Born in Syracuse, New York, in 1932, Murphy was raised in a musical family, his parents having met as members of the local Methodist Church choir. He grew up in the nearby small town of Fulton, New York, where his grandmother and then his aunt were the church organists. Opera was also a presence in the Murphy home. He started piano lessons at the age of seven.
Murphy joined his brother's jazz dance band as the singer when a teenager, citing influences from Nat "King" Cole, June Christy, Anita O'Day, and Ella Fitzgerald. The Jazz pianist Art Tatum was also an influence.
Murphy graduated from Syracuse University in 1953, majoring in Music and Drama. University life included performing on campus and also in a club – playing piano and singing.
In 1954, Murphy moved to New York City, working part-time as an actor and singer. He appeared in productions for the Gilbert and Sullivan Light Opera Company and a musical version for television of Casey at the Bat. Also, he twice took second place at the Apollo Theatre amateur contests.
Murphy was eventually introduced to record producer Milt Gabler, who was an artist and repertoire director (A & R) for Decca. His resulting debut recording was Meet Mark Murphy (1956), followed closely by Let Yourself Go (1957).
In 1958 Murphy moved to Los Angeles and recorded for Capitol, but returned to New York in the early '60s and recorded the album Rah! (1961) on Riverside Records, performing "Angel Eyes", a version of Horace Silver's "Doodlin'", and "Green Dolphin Street", featuring Bill Evans, Clark Terry, Urbie Green, Blue Mitchell and Wynton Kelly as accompanists. His favorite recording to date, That's How I Love the Blues, soon followed. In 1963, Murphy hit the charts across the country with his single of "Fly Me to the Moon" and was voted New Star of the Year in Down Beat Magazine's Reader's Poll.[citation needed]
In the late 1960s Murphy moved to London, England, where he worked primarily as an actor. He continued however, to cultivate his jazz audiences in Europe. He returned to the States in 1972 and began recording an average of an album a year for more than fourteen years on the Muse label. These projects - including the albums Nat King Cole Songbook Vol. I and II, Bop for Kerouac, Kerouac Then And Now, Living Room, Satisfaction Guaranteed, Beauty And the Beast and, Stolen Moments - gained numerous Grammy nominations.[citation needed] This last album contains Oliver Nelson's "Stolen Moments" with lyrics by Murphy.
In 1984 together with Viva Brasil he recorded the album Brazil Song (Cancões do Brasil), which featured original material written by Brazilian songwriters including work by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Milton Nascimento.
In 1987, Murphy recorded Night Mood, an album of songs by Brazilian composer Ivan Lins, followed by the Grammy-nominated September Ballads on Milestone Records. Murphy has also appeared on U.F.O.'s last two releases (for Polydor Records), in which he wrote and rapped lyrics on songs composed with the group. This collaboration opened up further new audiences in the acid-jazz and hip-hop genres, demonstrating jazz's timelessness while transcending generations and styles.
In August 1997, BMG/RCA Victor released Song For The Geese, for which he has received his sixth Grammy nomination. Also in August 1997, the 32 Records label Joel Dorn and Michael Bourne released a double CD anthology Stolen and Other Moments, which features some of his recordings for the now defunct Muse label. The CD features material from the two "Kerouac" albums and a selection of "the best of Mark Murphy".
Murphy’s release Once to Every Heart (2005), on the Verve label, features sensuous ballads, where the listener can capture him singing in top form, with superb musicians and sounding better than ever. In 2007 Love is What Stays was released on Verve. Both albums were produced by German trumpeter Till Brönner.
Murphy has also collaborated with Five Corners Quintet, a modern Finnish jazz band. He appears on their albums Chasin' the Jazz Gone By (2005) and Hot Corner (2008).
In 2010 he released the independently produced CD, Never Let Me Go, on which he is supported by pianist Misha Piatigorsky, bassist Danton Boller and drummer Chris Wabich. A limited edition EP/MP3, "Beautiful Friendship: Remembering Shirley Horn" on Gearbox Records was released in 2013.
Murphy continued to tour internationally into his 80s, appearing at festivals, concerts, in jazz clubs and on television programs, throughout the U.S., Europe, Australia and Japan, as well as other places. John Bush at AllMusic.com described Murphy as "a major name in vocal jazz." A longtime resident of the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey, he died there on October 22, 2015.
The Interview
Mark Murphy Lyrics
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Forever waiting for disaster,
What David does not binge and master,
We play it, too.
As twisted placement begs for water,
Swimming David.
Drowning in sorrow.
I crawl across this cracked expansion,
I'll be buried, soon.
Burn in the sand with pure intentions.
Right beside me, someone to follow.
For a change, I'll refrain,
From hiding all of me from you.
(Here's my lullaby.)
Pray for rain, lose your name.
And watch all your dreams fall through.
