)
Mark Murphy Sings
(1975)
Mark Murphy Sings Mostly Dorothy Fields & Cy Coleman
(1977)

Mark Murphy Sings is a 1975 studio album by Mark Murphy. [1]

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Reception

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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow said that "This CD reissue brings back one of singer Mark Murphy's best all-round sessions...Murphy is heard throughout in prime form, constantly stretching himself" [1]

Track listing

  1. "On the Red Clay" (Freddie Hubbard, Murphy) - 4:35
  2. "Naima" (John Coltrane) - 4:49
  3. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 5:15
  4. "Young and Foolish" (Albert Hague, Arnold B. Horwitt) - 2:49
  5. "Empty Faces" (Lani Hall, Milton Nascimento) - 5:15
  6. "Maiden Voyage" (Herbie Hancock) - 5:26
  7. "How Are You Dreaming?" (Bob Crewe, A. Shatkin) - 4:29
  8. "Cantaloupe Island" (Hancock, Murphy) - 5:35

Personnel

Performance
Production

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mark Murphy Sings". Allmusic . Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  149. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.