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Spencer Murphy (born 1988,
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) is an American bassist and producer, living in Brooklyn, NY.


Education

Murphy graduated from Jamesville-DeWitt High School in 2006 before attending
SUNY Purchase The State University of New York at Purchase, commonly referred to as Purchase College or SUNY Purchase, is a Public college, public Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Purchase, New York. Established in 1967 by G ...
, where in 2010 he earned a degree in jazz studies.


Career

Murphy had an extended residency at
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from 2007-2017, leading a quintet that included
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, Stacy Dillard, John Chin, and
Lawrence Leathers Lawrence "Lo" Leathers (November 23, 1981 – June 2, 2019) was an American jazz drummer who played on two of Cécile McLorin Salvant's albums that have won Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Biography Leathers was born in Lansing, M ...
. In the same period, he featured or was featured with
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,
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,
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,
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, Emmett Cohen, and
Johnny O'Neal Johnny O'Neal (born October 10, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American neo-bop jazz pianist and vocalist. His playing ranges from the technically virtuosic to the tenderest of ballad interpretations. Though unique in style, he is influenced ...
. While a student at
SUNY Purchase The State University of New York at Purchase, commonly referred to as Purchase College or SUNY Purchase, is a Public college, public Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Purchase, New York. Established in 1967 by G ...
, Murphy met Gabriel Garzon-Montano, with whom he co-wrote and recorded Mokaad's ''Booty EP'' (2012). He played bass with Garzon-Montano's subsequent solo project through 2015, performing at
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, as well as opening for
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's ''Strut World Tour''. Murphy co-wrote "Sour Mango," a single from Garzon-Montano's ''
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'' (2017). In 2020, Murphy appeared as a bassist on
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's '' Will This Make Me Good?,'' reprising this role a year later alongside long-time collaborators
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, on Hakim's co-release with saxophonist
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, ''Small Things'', as well as his 2023 release ''Cometa.'' In October of 2021, he presented "GRASS," an original work for poetry and music at The Owl in Brooklyn, which featured Bartlett,
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, Taja Cheek, and Craig Weinrib. The same month, he originated the bass chair in the premiere of ''Only an Octave Apart,'' starring
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generation" and a "tornado of art and activism", they first achieved prominence under the pseud ...
and
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, with music direction from Thomas Bartlett and arrangements by
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. In January of 2022, Murphy accompanied Bond and Roth Costanzo as they performed selections from the show with the
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, as well as backing the duo in a performance on
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. In August of 2022, he performed with
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and Silvana Estrada at Central Park Summerstage, celebrating the release of Doris Muñoz biopic ''Mija''. The following year, he appeared at the 35th Annual
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Benefit at
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, performing with
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, Zsela Thompson, and Scorchio Quartet as Chocolate Genius Inc. In 2024, Chocolate Genius Inc. headlined
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, with a band consisting of both Thompsons, along with Murphy,
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,
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,
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.


Recordings

* Adam O'Farrill - ''For These Streets'' (2025) * Adam O'Farrill - ''HUESO'' (2024) * Haux - ''Blue Angeles'' (2024) *
L'Rain Taja Cheek, known professionally as L'Rain, is an American experimentalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and curator known primarily as the lead vocalist and songwriter of her eponymous band. L'Rain has been recognized for experimental music ...
- ''
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'' (2023) * Sam O.B. - ''Too Many Humans, Not Enough Souls'' (2023) * Benamin - ''TRIUMPF 1'' (2023) * Morgan James - ''Nobody's Fool'' (2023) *
Nick Hakim Nicolas Hakim is an American musician based in Queens, New York, United States. His first EP, ''Where Will We Go Part 1 & 2'', was self-released in 2014. He released three albums with ATO: ''Green Twins'' (2017), '' Will This Make Me Good'' (202 ...
- ''Cometa'' (2022) * Arp - ''New Pleasures'' (2022) *
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- ''Everything Is Christmas'' (2022) *
Nick Hakim Nicolas Hakim is an American musician based in Queens, New York, United States. His first EP, ''Where Will We Go Part 1 & 2'', was self-released in 2014. He released three albums with ATO: ''Green Twins'' (2017), '' Will This Make Me Good'' (202 ...
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Roy Nathanson Roy Jay Nathanson (born May 17, 1951) is an American saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and teacher. He became the leader and principal composer of the Jazz Passengers, a six piece group that he founded with Curtis Fowlkes in 1987. They have tou ...
- ''Small Things'' (2021) * Splice Originals - ''The Sweetest Touch'' (2021) *
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- ''Tango'' (2021) *
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- ''Rare Changes'' (2020) *
Nick Hakim Nicolas Hakim is an American musician based in Queens, New York, United States. His first EP, ''Where Will We Go Part 1 & 2'', was self-released in 2014. He released three albums with ATO: ''Green Twins'' (2017), '' Will This Make Me Good'' (202 ...
- '' Will This Make Me Good?'' (2020) * Onyx Collective - ''TRAD JAZZ'' (2020) *
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- ''
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'' (2020) *
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Audio Library - ''I Think I Can Help You'' (2019) * I.G.B.O. - ''Attitude'' (2019) * Onyx Collective - ''Lower East Suite, Part III'' (2019) *
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- ''While We Wait'' (2019) *
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- ''
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'' (2019) * Gabriel Garzon-Montano - ''
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'' (2017) * Onyx Collective - ''Lower East Suite, Part II'' (2017) * Spencer Murphy, John Chin,
Tivon Pennicott Tivon Pennicott is an American composer, orchestrator and tenor saxophonist. Of Jamaican parentage, he grew up in Marietta, Georgia, but moved to Miami, Florida, where he studied music at the University of Miami. On a visit in Los Angeles, he met a ...
, Stacy Dillard,
Lawrence Leathers Lawrence "Lo" Leathers (November 23, 1981 – June 2, 2019) was an American jazz drummer who played on two of Cécile McLorin Salvant's albums that have won Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Biography Leathers was born in Lansing, M ...
- ''Fifth'' (2017) * Kenneth Salters Haven - ''Enter to Exit'' (2015) * Tivon Pennicott & Sound Quartet - ''If You Still Trust'' (2014) * Archie Pelago - ''Subway Gothic / Ladymarkers'' (2012) * Mokaad - ''Booty EP'' (2012)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Spencer Living people 1988 births Musicians from Syracuse, New York State University of New York at Purchase alumni