(Hush now don't you cry.)
I swore to bring my knees come crashing,
When you bury, me.
Today the smoke ran through our mask and
Hold me, you may, drown me, tomorrow.
For a change, I'll refrain,
From hiding all of me from you.
(Here's my lullaby.)
Pray for rain, lose your name.
And watch all your dreams fall through.
(Hush now)
For a change, I'll refrain,
From hiding all of me from you.
Pray for rain, lose your name.
And watch all your dreams fall through.
Here's my lullaby.
Hush now don't you cry.
Come down.
Come down cold with us,
With me.
I flee to Decemberunderground.
As you exhale, I breathe in and sink into
The water underground,
And I grow pale without you.
The song "The Interview" by Mark Murphy is a melancholy track that talks about the pain of being alone and the longing for someone to share the burden with. The opening lines of the song, "Forever waiting for disaster, What David does not binge and master", set the tone for the rest of the lyrics, which talk about the feeling of being trapped and suffocated by one's own thoughts and emotions. The lines "As twisted placement begs for water, Swimming David, Drowning in sorrow" suggest the emotional turmoil that is happening inside the singer's head.
The chorus of the song, "For a change, I'll refrain, From hiding all of me from you. Pray for rain, lose your name. And watch all your dreams fall through", captures the idea of wanting to be vulnerable and open to someone, to let them see the real you, but also the fear of doing so since that would mean risking getting hurt. The lines "I swore to bring my knees come crashing, When you bury me. Today the smoke ran through our mask and Hold me, you may, drown me tomorrow" highlight this fear of giving oneself completely to someone.
The song ends on a mournful note, with the lines "And I grow pale without you" indicating that the singer feels incomplete and lost without the person they long for. Overall, "The Interview" is a poignant song that touches on themes of loneliness, vulnerability, and the fear of opening up to someone.
Line by Line Meaning
Forever waiting for disaster,
David is always ready for something bad to happen.
What David does not binge and master,
David doesn't allow his impulses to control him.
We play it, too.
We also take part in the twisted game of life.
As twisted placement begs for water,
As life's difficult circumstances make us crave relief.
Swimming David.
David feels like he's drowning in life's struggles.
Drowning in sorrow.
Deeply consumed by despair.
Scream with me.
Join me in expressing pain.
I crawl across this cracked expansion,
David is struggling to survive in a harsh environment.
I'll be buried, soon.
His eventual fate is death.
Burn in the sand with pure intentions.
Die with a clear conscience.
Right beside me, someone to follow.
Someone to die with.
For a change, I'll refrain,
David wants to change and try something different.
From hiding all of me from you.
He wants to be more open and honest with someone.
(Here's my lullaby.)
'Lullaby' being a metaphor suggesting a peaceful ending of his life.
Pray for rain, lose your name.
Hope for something good to come out of a bad situation, even if it means losing your identity.
And watch all your dreams fall through.
Even when things look good, they won't last forever.
(Hush now don't you cry.)
Be comforted and at peace even in tough times.
I swore to bring my knees come crashing,
To admit defeat at some point.
When you bury, me.
When David dies.
Today the smoke ran through our mask and
Misfortune struck us today.
Hold me, you may, drown me, tomorrow.
Being close to someone can be a danger or a comfort.
For a change, I'll refrain,
David wants change, hope, and positivity in his life.
Pray for rain, lose your name.
Keeping faith in hope for better times.
And watch all your dreams fall through.
Even in the best-case scenario, dreams don't always come true.
(Hush now)
Be calm in whatever happens.
Come down.
Be real and honest.
Come down cold with us,
Face our harsh reality with us.
With me.
I want support and company on this journey.
I flee to Decemberunderground.
A place of escape and hope, metaphorical or literal.
As you exhale, I breathe in and sink into
David wants to be close to someone else while they're far away.
The water underground,
A metaphor for personal strife and pain.
And I grow pale without you.
David needs someone else to feel complete and fulfilled.
Contributed by Isaac N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
CrazyPokemonFan
Mark Murphy is so lucky that he had the privilege to be interviewed by the one and only Tom Grossi
Riz
Yep, not the other way around at all
Nicholas Hazlett
Haha yea. Thats how that works
Iplayforfun 219
Facts
Bear Man
Here are 2 things that we might expect from this interview:
1. Tom Grossi, Wide Receiver out of New York
2. Tom Grossi will announce the first pick for the Packers at the 2022 NFL Draft
M'iaq The Spinner of Yarns
I wonder if he could while announcing the pick say his name instead and draft himself?
Brosephin
@dtxct obviously the first one
Jesse Salcedo
He might be the first player ever to announce the first pick and get drafted with the first pick in nfl history
dtxct
Funny thing is that one of those might actually be true.
Pewter Gaming
This is how Tom Grossi became the greatest WR of all time