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Mark Murphy's 2005 Verve album, Once to Every Heart, focused on the veteran jazz vocalist's rare, even singular ability with ballads and torch songs. Produced by Till Brönner, the great flügelhorn player, it was an album that brought Murphy's name back toward -- if not into -- the jazz mainstream and offered another side of his work to the ever hip European DJs who revere his catalog. Love Is What Stays is a deeply satisfying and, in places, even astonishing reflection on time and its passage. Memory, reverie, regrets, victories, hipster mysticism, and wonderfully canny theatrically poetic wordplay all come to bear in these songs. Released 50 years after his debut -- when he was already being hailed as one of the music's great singers -- it is more adventurous and downright wily in its aims than anyone could have hoped for. And those aims? They are reached with relative ease. The group of players is no less wide ranging: Lee Konitz makes an appearance on the one tune one might expect in such a collection, "My Foolish Heart." Elsewhere, however, Don Grusin shows up on Fender Rhodes; the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin appear on several tracks; and Chuck Loeb, Sebastian Merk, and others contribute as well. Murphy's version of the aforementioned track outdoes Kurt Elling's recent version; in his bass-baritone, full of smoke and ether, Murphy paints the entire scene as the strings and orchestra swell and back off. Konitz contributes a beautiful solo to boot.
And while jazz fans can take comfort in the fact that Murphy reads standards such as "Angel Eyes" and the Lane/Lerner nugget "Too Late Now," he also digs deep into Johnny Cash with a stellar, off-the-wall, and deeply soulful version of "So Doggone Lonesome," writes killer words to Oliver Nelson's "Stolen Moments," and completely reinvents the Michel Legrand classic "Once Upon a Summertime." Inside some of these tunes, and in others of his own composition such as the title track written with Brönner, "Blue Cell Phone," and "The Interview," Murphy's beat poetry -- he's the last of the originals in jazz -- and cosmic sense of intellectual inquiry make many of these tunes something entirely other: reinventions, redirections, and re-creations. There's also a big surprise here in that Murphy takes on "What If," the Coldplay single. Is it a pop song? It was. It is again in a new genre, thanks to Brönner's arrangement. In Murphy's golden throat it becomes a deeply intimate ballad with hushed and brushed cymbals and a tasteful atmospheric orchestral arrangement by Nan Schwartz. It's a jazz tune, and Brönner's fills make it dramatic. It's so soulful and utterly moving, with Murphy reaching into his lower register to get the emotion through the lyric, it could become a pop classic. Love Is What Stays is not simply another Mark Murphy album. It's a Mark Murphy event in the manner in which Rah! was in its day, or perhaps Midnight Mood, Bop for Kerouac, or his Savoy sides were. Those who are currently deeply into Elling should give a listen to his mentor; those who don't like jazz vocals in particular would do well to check this out; and others, looking for true authenticity and artfully made American popular music, should snap this up as quickly as possible. Time will be the judge, but Love Is What Stays may become a Murphy masterpiece and -- let's face it -- the man embodies the very essence of "hip." And always will.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Earl Brent, ComposerLyricist - Matt Dennis, ComposerLyricist - Mark Murphy, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christian von Kaphengst, Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Till Brönner, Producer, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Merk, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Chastenier, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Johan Leijonhufvud, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gregoire Peters, Bass Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Till Brönner, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Victor Young, Composer - Ned Washington, Author - Lee Konitz, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Les Reed, Arranger, Work Arranger - Mark Murphy, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christian von Kaphengst, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestra - Till Brönner, Producer - Sebastian Merk, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Chastenier, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Till Brönner, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Johnny Cash, ComposerLyricist - Mark Murphy, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christian von Kaphengst, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Till Brönner, Producer, Arranger, Trumpet, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Merk, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Chastenier, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Arne Schumann, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Schloz, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kai Brückner, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Till Brönner, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jonathan Buckland, ComposerLyricist - Chris Martin, ComposerLyricist - Guy Berryman, ComposerLyricist - Will Champion, ComposerLyricist - Mark Murphy, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Don Grusin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nan Schwartz, Arranger, Work Arranger - Chuck Loeb, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Christian von Kaphengst, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestra - Till Brönner, Producer, Arranger, Trumpet, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Merk, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Chastenier, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Till Brönner, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbHunder exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Mark Murphy, Arranger, Vocals, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nan Schwartz, Arranger, Work Arranger - Christian von Kaphengst, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestra - Till Brönner, Producer, Arranger, Trumpet, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Merk, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Chastenier, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Weniger, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Till Brönner, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Eddy Marnay, Author - Johnny Mercer, Author - Michel Legrand, Composer - Eddie Barclay, Composer - Mark Murphy, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nan Schwartz, Arranger, Work Arranger - Christian von