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Spencer Murphy (born 1988, Syracuse, New York) is an American bassist, producer, composer, and consultant living in Brooklyn, NY.
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Spencer Murphy (born 1988, Syracuse, New York) is an American bassist, producer, composer, and consultant living in Brooklyn, NY.
Murphy graduated from Jamesville-DeWitt High School in 2006 before attending SUNY Purchase, where in 2010 he earned a degree in jazz studies. [1]
While a student at SUNY Purchase, Murphy met Gabriel Garzon-Montano, with whom he co-wrote and recorded Mokaad's Booty EP (2012). He played bass with Garzon-Montano's subsequent solo project through 2015, performing at South by Southwest, as well as opening for Lenny Kravitz's Strut World Tour. [2] Murphy co-wrote "Sour Mango," a single from Garzon-Montano's Jardín (2017).
In 2020, Murphy appeared as a bassist on Nick Hakim's Will This Make Me Good?, reprising his role a year later alongside long-time collaborators Onyx Collective, on Hakim's co-release with saxophonist Roy Nathanson, Small Things. [3]
In October of 2021, he originated the bass chair in the premiere of Only an Octave Apart, starring Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanzo, with music direction from Thomas Bartlett and arrangements by Nico Muhly. [4] In January of 2022, Murphy accompanied Bond and Roth Costanzo onstage as they performed selections from the show with the New York Philharmonic, as well as backing the duo in a performance on NPR Tiny Desk. [5] In August of 2022, he performed with Helado Negro and Silvana Estrada at Central Park Summerstage, [6] celebrating the release of Doris Muñoz biopic Mija. [7] The following year, he appeared at the 35th Annual Tibet House Benefit at Carnegie Hall, performing with Marc Anthony Thompson, Zsela Thompson, and Scorchio Quartet as Chocolate Genius Inc. [8] In 2024, Chocolate Genius Inc. headlined Big Ears Festival, with a band consisting of both Thompsons, along with Murphy, Marc Ribot, John Medeski, Claude Coleman Jr, and Daniel Aged. [9]
Murphy had an extended residency at Smalls Jazz Club from 2007-2017, leading a quintet that included Tivon Pennicott, Stacy Dillard, John Chin, and Lawrence Leathers. [10] In the same period, he featured or was featured with Joel Frahm, Melissa Aldana, Dayna Stephens, Ari Hoenig, Emmett Cohen, and Johnny O'Neal. [11]
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