''Some Time Ago'' is the 37th album by American jazz vocalist Mark Murphy. It was recorded in 1999 when Murphy was 68 years old and released by the

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label in the United States in 2000. The album is a collection of jazz bebop tunes and standards with Murphy backed by a jazz quintet.

Background

''Some Time Ago'' was Murphy's first of five releases on

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' label HighNote after Fields sold

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. Fields. inspired by mentor

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's development and sale of

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for a large profit, had always intended to sell Muse. He almost immediately formed HighNote Records with his son and signed on Murphy. Murphy started professionally in the 1950s when bebop was flourishing. In the liner notes, James Gavin describes the loneliness and financial hardships that the life of a touring jazz singer involves.Gavin, James. (2000). ''Some Time Ago'' (Liner notes). Mark Murphy. HighNote Records. He says, Murphy "takes us from the wild exhilaration of bebop to a darker place that Mark knows well". Murphy won the 2000 Downbeat Magazine Reader's Poll as Male Vocalist of the Year and would win again in 2001.

Recording

The album was produced by American jazz

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Don Sickler Don Sickler (January 6, 1944) is an American jazz trumpeter, arranger and producer. Lee Musiker was hired as arranger and pianist. Musiker had previously backed many singers including Meredith d'Ambrosio,

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Susannah McCorkle Susannah McCorkle (January 1, 1946 – May 19, 2001) was an American jazz singer. Life and career A native of Berkeley, California, McCorkle studied Italian literature at the University of California at Berkeley before dropping out to move to ...

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Ann Hampton Callaway Ann Hampton Callaway (born May 30, 1958) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and actress. She wrote and sang the theme song for the TV series ''The Nanny''. Career Callaway is a native of Chicago. Her father, John Callaway, was a journalis ...

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and played in

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's band. He would also work with Murphy on ''Links'' (HighNote, 2000). Murphy said, "I've had many wonderful musicians on records, but when you get exactly who you want, the synergy just flows so beautifully. The way Lee plays for me and my reaction to him is just magic time. That doesn't happen every day, but when it does it makes the whole kettle of cuckoos crazy." Bassist Sean Smith (on four tracks) wrote the songs "I'll Call You" and "Song for the Geese (Tema Para los Gansos)" with Murphy and would record with him again on ''Links''. Bassist

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(on five tracks) previously recorded with Murphy on ''

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'' and '' Kerouac, Then and Now''. "They both played like angels," Mark said in the liner notes. This was jazz drummer

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's first recording with Murphy. He had previously worked with

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Betty Carter Betty Carter (born Lillie Mae Jones; May 16, 1929 – September 26, 1998) was an American jazz singer known for her improvisational technique, scatting and other complex musical abilities that demonstrated her vocal talent and imaginative inter ...

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and

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. This the first recording made by saxophonist

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with Murphy. But Mezquida was part of the inspiration for Murphy's "Song for the Geese" on '' Song for the Geese.'' Murphy heard Mezquida playing the melody of Sean Smith's song in a nightclub appearance with Smith's band and was inspired to write lyrics for the tune. "I never forgot the way he played," Mark said in the liner notes. Trumpeter

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knew Murphy from a teaching job in Italy. "I was amazed at how he played outside the song harmonically," said Murphy. Ballou had previously recorded with

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and Steve LaSpina. Don Sickler suggested the bebop tunes on this album.

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's bebop tune "A Blue Time" later became "There's No More Blue Time" with

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's lyrics added in the 1990s. Murphy said, "It's the most wonderful natural jazz tune. It's what I call a time song. It was almost written for a drummer to sing." "Bohemia After Dark" is a tribute to New York City jazz club Cafe Bohemia written by

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. It became a

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staple in his live performances. The lyrics were added later by pianist Ronnie Whyte, a friend of Murphy's. "Mark's jagged scat chorus, with its yelps, trills, and leaps into falsetto, owes as much to the avant-garde of the '60s as it does to bop," writes Gavin.

