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Title information

Parker's Mood

Mark Murphy

Bop For Kerouac

Date of recording

12.3.1981, Hollywood/CA

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Performers

Mark Murphy (Soloist) (vocals)

* 14.3.1932, Syracuse, New York (NY), United States

† 22.10.2015, Englewood, New Jersey (NJ), United States

Richie Cole (saxophones)

* 29.2.1948, Trenton, New Jersey (NJ), United States

† 2.5.2020

Bill Mays (piano)

* 5.2.1944, Sacramento, California (CA), United States

Bruce Forman (guitar)

* 14.5.1956, Springfield, Massachusetts (MA), United States

Luther Hughes (Double Bass)
Jeff Hamilton (drums)

* 4.8.1953, Richmond, Indiana (IN), United States

Michael Spiro (conga, timbales)

Authors

Charlie Parker (Composer)

* 29.8.1920, Kansas City, Kansas (KS), United States

† 12.3.1955, New York City, New York (NY), United States

King Pleasure (Text author)

* 24.3.1922, Oakdale, Tennessee (TN), United States

† 21.3.1981, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Jack Kerouac (Text author)

* 12.3.1922, Lowell, Massachusetts/MA, United States

† 21.10.1969, St. Petersburg, Florida (FL), United States

Bill Mays (Arranger)

* 5.2.1944, Sacramento, California (CA), United States

Album information

Bop For Kerouac

Mark Murphy

Bop For Kerouac

Year of production

1981

Record Label

Muse

Tracks

  • 1. Be-Bop Lives
  • 2. Goodbye Porkpie Hat
  • 3. Parker's Mood (Includes reading from "The Subterraneans - Jack Kerouac)
  • 4. You Better Go Now
  • 5. You've Proven Your Point
  • 6. The Bad And The Beautiful
  • 7. Down St. Thomas Way
  • 8. Ballad Of The Sad Young Men