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Melvin Edward Alton „Turk“ Murphy (* 16. Dezember 1915 in Palermo (Kalifornien); † 30. Mai 1987 in San Francisco) war ein US-amerikanischer Posaunist und Komponist des Dixieland-Jazz. Mit Lu Watters und Bob Scobey war er die Zentralfigur beim Dixieland-Revival in San Francisco.
Melvin Edward Alton “Turk” Murphy was born in Palermo, California, December 16, 1915, and began playing in San Francisco dance bands as early as 1930. He played with the Will Osborne and Mal Hallet orchestras during the middle 1930’s, and in 1939 teamed with the legendary Lu Watters.
21. Dez. 2006 · 1. TROMBONE RAG, composed by Turk Murphy, and there’s a story to this one. There was another trombonist in San Francisco who kept imitating Turk’s style and improvisations. So Turk, quite angered, decided to compose a difficult tune that this ”second rater” would be unable to play. So he wrote the music of “Trombone Rag ...
30. März 2020 · His trombonist during 1941-47, Turk Murphy, would have a much longer career, leading bands during much of 1947-87. Murphy, who coined the term “traditional jazz” to describe what he played, adapted and altered the Watters sound for his own groups.
1. Juni 1987 · Turk Murphy, a trombonist and founding father of the traditional jazz revival that began in the San Francisco area in the 1940's, died of cancer Saturday at his home in San Francisco. He was 71...
Melvin Edward Alton "Turk" Murphy (December 16, 1915 in Palermo, California – May 30, 1987 in San Francisco, California) was a trombonist and bandleader who played traditional and Dixieland jazz. Murphy served in the Navy during World War II, during which he played and recorded with Lu Watters and Bunk Johnson.
Trombonist and bandleader Turk Murphy led one of the most popular bands of the San Francisco Dixieland movement. Among his sidemen through the years were trumpeters Don Kinch, Bob Short and Leon Oakley, clarinetist Bob Helm, pianist Wally Rose, Pete Clute and Ray Skjelbred and singer Pat Yankee.
