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{{Short description|1996 studio album by Mark Murphy}} |
{{Short description|1996 studio album by Mark Murphy}} |
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{{Infobox album |
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| artist = [[Mark Murphy (singer)|Mark Murphy]] |
| artist = [[Mark Murphy (singer)|Mark Murphy]] |
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| genre = [[Vocal jazz]] |
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'''''xxxxxxx''''' is a studio album by [[Mark Murphy (singer)|Mark Murphy]]. |
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''xxxxx'' is the xxrd album by American jazz vocalist Mark Murphy. It was recorded in xxxx when Murphy was xx years old and released by the Millennium label in the United States in xxxx. This album is a collection of |
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== Background == |
== Background == |
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Mark Murphy \.<ref name=":0" /> \ |
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Mark Murphy considered himself a rhythm singer.<ref name=":0" /> He explained why he chose [[Benny Green (pianist)|Benny Green]] for this recording: "Benny Green has been playing with [[Ray Brown (musician)|Ray Brown]], and he's one of the new hot musicians coming out of the newer trends in jazz where they are listening to the later 50s music of rhythmic players like [[Ramsey Lewis]] and [[Ahmad Jamal]]. And to us it's old but to them it's brand new".<ref name=":0" /> Green was a protégé of [[Oscar Peterson]] and had worked with [[Art Blakey]] and [[Betty Carter]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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''Dim the Lights'' was recorded in Calgary in 1996 but not released for over three years in a limited edition (September 1999).<ref name=":0" /> The year of the recording Mark Murphy won the Downbeat readers' poll for Best Male Singer.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Ouellette |first=Dan |date=April 1997 |title=Mark Murphy The Start of Something |journal=[[DownBeat]] |pages=27}}</ref> Murphy won again in both 2000 and 2001.<ref name=":0" /> The album was released again in 2004, eight years after the original recording.<ref>{{Citation |title=Dim the Lights - Mark Murphy {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dim-the-lights-mw0000659409 |access-date=2024-06-10 |language=en}}</ref> |
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== Recording == |
== Recording == |
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Murphy .<ref name=":0" />. |
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Murphy experiments with overdubbing on track 4. The three tunes of the medley are overlayed so that you hear the vocal tracks of all three songs at once, including three different scat choruses.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Murphy contributes original lyrics to two tunes, "Dim the Lights" and "Time all Gone". |
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== Reception == |
== Reception == |
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Colin Larkin assigns 3 stars in ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]].''<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2002 |publisher=Virgin |others=Colin Larkin, Muze UK Ltd (eds.) |isbn=978-1-85227-923-3 |edition=Concise 4th |location=London |pages=899-900}}</ref> Three stars means, "3* Good. By the artist's usual standards and therefore recommended".<ref name=":2" /> |
Colin Larkin assigns 3 stars in ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]].''<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2002 |publisher=Virgin |others=Colin Larkin, Muze UK Ltd (eds.) |isbn=978-1-85227-923-3 |edition=Concise 4th |location=London |pages=899-900}}</ref> Three stars means, "3* Good. By the artist's usual standards and therefore recommended".<ref name=":2" /> |
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Scott Yanow includes '' |
Scott Yanow includes ''xxxxxx'' in his list of Murphy's "other worthy recordings of the past 20 years" in his book ''The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yanow |first=Scott |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/148769861 |title=The jazz singers: the ultimate guide |date=2008 |publisher=Backbeat Books |isbn=978-0-87930-825-4 |location=New York |pages=161-162 |oclc=148769861}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Murphy biographer Peter Jones |
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In a DownBeat article from 1997, Dan Ouellette called ''Dim the Lights'' "a superb duo recording".<ref name=":1" /> |
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Writer Jim Santella called ''Dim the Lights'' a "highly recommended album" in a review in 2000.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Santella |first=Jim |date=January 1, 2000 |title=Mark Murphy. Dim the Lights. |journal=AllAboutJazz}}</ref> |
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In ''A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers,'' Will Friedwald said, " |
In ''A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers,'' Will Friedwald said, "".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Friedwald |first=Will |title=A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers |date=2010 |publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-375-42149-5 |edition=Kindle |location=New York |pages=352}}</ref> |
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== Track listing == |
== Track listing == |
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#<bdi>"Rules of the Road" ([[Carolyn Leigh]], [[Cy Coleman]]) – 4:39</bdi> |
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#<bdi>"[[Street of Dreams (1932 song)|Street of Dreams]]" ([[Sam M. Lewis]], [[Victor Young]]) – 7:53</bdi> |