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's "Mosaic" recorded by

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and

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became "Life's Mosaic" years later when lyrics were added by Joan and Paula Hackett. It was also recorded by

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. Jazz pianist and composer James Williams, who worked with Art Blakey, wrote "You're My Alter Ego", his best known melody, with lyrics by Pamela Watson. Gavin call the ballads on the album "painfully raw". Murphy previously recorded "That Old Black Magic" in 1958 on ''This Could Be the Start of Something'' with arrangement by Bill Holman, and it became a minor hit for Murphy. Peter Jones, in his Murphy biography ''This is Hip: The Life of Mark Murphy,'' says of

's "The Peacocks", it is "a terrifyingly difficult tune to sing, which Murphy nailed in one take". Murphy said of Norma Winstone's lyrics, "The way she twines in the words fascinated me. The song just takes you away to a different place." Rowles had previously accompanied Murphy on his Capitol Records albums, ''This Could Be the Start of Something, Mark Murphy's Hip Parade,'' and ''Playing the Field''. Rowles had also been the pianist for singers

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, and

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. Argentine jazz pianist, singer and composer

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wrote the ballad "Sometime Ago". It has been recorded in instrumental versions by

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, and vocal versions by singers

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, and

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. "With Every Breath I Take" is from

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's musical '' City of Angels'' with lyrics by

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. Murphy often included the verse to standards in his recordings and in the closing ballad medley Murphy sings the rarely performed verse of "

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" by

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and

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. Speaking of

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's "

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" Murphy said, "I've been fantasizing about doing that tune for twenty years," it is a "fantasy world" of "an older person, who lives a lot in memory".

Reception

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assigns the album 2.5 stars. David R. Adler writes, "One either loves Mark Murphy's style or one does not. The veteran vocalist is at his best when scatting...On the other hand, he seems a little rough-edged and indelicate on ballads".Adler, David R. But he singles out for praise his

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on "There's No More Blue Time", his "breakneck version" of "

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", the

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"You're My Alter Ego" and "Life's Mosaic," the

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s "Some Time Ago", and the closing

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medley, "

." He highly praises each of the accompanying musicians. He says, "Hip and adventurous, yet always tasteful, the band makes these tunes come alive as much as Murphy does". 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. Colin Larkin assigns the record 4 stars in ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music''. Four stars means, "Excellent. A high standard album from this artist and therefore highly recommended".

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assigns 4 qualified stars ***(*). This means "An excellent record, with some exceptional music, only kept out of the front rank by some minor reservations". Richard Cook and Brian Morton write, "Here approaching 70, Murphy has all the command and serene eloquence of the great jazz instrumental seniors. Of course the voice isn't the limber trumpet of his youth, but listeners shouldn't expect some kind of old man's wisdom as the premier emotion - "I'm A Fool To Want You", ... is as torn and uncomprehending as any tyro in romance could express. At the same time, it takes enormous mastery to make such a convincing, beautiful matter out of 'The Peacocks' (with Norma Winstone's exceptional lyric)". Murphy biographer Peter Jones says, "Allen Mesquida on alto sax and Dave Ballou on trumpet (Murphy had met Ballou in Italy while both were teaching there)...are in dazzling form, the tracks being long enough for them to stretch out". He writes of Murphy's performance, "He keeps his scatting to a minimum, and amid the thrilling bebop of Cedar Walton's "Life's Mosaic" and "That Old Black Magic", there is also darkness. On the medley of "Why Was I Born?" and "I'm a Fool to Want You", the first done as a ballad, the second as a slow rhumba, Murphy sings some desperately sad and lonely a cappella lyrics, ruminating on the purpose of a life lived alone". Will Friedwald said that,"Murphy comes up with more good, not overdone tunes than just about anyone else...As soon as he started singing "The Peacocks, virtually every singer in New York started singing "The Peacocks." Describing Murphy's voice and performance, James Gavin says, "time has only made his reedy bass-baritone richer. His vocal trademarks remain: the

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-like slides, the flashes of off-the-wall humor, the horn-player approach combined with a stark insight into words. He's not afraid to let his voice break or drop down to a husky whisper; pretty sounds alone would not suit the story he has to tell". Joel Siegel praises the album in his ''

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'' review. He called the album one of Murphy's finest releases and found Murphy to be in excellent voice with first-rate accompanists. He wrote, "Murphy achieves an expressive breakthrough, communicating emotion with a simplicity and directness he’s never before achieved on record". He called Murphy, "arguably the most influential jazz singer of his generation, not only as an artistic inspiration for younger performers but as a teacher, cheerleader and guest artist on the recordings of emerging vocalists. In many ways, he’s an excellent role model - restlessly creative, unwilling to compromise, constantly seeking new artistic challenges".

Track listing

Personnel

; Performance * Mark Murphy – vocals, original concept * Allan Mezquida – alto saxophone *

– bass (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8) * Sean Smith – bass (tracks 4, 6, 7, 9) * Lee Musiker – piano, arranger *

– drums *

– trumpet ; ; Production * Ira Yuspeh –

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, recorded at M&I Recording Studios December 27–28, 1999, New York City, New York *

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– executive producer * James Gavin – liner notes * Annalee Valencia – art direction, design * Bill Claxton – photography

References

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