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Mark Murphy
US jazz singer
United States • 1932-03-04 – 2015-10-22
Mark Murphy is credited on 254 releases across 111 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
254
Pressings credited
111
Albums
8
Decades active
9
In collections
Biography
Mark Howe Murphy (March 14, 1932 – October 22, 2015) was an American jazz singer based at various times in New York City, Los Angeles, London, and San Francisco. He recorded 51 albums under his own name during his lifetime and was principally known for his innovative vocal improvisations. He was the recipient of the 1996, 1997, 2000, and 2001 Down Beat magazine readers' jazz poll for Best Male Vocalist and was also nominated five times for the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Jazz Performance. He wrote lyrics to the jazz tunes "Stolen Moments" and "Red Clay".
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Credited work
254 releases · 111 albums · active 1956–2024
- Performance · 301
- Other credits · 16
- Production · 6
- Mastering · 1
Studios: Plaza Sound Studios · Filmways/Heider Recording · C.I. Recording Studios · Windrose Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- United Future Organization
- Tenth & Parker
- The Five Corners Quintet
- 4 Hero
- Joey
- Till Brönner
- Pascal von Wroblewsky
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