Turk Murphy

Biography

Melvin Edward Alton "Turk" Murphy (December 16, 1915 – May 30, 1987) was an American trombonist and bandleader, who played traditional and Dixieland jazz.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Freakin' At The Freakers Ball

  1972

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  At Newport

  1957

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  Back O'Town Blues / A Theme From The Threepenny Opera (Mack The Knife)

  1955

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  The San Francisco Style, Vol. 1

  1954

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  The San Francisco Style: Vol. 3 Stomps, Etc. & The Blues

  1954

Credited work

432 releases · 100 albums · active 1950–2016

• Performance · 679
• Other credits · 34

Studios: Wally Heider Studios · Newport Jazz Festival · Columbia 30th Street Studio · Avalon Ballroom

Frequent collaborators

• Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
• Various
• Bunk Johnson
• Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band
• Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars
• Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band
• Turk Murphy Jazz Band
• Turk Murphy & His San Francisco Jazz Band

Around the web

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