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About the artist

Melvin Edward Alton “Turk” Murphy was born in Palermo, California, December 16, 1915. He was most renowned as a trombonist who played traditional and dixieland jazz in San Francisco at Earthquake Magoons night club. Murphy served in the Navy during World War II, during which time he played and recorded with Lu Watters and Bunk Johnson, among others. In 1952 he headed his own band, consisting of himself, Wally Rose playing piano, Bob Helm playing clarinet, Dick Lammi strumming the banjo, and Bob Short with a tuba.

Top songs

  1. Irish Black Bottom
  2. St. James Infirmary
  3. By and By
  4. When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
  5. The Maple Leaf Rag
  6. This Train
  7. Dippermouth Blues
  8. Shake That Thing
  9. Kansas City Man Blues
  10. Trombone Rag
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  1. Down By The Riverside
  2. Canal Street Blues
  3. New Orleans Stomp
  4. St. James Infirmary - Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1957
  5. Darktown Strutter's Ball
  6. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
  7. Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
  8. 1919 Rag
  9. Big Fat Ham
  10. Curse Of An Aching Heart
  11. Temptation Blues
  12. Storyville Blues
  13. Turk's Blues (Social Polecat)
  14. Cakewalkin 'Babies (From Home)
  15. Ragtime Dance
  16. Dippermout Blues
  17. Bay City
  18. Trouble In Mind
  19. Sadie Green, the Vamp of New Orleans
  20. Doctor Jazz
  21. Wolverine Blues
  22. Minstrels of Annie Street
  23. A Closer Walk with Thee
  24. Big Butter And Egg Man
  25. Mack the Knife
  26. South
  27. Jazzin' Babies Blues
  28. After You've Gone
  29. Frog-I-More Rag
  30. Hard Hearted Hannah
  31. The Pearls
  32. Wise Guys
  33. 35th Street Blues
  34. Sidewalk Blues
  35. Papa Dip
  36. Mississippi Rag
  37. Chimes Blues
  38. Yellow Dog Blues
  39. Creole Belle
  40. New Orleans Blues
  41. Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
  42. Charleston
  43. He's a Cousin of Mine
  44. Brother Lowdown
  45. Memphis Blues
  46. Grandpa's Spells
  47. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
  48. Shreveport Stomp
  49. Willie The Weeper
  50. Little John's Rag
  51. Mesa 'Round
  52. Oh Daddy
  53. Frankie and Johnny
  54. Evolution Mama
  55. Red Hot Mama
  56. Chattanooga Stomp
  57. Red Eye
  58. All The Wrongs You've Done To Me
  59. St James Infirmary
  60. Coney Island Washboard
  61. Bill Bailey
  62. Ory's Creole Trombone
  63. High Society
  64. Silver Dollar
  65. The Maple Leaf Rag [LP Version]
  66. Jelly Roll Blues
  67. Big Bear Stomp
  68. Sweet Substitute
  69. I Wish I Was In Peoria
  70. Pineapple Rag
  71. London Blues
  72. Panama
  73. Stratford Hunch
  74. St Louis Blues
  75. Wild Man Blues
  76. Oriental Strut
  77. Kansas City Stomps
  78. Down In Jungle Town
  79. Turk's Blues
  80. Maple Leaf Rag
  81. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
  82. Milenburg Joys
  83. King Porter Stomp
  84. Santa Claus Blues
  85. How Come You Like Me Like You Do, Do, Do?
  86. Weary Blues
  87. Mandy, Make Up Your Mind
  88. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
  89. Sister Kate
  90. St. Louis Blues

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