KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Phil Elwood's Tribute to Turk Murphy, 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

AM.1987.06.07.A

Program Length

116 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

| broadcast
| 1987-06-07 | created

Description

Phil Elwood produced this memorial tribute to the great San Francisco jazz trombonist Turk Murphy, who died on May 30, 1987. Turk played in a number of Bay Area jazz bands during the mid part of the 20th Century and made a number of recordings as well. In this program Elwood plays a wide assortment of Dixieland influenced jazz tunes from the 1940s and 50s. Included are a couple songs recorded at San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral in 1977 as well as several from Turk's concert at Carnegie Hall.

Genres

Jazz

Musical Selections

Ory's Creole Trombone -- Brother Lowdown -- Kansas City Man Blues -- Yellow Dog Blues -- When I Move to the Sky -- Ace In the Hole -- Curse of an Aching Heart -- Wise Guys -- Square Face -- Little John's Rag -- Big Bear Stomp -- Trombone Rag -- Duff Campbell's Revenge

Performers

Turk Murphy, trombone (all selections)
Yerba Buena Jass Band
Bunk Johnson, trumpet (When ; Ace)
Sister Lottie Peavey, vocals (When)
Clancy Hayes, vocals (Ace)
Eddie Condon Band (Duff)

Subjects

Jazz
Trombone music
Dixieland music
Ragtime music

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Yerba Buena Jass Band
Eddie Condon's Jazz Band
Yerba Buena Jazz Band
Elwood, Phil
Murphy, Turk
Johnson, Bunk, 1879-1949
Peavey, Sister Lottie
Hayes, Clancy