John Murtaugh

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John E. Murtaugh (born October 30, 1927 in Minneapolis , † 2017 ) was an American jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , arrangement , composition ).

Live and act

Murtaugh worked in the New York music scene as a musician, arranger or composer from the early 1950s with Jackie Paris , Urbie Green ( Urbie Green Sextet , Blue Note , 1954), Les Elgart ("Harlem Nocturne"), Hubert Laws , Les McCann , Benny Goodman , Dizzy Gillespie , Eddie Higgins , Bobby Scott ( Bobby Scott and Two Horns , 1956), and Grady Tate ("Movin 'Day," with Spencer Michlin). In 1970 he published his only album under his own name, the fusion-oriented production Blues Current ( Polydor ), on which Murtaugh also played Moog synthesizers and on which Herbie Hancock , Gerald Jemmott (bass) and Bernard Purdie had participated. "Easy Going" is one of his other compositions. At the session of the singer Marion Williams with the John Murtaugh Orchestra in 1971 a. a. also involved Keith Jarrett , Willie Bobo and Bernard Purdie . In the field of jazz he was involved in 17 recording sessions between 1952 and 1971. In later years, he ran the music production company Grant and Murtaugh Productions with Hal Grant . a. worked for Mel Lewis .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Notification of death at the New York Musicians' Union Local 802. October 5, 2017, accessed on October 7, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ At Les Elgart he formed the saxophone section with his brother Larry, as well as with Charlie Albertine, Wally Bettman and Sam Morowitz . See Lawrence McClellan: The Later Swing Era, 1942 to 1955 . Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Press, 2004, p. 50.
  3. ^ Website of John Murtaugh's son Danny ( memento of October 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series, 1960
  5. ^ Keith Jarrett discography at jazzdiscography.com
  6. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 7, 2017)
  7. ↑ Chris Smith: The View from the Back of the Band: The Life and Music of Mel Lewis . Denton (Texas): University of North Taxas Press, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Murtaugh, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murtaugh, John E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (tenor saxophone, arrangement, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Minneapolis
DATE OF DEATH 2017