[Dixielandjazz] Looking for "best of Turk" tracks

[Charles Suhor]

Thanks. I listened, and found the composition and the rendering of it to be admirably "together." I see what Jim was saying about the distinctiveness--and inimitability of Turk's highly personalized, slightly gravely tone. Several listmates have written that it was Turk's bands, more than his solos, that appealed to them. I'll respond that, strictly as a matter of taste, to me the Left Coast revivalist bands didn't swing like the Dixieland groups of the time or the foundational players who invented the music.

Charlie



On May 4, 2015, at 9:12 AM, Augustine Daniel wrote:

>    Reports of our death have been greatly exaggerated.
>    Here's Turk playing his own composition, "Trombone Rag", one that's pretty hard and that not many other trombonists seem to have tried.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlbu9aPd4P4
> 
>    Dan h
> --------------------------------------------------
> On May 4, 2015, at 3:05 AM, Jim Kashishian <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:
> 
> Charlie wrote:
>> Can some Turk fans on the list furnish a link to some Murphy stuff that you
> see as outstanding?
> 
> Charlie, I think they have all left the list or have died.  My comment
> should have raised a few comments if any of the Left Coast guys were still
> around!  Still, I think your request is a good one, and would like to see
> something come of it.  As I said before, I always found his brillance in his
> breaks, even if only 2 bars.
> 
> Jim
> 
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