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Never Let Me Go
Studio album by
Mark Murphy
Released2010
Recorded2010
StudioTwinz Studios, River Edge, NJ
GenreVocal jazz
Length59:22
LabelTwinz Records
ProducerNita Loebis

Never Let Me Go is a studio album by Mark Murphy.

Never Let Me Go is the 46th album by American jazz vocalist Mark Murphy. It was recorded and released in 2010 when Murphy was 77 years old. This album is a collection of standards and originals performed with a jazz trio. Murphy contributes original songs and lyrics.

Background

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Pianist Misha Piatigorsky began playing with Mark Murphy in 2003 at Murphy's invitation.[1] This recording was suggested by Piatigorsky and drummer Chris Wabich and was Murphy's last studio album under his name.[1]

Recording

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Murphy recorded the songs in one take with no rehearsal. Piatigorsky said, "it was the most unbelievable musical experience that I ever had".[1] Murphy contributes one original, "I Know You from Somewhere", lyrics to Alan Broadbent's "Don't Ask Why", and he and the trio improvise the final track, "Murphy's Vamp". The rest of the songs are standards. Murphy had recorded and released all but 4 of the songs previously.

Reception

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Murphy biographer Peter Jones said, "there is no escaping the fact that he sounds like a man approaching his 78th birthday".[1]

Track listing

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  1. "Evolution" (Brock Walsh, Ivan Lins) – 5:22
  2. "Never Let Me Go" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 7:19
  3. "Detour Ahead" (Lou Carter, Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo) – 5:55
  4. "Don't Ask Why" (Mark Murphy, Alan Broadbent) – 5:56
  5. "I Know You From Somewhere" (Mark Murphy) – 5:40
  6. "Useless Landscape" (Ray Gilbert, Aloysio de Oliveira, Antônio Carlos Jobim) – 2:01
  7. "The Great City" (Curtis Lewis) – 7:08
  8. "Photograph" (Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim) – 6:28
  9. "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter) – 4:44
  10. "Turn Out The Stars" (Gene Lees, Bill Evans) – 5:33
  11. "Murphy's Vamp" (Murphy, Misha Piatigorsky) – 3:22

Personnel

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Performance
  • Mark Murphy – vocals
  • Misha Piatigorsky – piano
  • Danton Boller – bass
  • Chris Wabich – drums
Production
  • Manfred Knoop – engineer, recorded at Twinz Studios, River Edge, NJ 2010
  • Misha Piatigorsky – music director
  • Russell Dawkins – mastering engineer
  • Nita Loebis – executive producer, design, liner notes
  • Michael Barzda – photography

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Jones, Peter (2018). This is hip: the life of Mark Murphy. Popular music history. Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, CT: Equinox Publishing. pp. 145, 155–158. ISBN 978-1-78179-473-9.
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