Kaphengst, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestra - Till Brönner, Producer, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Merk, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Chastenier, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Till Brönner, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Oliver Nelson, Composer - Mark Murphy, Author, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Till Brönner, Producer - Frank Chastenier, Arranger, Piano, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Till Brönner, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Mark Murphy, Author, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nan Schwartz, Arranger, Work Arranger - Christian von Kaphengst, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestra - Till Brönner, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger - Sebastian Merk, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Chastenier, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Till Brönner, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Oliver Nelson, Composer - Mark Murphy, Author, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christian von Kaphengst, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Till Brönner, Producer, Arranger, Trumpet, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Merk, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Chastenier, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Weniger, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Kai Brückner, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gregoire Peters, Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Till Brönner, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Mark Murphy, MainArtist - Alan Jay Lerner, Author - Burton Lane, Composer - Nan Schwartz, Arranger, Work Arranger - Christian von Kaphengst, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestra - Till Brönner, Producer - Sebastian Merk, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Chastenier, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Christian von der Goltz, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2007 Till Brönner, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Mark Murphy, Arranger, Vocals, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Till Brönner, Producer - Frank Chastenier, Arranger, Piano, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Till Brönner, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Albert Hague, ComposerLyricist - Mark Murphy, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - ALLAN SHERMAN, ComposerLyricist - Nan Schwartz, Arranger, Work Arranger - Christian von Kaphengst, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestra - Till Brönner, Producer, Arranger, Piano, Trumpet, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Merk, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Chastenier, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Gregoire Peters, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Till Brönner, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Album review
Mark Murphy's 2005 Verve album, Once to Every Heart, focused on the veteran jazz vocalist's rare, even singular ability with ballads and torch songs. Produced by Till Brönner, the great flügelhorn player, it was an album that brought Murphy's name back toward -- if not into -- the jazz mainstream and offered another side of his work to the ever hip European DJs who revere his catalog. Love Is What Stays is a deeply satisfying and, in places, even astonishing reflection on time and its passage. Memory, reverie, regrets, victories, hipster mysticism, and wonderfully canny theatrically poetic wordplay all come to bear in these songs. Released 50 years after his debut -- when he was already being hailed as one of the music's great singers -- it is more adventurous and downright wily in its aims than anyone could have hoped for. And those aims? They are reached with relative ease. The group of players is no less wide ranging: Lee Konitz makes an appearance on the one tune one might expect in such a collection, "My Foolish Heart." Elsewhere, however, Don Grusin shows up on Fender Rhodes; the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin appear on several tracks; and Chuck Loeb, Sebastian Merk, and others contribute as well. Murphy's version of the aforementioned track outdoes Kurt Elling's recent version; in his bass-baritone, full of smoke and ether, Murphy paints the entire scene as the strings and orchestra swell and back off. Konitz contributes a beautiful solo to boot.
And while jazz fans can take comfort in the fact that Murphy reads standards such as "Angel Eyes" and the Lane/Lerner nugget "Too Late Now," he also digs deep into Johnny Cash with a stellar, off-the-wall, and deeply soulful version of "So Doggone Lonesome," writes killer words to Oliver Nelson's "Stolen Moments," and completely reinvents the Michel Legrand classic "Once Upon a Summertime." Inside some of these tunes, and in others of his own composition such as the title track written with Brönner, "Blue Cell Phone," and "The Interview," Murphy's beat poetry -- he's the last of the originals in jazz -- and cosmic sense of intellectual inquiry make many of these tunes something entirely other: reinventions, redirections, and re-creations. There's also a big surprise here in that Murphy takes on "What If," the Coldplay single. Is it a pop song? It was. It is again in a new genre, thanks to Brönner's arrangement. In Murphy's golden throat it becomes a deeply intimate ballad with hushed and brushed cymbals and a tasteful atmospheric orchestral arrangement by Nan Schwartz. It's a jazz tune, and Brönner's fills make it dramatic. It's so soulful and utterly moving, with Murphy reaching into his lower register to get the emotion through the lyric, it could become a pop classic. Love Is What Stays is not simply another Mark Murphy album. It's a Mark Murphy event in the manner in which Rah! was in its day, or perhaps Midnight Mood, Bop for Kerouac, or his Savoy sides were. Those who are currently deeply into Elling should give a listen to his mentor; those who don't like jazz vocals in particular would do well to check this out; and others, looking for true authenticity and artfully made American popular music, should snap this up as quickly as possible. Time will be the judge, but Love Is What Stays may become a Murphy masterpiece and -- let's face it -- the man embodies the very essence of "hip." And always will.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:54
- Main artists: Mark Murphy
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve
- Genre: Jazz Vocal Jazz
© 2007 Universal Music Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music GmbH ℗ 2007 Bam Bam Music, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz
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