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Turk Murphy
tb, voc, 1915-1987 US, Butte County, California
Singer / Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Melvin Edward Alton Murphy
Born: December 16, 1915, Palermo, CA. Died: May 30, 1987, San Francisco, CA. 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.
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When My Sugar Walks Down The Street on Favorites by Turk Murphy By and By on Favorites by Turk Murphy The Maple Leaf Rag on Atlantic Jazz: New Orleans by Various Artists This Train on Oz Turk Plus! by Turk Murphy Shake That Thing on Turk Murphy's Jazz Band Favorites by Turk Murphy Temptation Blues on Oz Turk Plus! by Turk Murphy St. James Infirmary - Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1957 on The Best Of Newport '57: 50th Anniversary Collection by Various Artists Moritat vom Mackie Messer from Die Dreigroschenoper on Lotte Lenya: American Theater Songs by Lotte Lenya St. James Infirmary on Favorites by Turk Murphy Irish Black Bottom on Favorites by Turk MurphyTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turk Murphy | Turk Murphy | 2017 | Compil. |
| Turk's Delight | Turk Murphy | 2006 | Album |
| Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Causal | Turk Murphy, Muggsy Spanier | 2001 | Compil. |
| Ralph J Gleason's Jazz Casual | B.B. King / Turk Murphy & The San Francisco Jazz Band | 2001 | Album |
| Turk Murphy | Turk Murphy | 1989 | Compil. |
| Turk At Carnegie | Turk Murphy | 1988 | Album |
| Live From Cinegrill Vol 2 | Turk Murphy | 1977 | Album |
| Live From Cinegrill Vol 1 | Turk Murphy | 1977 | Album |
| Music For Losers | Turk Murphy | 1961 | Album |
| Music For Wise Guys & Boosters, Card Sharps & Crap Shooters | Turk Murphy | 1959 | Album |
| Turk Murphy At Easy Street San Francisco | Turk Murphy | 1958 | Album |
| Turk Murphy At Newport | Turk Murphy | 1958 | Single |
| At Newport | George Lewis & Turk Murphy | 1957 | Album |
| New Orleans Jazz Festival | Turk Murphy | 1956 | Album |
| The Music Of Jelly Roll Morton Vol. II. | Turk Murphy And Wally Rose | 1954 | Album |
| The Music Of Jelly Roll Morton | Turk Murphy And Wally Rose | 1954 | Album |
| Recorded In Actual Performance At The New Orleans Jazz Festival | Turk Murphy | Single | |
| Music For Losers | Turk Murphy | Single | |
| Let The Good Times Roll | Turk Murphy | Album | |
| At The Round Table | Turk Murphy | Single | |
| Jazz Classics | Turk Murphy | Single | |
| Turk Murphy At The New Orleans Jazz Festival | Turk Murphy | Single | |
| Dixieland Classics | Turk Murphy | Single | |
| The Music Of Jelly Roll Morton Vol 1 | Turk Murphy And Wally Rose | Album | |
| Jazzland | Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Turk Murphy, Bix Beiderbecke | Single | |
| Turk Murphy At Newport | Turk Murphy | Single |
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