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Crazy Rhythm is a 1999 compilation of singer Mark Murphy's Decca label recordings in 1956–1957.
| Crazy Rhythm: His Debut Recordings | |
|---|---|
| Compilation album by | |
| Released | 1999 |
| Genre | Vocal jazz |
| Label | Decca Records |
Background
Crazy Rhythm collects all but four of Murphy's recordings from his first release for Decca, Meet Mark Murphy (The Singing "M"), and all of his second release, Let Yourself Go.[1]
Recording
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine assigns the release 3 stars and writes, "the singer wasn't the cutting-edge risk-taker he would evolve into in the 1960s. The young Murphy heard on this CD is a likable crooner with a strong passion for Mel Torme".[2] He singles out for praise "Fascinating Rhythm" and "Exactly Like You".[2]
Scott Yanow recommends the release in his book The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide. He writes, ".[3]
Will Friedwald said that the taken together albums made during his early recording career from 1956 to 1960 "reveal a young singer with a strong, dark, attractive voice, with a lot of good ideas and an obvious commitment to the jazz idiom-but one who stops just short of having a sound and a style of his own".[4] Friedwald wrote, "As Murphy himself noted, the audience for these songs just wasn't his, and vice versa-even though he succeeded in doing something aesthetically interesting and indeed hip with material that no one would have thought could lend itself to such a treatment".[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Fascinating Rhythm" | Ira Gershwin | George Gershwin | Meet Mark Murphy | 2:06 |
| 2. | "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" | Eric Maschwitz | Manning Sherwin | Meet Mark Murphy | 3:54 |
| 3. | "Give It Back to the Indians" | Meet Mark Murphy | |||
| 4. | "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" | Meet Mark Murphy | |||
| 5. | "Limehouse Blues" | Meet Mark Murphy | |||
| 6. | "Exactly Like You" | Meet Mark Murphy | |||
| 7. | "If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)" | Meet Mark Murphy | |||
| 8. | "You Mustn't Kick It Around" | Meet Mark Murphy | |||
| 9. | "I Got Rhythm" | Let Yourself Go | |||
| 10. | "Elmer's Tune" | Let Yourself Go | |||
| 11. | "'Tain't No Sin (To Dance Around in Your Bones)" | Let Yourself Go | |||
| 12. | "Robbins Nest" | Let Yourself Go | |||
| 13. | "The Lady in Red" | Let Yourself Go | |||
| 14. | "Pick Yourself Up" | Let Yourself Go | |||
| 15. | "Let Yourself Go" | Let Yourself Go | |||
| 16. | "Crazy Rhythm" | Let Yourself Go | |||
| 17. | "Taking a Chance on Love" | Let Yourself Go | |||
| 18. | "Lullaby in Rhythm" | Let Yourself Go | |||
| 19. | "Little Jazz Bird" | Let Yourself Go | |||
| 20. | "Ridin' High" | Let Yourself Go |
Personnel
Orrin Keepnews – producer
References
- ^ Jones, Peter (2018). This is hip: the life of Mark Murphy. Popular music history. Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, CT: Equinox Publishing. pp. 22–30. ISBN 978-1-78179-473-9.
- ^ a b Crazy Rhythm: Debut Recordings - Mark Murphy |... | AllMusic, retrieved 2024-06-16
- ^ Yanow, Scott (2008). The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide. New York: Backbeat Books. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-0-87930-825-4.
- ^ a b Friedwald, Will (2010). A biographical guide to the great jazz and pop singers (1st ed.). New York: Pantheon Books. p. 348. ISBN 978-0-375-42149-5. OCLC 458892544.
External links
- Crazy Rhythm at Discogs (master release)
- Crazy Rhythm at AllMusic (master release)
- Crazy Rhythm at MusicBrainz (release group)
- Mark Murphy in The Penguin Guide to Jazz at Internet Archive
- Mark Murphy in The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide at Internet Archive