Kurt Elling and Mark Murphy
A feast of great jazz singing: Geoffrey Smith introduces surreal, rhapsodic, madly swinging selections by today's premier vocal virtuoso, Kurt Elling, and his legendary mentor, the late Mark Murphy, who died in October.
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Mark Murphy
Swinging On A Star
- Playing The Field.
- Fresh Sound Records.
- 2.
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Mark Murphy
Angel Eyes
- RAH.
- RIVERSIDE.
- 1.
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Mark Murphy
Milestones
- RAH.
- RIVERSIDE.
- 7.
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Mark Murphy & Mark Murphy And The BBC Big Band
Senor Blues
- That's How I love the Blues.
- Riverside.
- 2.
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Mark Murphy & Mark Murphy
Fly Me To The Moon
- RAH.
- RIVERSIDE.
- 12.
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Mark Murphy
Stolen Moments
- Giants of Jazz: Mark Murphy.
- Savoy Jazz.
- 1.
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Mark Murphy
Baltimore Oriole
- Song for the Geese.
- RCA Victor.
- 3.
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Mark Murphy
Love Is Here To Stay
- Once to Every Heart.
- Verve.
- 10.
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Kurt Elling
Wait Till You See Her
- CLOSE YOUR EYES.
- BLUE NOTE.
- 9.
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Kurt Elling
Oh My God
- Live In Chicago.
- Blue Note.
- 4.
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Kurt Elling
The Uncertainty of the Poet
- Man in the Air.
- Blue Note.
- 5.
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Kurt Elling
Tight
- NIGHTMOVES.
- CONCORD RECORDS.
- 2.
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Kurt Elling & Laurence Hobgood
Leaving Again / In The Wee Small Hours
- Nightmoves.
- Concord Jazz.
- 9.
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Kurt Elling, Ernie Watts, Laurence Hobgood & Ethel Waters
All Or Nothing At All
- DEDICATED TO YOU.
- CONCORD JAZZ.
- 1.
Performers:
Title: Swinging on a Star
Performers: Mark Murphy
Composers: James Van Heusen & Johnny Burke
Album Title: Playing The Field
Label: Fresh Sound Records Catalogue No: FSR-CD 823
Duration: 02:32
Title: Angel Eyes
Performers: Mark Murphy
Composers: Dennis/Brent
Album Title: Rah
Label: Riverside Catalogue No: RLP-395
Duration: 03:09
Title: Milestones
Performers: Mark Murphy
Composers: Miles Davis
Album Title: Rah
Label: Riverside Catalogue No: RLP-395
Duration: 02:26
Title: Senor Blues
Performers: Mark Murphy and The BBC Big Band
Composers: Horace Silver
Album Title: That's How I love the Blues
Label: Riverside Catalogue No: RMP-441
Duration: 02:27
Title: Fly Me To The Moon
Performers: Mark Murphy
Composers: Bart Howard
Album Title: Rah
Label: Riverside Catalogue No: RLP-395
Duration: 02:56
Title: Stolen Moments
Performers: Mark Murphy
Composers: Oliver Nelson
Album Title: Giants of Jazz: Mark Murphy
Label: Savoy Jazz Catalogue No: 17-364
Duration: 05:45
Title: Baltimore Oriole
Performers: Mark Murphy
Composers: Webster/Carmichael
Album Title: Song for the Geese
Label: RCA Victor Catalogue No: 74321-448652
Duration: 03:59
Title: Love Is Here To Stay
Performers: Mark Murphy
Composers: George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
Album Title: Once to Every Heart
Label: Verve Catalogue No: 987-2410
Duration: 02:57
Title: Wait Till You See Her
Performers: Kurt Elling
Composers: Rogers & Hart
Album Title: Closer Your Eyes
Label: Blue Note Catalogue No: CDP7243-83064526
Duration: 03:54
Title: Oh My God
Performers: Kurt Elling
Composers: Sting
Album Title: Live In Chicago
Label: Blue Note Catalogue No: 724352221-12
Duration: 03:45
Title: The Uncertainty of the Poet
Performers: Kurt Elling
Composers: Franklin Cope
Album Title: Man in the Air
Label: Blue Note Catalogue No: 590-9482
Duration: 01:07
Title: Tight
Performers: Kurt Elling
Composers: Betty L. Carter
Album Title: Nightmoves
Label: Concord Records Catalogue No: 7230263
Duration: 02:51
Title: Leaving Again/In the Wee Small Hours
Performers: Kurt Elling
Composers: Keith Jarrett & Kurt Elling
Album Title: Nightmoves
Label: Concord Jazz Catalogue No: CD-8807230138
Duration 04:58
Title: All or Nothing At All
Performers: Kurt Elling
Composers: Altman/Lawrence
Album Title: Dedicated To You
Label: Concord Jazz Catalogue No: 08880-72313149
Duration: 06:50
Broadcast
- Sun 10 Jan 201600:00BBC Radio 3
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