| The Latin Porter | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 2000 | |||
| Recorded | January 19-20, 2000 | |||
| Venue | Dakota Bar and Grill, St. Paul, Minnesota | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 1:06:43 | |||
| Label | Go Jazz | |||
| Producer | Leo Sidran | |||
| Mark Murphy chronology | ||||
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The Latin Porter is a live album by Mark Murphy.
The Latin Porter is the 38th album by American jazz vocalist Mark Murphy. It was recorded in 2000 when Murphy was 68 years old and released by the Go Jazz label in the United States in 2000. The album is a collection of Cole Porter songs performed live with a jazz sextet and with guest trumpeter Tom Harrell at the Dakota Bar and Grill, January 19 and 20, 2002, St. Paul, MN.
Background edit
Reception edit
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
AllMusic assigns the album 4.5 stars. Alex Henderson writes, "Murphy manages to keep the Porter songbook fresh and exciting...every Porter standard on this excellent CD gets a Latin makeover". [1] He writes of Murphy's performance, "Besides, the veteran singer is so risk-taking and distinctive that even the most overdone warhorses can be interesting in his hands...he also unearths a few of Porter's lesser-known gems, including "Looking at You" and "Experimental." [1] He says, "The Latin Porter is, without question, one of 2000's most rewarding jazz vocal releases".[1]
Scott Yanow, in his book The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide, includes the album in his list of "other worthy recordings of the past 20 years" by Mark Murphy.[2]
Recording edit
.[3] Murphy improvises heavily, using scat, vocalese, wordless improvisation, and poetry. Extended time is given to instrumental solos from the band.
Track listing edit
- "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) – 9:38
- "In the Still of the Night" (Porter) – 7:30
- "Dream Dancing" (Porter) – 7:15
- "Get Out of Town" (Porter) – 5:42
- "Looking at You" (Porter) – 6:09
- "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Porter) – 4:33
- "All of You" (Porter) – 9:41
- "Everything I Love" (Porter) – 8:33
- "Experimental" (Porter) – 7:41
Personnel edit
- Performance
- Mark Murphy – vocals, original concept
- Tom Harrell – trumpet
- Mark Van Wageningen – bass
- Peter Schimke – piano, music director
- Daniel Gonzalez – drums
- Esther Godinez – percussion, backup vocal
- Al Bent – trombone, arranger
- Production
- Steve Wiese – mixing, recording engineer, recorded at Dakota Bar and Grill January 19 and 20, 2002, St. Paul, MN
- Leo Sidran – producer, mixing
- George Marino – mastering
- Gonzalo Lasheras – production assisstance
- Mike Dvorak – photography
References edit
- ^ a b c Henderson, Alex. The Latin Porter - Mark Murphy | Album | AllMusic, retrieved 2024-05-21
- ^ Yanow, Scott (2008). The jazz singers: the ultimate guide. New York: Backbeat Books. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-0-87930-825-4. OCLC 148769861.
- ^ a b "Mark Murphy Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More..." AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ Jones, Peter (2018). This is hip: the life of Mark Murphy. Popular music history. Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, CT: Equinox Publishing. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-78179-473-9.
External links edit
- at MusicBrainz (release group)
- at Discogs (master release)
- Mark Murphy in The Penguin Guide to Jazz at Internet Archive
- Mark Murphy in The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide at Internet Archive