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#<bdi>Trilogy – "[[Beautiful Love (1931 song)|Beautiful Love]]" / "[[Lullaby of the Leaves]]" / "[[Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise|Soft as in a Morning Sunrise]]" ([[Haven Gillespie]], [[Egbert Van Alstyne]], [[Wayne King]], [[Victor Young]] / [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]], [[Bernice Petkere]] / [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], [[Sigmund Romberg]]) – 3:27</bdi> |
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#<bdi>"A Quiet Place" ([[Ralph Carmichael]]) – 3:49</bdi> |
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#<bdi>"Dim the Lights" (Mark Murphy, Reinhold Util) – 4:27</bdi> |
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#<bdi>"See You Later" (Flip Nuñez) – 5:10</bdi> |
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#<bdi>"[[The Two Lonely People|Two Lonely People]]" ([[Carol Hall]], [[Bill Evans]]) – 6:53</bdi> |
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#<bdi>"It Amazes Me" (Leigh, Coleman) – 5:48</bdi> |
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#<bdi>"North Sea Night" (Suzie Scragg, [[Hein van de Geyn]]) – 3:14</bdi> |
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#<bdi>"Time All Gone" (Murphy, Fernando Corrêa) – 5:02</bdi> |
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#<bdi>"I Never Know When to Say When" / "I'm in Love Again" (Joan Ford, Jean Kerr, Walter Kerr, [[Leroy Anderson]] / [[Peggy Lee]], Coleman, Bill Schluger) – 6:20</bdi> |
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#<bdi>"Ravel Concerto" / "[[How Insensitive]]" / "[[Corcovado (song)|Corcovado]]" ([[Maurice Ravel]] / [[Vinicius de Moraes]], [[Norman Gimbel]], [[Antônio Carlos Jobim]] / [[Gene Lees]], Jobim) – 6:16</bdi> |
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#<bdi>"The Man on the Other Side of the Street" (Kristen Michelle) – 0:46</bdi> |
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== Personnel == |
== Personnel == |
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* [[Mark Murphy (singer)|Mark Murphy]] – vocals |
* [[Mark Murphy (singer)|Mark Murphy]] – vocals |
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* <bdi>– piano</bdi> |
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; Production |
; Production |
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* – [[Audio engineering|engineer]], <bdi>recorded in</bdi> |
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* – mastering engineer |
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* – executive producer |
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* <bdi>–</bdi> photography |
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* <bdi>–</bdi> design |
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* <bdi>– liner notes</bdi> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* at [[MusicBrainz]] (release group) |
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* at [[Discogs]] (master release) |
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* at [[AllMusic]] (release) |
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* Mark Murphy in ''[https://archive.org/search?query=external-identifier%3A%22urn%3Aoclc%3Arecord%3A1280806807%22 The Penguin Guide to Jazz]'' at Internet Archive |
* Mark Murphy in ''[https://archive.org/search?query=external-identifier%3A%22urn%3Aoclc%3Arecord%3A1280806807%22 The Penguin Guide to Jazz]'' at Internet Archive |
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* Mark Murphy in ''[https://archive.org/search?query=external-identifier%3A%22urn%3Aoclc%3Arecord%3A1036937988%22 The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide]'' at Internet Archive |
* Mark Murphy in ''[https://archive.org/search?query=external-identifier%3A%22urn%3Aoclc%3Arecord%3A1036937988%22 The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide]'' at Internet Archive |
Revision as of 18:41, 16 June 2024
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Studio album by | |
Released | xxx |
Recorded | xxxx |
Studio | xxxxxxxxx |
Genre | Vocal jazz |
Length | xxxxxx |
Label | xxxxxxx |
Producer | xxxxx |
xxxxxxx is a studio album by Mark Murphy.
xxxxx is the xxrd album by American jazz vocalist Mark Murphy. It was recorded in xxxx when Murphy was xx years old and released by the Millennium label in the United States in xxxx. This album is a collection of
Background
Mark Murphy \.[1] \
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Recording
Murphy .[1].
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Colin Larkin assigns 3 stars in The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music.[2] Three stars means, "3* Good. By the artist's usual standards and therefore recommended".[2]
Scott Yanow includes xxxxxx in his list of Murphy's "other worthy recordings of the past 20 years" in his book The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide.[3]
Murphy biographer Peter Jones t.[1]
In A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, Will Friedwald said, "".[4]
Track listing
- " ( –
Personnel
- Performance
- Mark Murphy – vocals
- – piano
- Production
- – engineer, recorded in
- – mastering engineer
- – executive producer
- – photography
- – design
- – liner notes
References
- ^ a b c Jones, Peter (2018). This is hip: the life of Mark Murphy. Popular music history. Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, CT: Equinox Publishing. pp. 124, 137, 139. ISBN 978-1-78179-473-9.
- ^ a b c Larkin, Colin (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Colin Larkin, Muze UK Ltd (eds.) (Concise 4th ed.). London: Virgin. pp. 899–900. ISBN 978-1-85227-923-3.
- ^ Yanow, Scott (2008). The jazz singers: the ultimate guide. New York: Backbeat Books. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-0-87930-825-4. OCLC 148769861.
- ^ Friedwald, Will (2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers (Kindle ed.). New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 352. ISBN 978-0-375-42149-5.
External links
- at MusicBrainz (release group)
- at Discogs (master release)
- at AllMusic (release)
- Mark Murphy in The Penguin Guide to Jazz at Internet Archive
- Mark Murphy in The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide at Internet Archive