Draft:Scott Murphy

Scott Murphy (born 1991, Glasgow) is a Scottish jazz saxophonist and composer based in Hong Kong. In April 2024 Scott released his debut solo record a dream of form.

Early life
Scott Murphy began playing saxophone through the Dumfries Youth Jazz Group taking lessons with Paul Towndrow. While at school he toured with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland and the Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra (TSYJO).

He briefly attended the University of Strathclyde before moving to join the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 's jazz performance course.

Career
Scott co-founded Scottish Jazz large ensemble Fat-Suit with guitarist Dorian Cloudsley composing and arranging for the group whilst also appearing with Billy Ocean, the BBC Big Band , Graham Costello's Strata underground jazz fusion group KWORTET and performing at various festivals such at the London Jazz Festival , Edinburgh International Festival and Glasgow Jazz Festival. In 2016 he was chosen as an ambassador for Glasgow Jazz Festival in their "30 under 30" programme and worked closely with BBC Radio Scotland on their weekly show 'The Jazz House'.

Upon moving to Kuala Lumpur in 2016 Scott created the group NewSound alongside pianist John Dip Silas and recorded their debut album Bearing Witness in 2018.

Since relocating to Hong Kong in 2018 Scott has appeared with acclaimed pop group RubberBand, local jazz acts such as Tjoe Man Cheung's #NTBM CY Leo (何卓彥) and the Patrick Lui Jazz Orchestra. He has also appeared as a featured artist for the Hong Kong Cultural Masseur Festival with Nahum, the Hong Kong Jazz Composers Lab and the Freespace Jazz Festival as part of the innovative "Jazz Imaginarium".

In 2024 Scott announced the release of his debut solo album online and through Hong Kong news outlet RTHK

a dream of form
Scott Murphy's debut record a dream of form was released on April 20th 2024 and features Janek Gwizdala, Daniel Chu and Padget Fresh Nanton.