Revox Master Tape, MARK MURPHY - MIDNIGHT MOOD

When he died in October 2015 at the age of 83, the local newspapers were reserved in their obituaries. For many jazz fans and connoisseurs, the singer Mark Murphy had been greatly underestimated; they were right, as his productive artistic career spanning six decades proves: During this time, Murphy displayed a creative stylistic range that extended from blues to bebop and modern jazz. His 1967 MPS recording comes from the middle of his “European decade” and is one of the finest and most impressive documents of his artistry. “Midnight Mood” is distinguished by the sophisticated dialogue between his voice and eight musicians from the Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band, but it begins a cappella…….
Stefan Franzen

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