Cat No:
0212420MSW
Release Date: 17 November 2017
Label: MPS
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4029759124207
Genres: Jazz Vocal Jazz
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Description
For many jazz fans and cognoscenti, singer Mark Murphy was vastly underrated; they are right, as his prolific six-decade-long artistic career attests: during that career Murphy exhibited an inventive stylistic range that covered blues to bebop on through to modern jazz. His 1967 MPS recording lands in the middle of his "European decade", and it is one of the most beautiful, striking documents of his skills. Midnight Mood is characterized by the sophisticated dialogue between voice and eight musicians from the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland-Big band, but it begins a cappella: Murphy welcomes us with Duke Ellington's Jump For Joy as he walks the vocal tightrope without a net, at the same time offering us a taste of his unorthodox scat singing. With I Don't Want Nothin' the ensemble offers us a swinging, bluesy, mischievous miniature, while Murphy's voice on Why And How shifts towards a noticeably darker tinge, surrounded by short penetrating solo interludes from the band. Alone Together reveals a masterpiece of phrasing over syncopated piano play; You Fascinate Me So emphasizes Murphy's romantic ardor. Hopeless unfolds with overwhelming intensity à la Sinatra, and Sconsolato is served with a casual Hispanic flair. With subtly nuanced tenderness on My Ship and I Get Along..., Murphy evokes a depths-of-night ambience in dialogue with the keys, while Just Give Me Time reflects a dark sensuality that swaggers between Swing and Bossa. -
Tracklisting
- 1. Jump For Joy
- 2. I Don't Want Nothin'
- 3. Why And How
- 4. Alone Together
- 5. You Fascinate Me So
- 6. Hopeless
- 7. Sconsolato
- 8. My Ship
- 9. Just Give Me Time
- 10. I Get Along Without You Very Well
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The Era Will Prevail
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A Beautiful Friendship Ep
Mark Murphy
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A Beautiful Friendship
Mark Murphy
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Wild and Free - Live at the Keystone Korner
Mark Murphy
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Rah + Hip Parade + 1 Bonus Track
Mark Murphy
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Bop For Miles
Mark Murphy
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Memories Of You
Mark Murphy
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Lucky To Be Me
Mark Murphy
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