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Mark Murphy

Jazz
Jazz

Mark Murphy is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Guy Davis, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, June Christy and Anita O'Day. Those roots explain a lot about how Mark Murphy arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Carmen McRae, Annie Ross, Betty Carter, Lorez Alexandria and Abbey Lincoln, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into UFO, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Mark Murphy, reaching back through Guy Davis and forward to UFO. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Mark MurphyGuy DavisPeggy LeeNat King ColeJune ChristyAnita O'DayElla FitzgeraldArt TatumSammy Davis Jr.UFOCarmen McRaeAnnie RossBetty CarterLorez AlexandriaAbbey LincolnNancy WilsonDinah Washington

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Mark Murphy connections

Mark Murphy grew out of Guy Davis, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole and June Christy, shares an orbit with Carmen McRae, Annie Ross, Betty Carter and Lorez Alexandria, went on to shape UFO. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots15

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