[Dixielandjazz] Mystery Turk Recording...

[Dick Baker]

At 11:23 PM 6/17/2007, "eupher dude" steve wrote:
>At the risk of seeming like a Turk Murphy groupie...
>
>A friend has a CD with no liner card, no tunes listed on the disc.  It seems
>like a Music Makers release, possibly from the mid-90s, called "The Best of
>Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band" or something similar.  It has the
>tunes I remember from "San Francisco Jazz"--including the Pat Yankee vocal
>on "Tin Roof Blues" that I was seeking a while back.  It also has Bob Schulz
>singing "San Francisco Jazz", the Turk/Pat duet on "It Don't Cost Very
>Much", and King Chanticleer (which I don't remember from either of the "SF
>Jazz" recordings.
>
>The "San Francisco Jazz" recordings were made roughly 1985-85, I think the
>2nd of the two was right before Christmas of 85 (maybe I think this because
>"At The Christmas Ball" is on it??  I'm not sure if I'm confusing things or
>not.)  SOme of the tracks are very familiar, some are totally unfamiliar.  I
>have at least one of them on vinyl, but no player to compare and get the
>titles straight.
>
>Can anyone help me get the track names straight?  Thanks in advance.


What you have is "Sentimental Journeys: The Best of Turk Murphy's San 
Francisco Jazz Band," Merry Makers MMRC-CD-2, 1999.  See

http://www.jazzbymail.com/ViewAlbum.aspx?iPID=2035&iAID=1280&sPC=1280_2034&sLCD=mmr02&sAN=Turk%20Murphy



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