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| This Could Be the Start of Something | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1959 |
| Recorded | 1958 |
| Studio | Capitol Studios |
| Genre | Vocal jazz |
| Length | 35:45 |
This Could Be the Start of Something is a studio album by Mark Murphy.
This Could Be the Start of Something is the 3rd album by American jazz vocalist Mark Murphy. It was recorded in 1958 when Murphy was 26 years old and released by the Capitol Records label in the United States in 1959. The album is a collection of standards.
Background[edit]
Recording[edit]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
AllMusic assigns the album 3 stars. Scott Yanow writes, "Murphy sings well, if conventionally...Bill Holman provided the swinging arrangements. A good start to a major career".[3]
Scott Yanow, in his book The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide, includes the album in his list of.[4]
Colin Larkin assigns the record 3 stars in The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music.[2] Three stars means, "Good. By the artist's usual standards and therefore recommended".[2]
Murphy biographer Peter Jones says, "".[5] ".[5]
Will Friedwald said that "
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "xxxx" | vv | gg | ss |
Personnel[edit]
- Performance
- Mark Murphy – vocals, original concept
- – alto saxophone
- – bass
- –
- – piano, arranger
- – drums
- – trumpet
- Production
- – engineer, recorded at
- – producer, mixing
- – executive producer
- – liner notes
- – art direction, design
- – photography
References[edit]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c Larkin, Colin (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Colin Larkin, Muze UK Ltd (eds.) (Concise 4th ed.). London: Virgin. pp. 899–900. ISBN 978-1-85227-923-3.
- ^ Yanow, Scott. This Could Be the Start of Something - Mark Mu... | AllMusic, retrieved 2024-05-26
- ^ Yanow, Scott (2008). The jazz singers: the ultimate guide. New York: Backbeat Books. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-0-87930-825-4. OCLC 148769861.
- ^ a b Jones, Peter (2018). This is hip: the life of Mark Murphy. Popular music history. Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, CT: Equinox Publishing. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-78179-473-9.
External links[edit]
- This Could Be the Start of Something at MusicBrainz (release group)
- This Could Be the Start of Something at Discogs (master release)
- This Could Be the Start of Something at AllMusic (master release)
- Mark Murphy in The Penguin Guide to Jazz at Internet Archive
- