HighNote HCD 7126
Mark Murphy
Bop For Miles
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No other singer today takes as many risks on the bandstand as Mark Murphy. The level of drama that he can conjure up in a ballad is unparalleled. And the degree of sheer vocal abandon that he demonstrates from song to song, from night to night, is unmatched in the annals of jazz. Recorded on-stage in Vienna, Mark gives a performance full of dips, falsetto wails, mini-yodels and other assorted and utterly off-the-cuff Murphy-isms on a repertoire of tunes mostly associated with Miles Davis. Also included is a recently penned paean to Miles by Murphy and recorded as a touching voice/piano duet in the studio after the gig. If, as writer Whitney Balliet once described it, jazz is the sound of surprise, then Mark Murphy is a quintessential jazz singer. And he offers up an endless supply of swinging surprises on Bop For Miles
With Allan Praskin, saxophones,Peter Mihelich, piano and others - Recorded live in Vienna, Austria.
Tracks: All Blues; Summertime; Autumn Leaves; Bye Bye Blackbird; On Green Dolphin Street; My Ship; Farmer's Market; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat; Parker's Mood; Milestones; Miles.
