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Mark Murphy – Bop For Kerouac (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1981
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Bop For Kerouac is an LP by Mark Murphy from 1981 released on the Muse Records label.
About this album
Bop For Kerouac is a distinctive Mark Murphy album that folds hard-swinging bop vocabulary into a literate, beat-inspired vocal concept. Released in 1981, it finds Murphy interpreting material associated with jazz modernism and mid-century songcraft with supple phrasing, rhythmic finesse and a keen sense of narrative. His approach bridges the nightclub polish of jazz singing and the freer energy of post-war bop, giving the record a smart, slightly off-centre character. As a work, it stands as a strong example of Murphy’s role in expanding what a jazz vocalist could sound like: adventurous, scholarly and still deeply musical.
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A1 Be-Bop Lives (Boplicity)
A2 Goodbye Porkpie Hat
A3 Parker'S Mood
A4 You Better Go Now
B1 You'Ve Proven Your Point (Bongo Beep)
B2 Tha Bad And The Beautiful
B3 Down St. Thomas Way
B4 Ballad Of The Sad Young Men