Jazz Standards

構成数 : 2枚
合計収録時間 : 02:01:11
Personnel: Mark Murphy (vocals); Grady Tate (vocals, drums); Sheila Jordan (vocals); Jim Nichols (guitar, bass guitar); David Spinozza, Gene Bertoncini, Sam T. Brown, Joe Puma, Joseph LoDuca, Bruce Forman (guitar); Lou Lausche (violin); Richie Cole (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); David Sanborn (alto saxophone); Dan Wilensky, Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); Ronnie Cuber (baritone saxophone); Ted Curson, Tom Harrell, Brian Lynch (trumpet, flugelhorn); Randy Brecker, Warren Gale (trumpet); Mark Levine , Slide Hampton (trombone); Kenny Barron, Mike Renzi, Smith Dobson (piano); David Braham, Ben Aronov (keyboards); Larry Fallon (synthesizer); Mark Egan (electric bass); Jimmy Madison (drums, percussion); Chris Parker , Jeff Hamilton , Adam Nussbaum, Roy McCurdy, Joey Baron, Vince Lateano, Ben Riley, Allan Schwartzberg (drums); Michael Spiro (congas, timbales); John Kaye, Jack Gobbetti, Ray Mantilla, Sammy Figueroa, Sue Evans, Lawrence Killian (percussion). Audio Remixer: Wieslaw Woszczyk. Liner Note Author: Michael Bourne. Recording information: 11/21/1972-09/24/1991. Illustrator: Nancy Dwyer. Photographer: William Claxton. Arrangers: David Matthews ; Larry Fallon; Mitch Farber; Bill Mays. Featuring dates from the '70s for Muse (originally on LP), Jazz Standards is not a complete or comprehensive collection of Mark Murphy's very best recordings for the label. But it's a good overview of his middle career, he's in fine voice, and the backup players are first-rate. There's only one of his originals, but many of his inventive lyrics to standards are here, along with other modern jazz pieces. The standouts are McCoy Tyner's "Effendi" (in F and D), Lee Morgan's "Ceora" (as "Ceora Lives"), the all-time classic "Bijou," Sonny Rollins' swaggering "Doxy," and Thelonious Monk's poignant "Ask Me Now." Missing (save "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat") are his immortal Bop for Kerouac sessions, which stand alone, but there's plenty in this two-CD, 26-track collection to show how Murphy had matured, and how fertile his mind was. Recommended, if you can find it. ~ Michael G. Nastos
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)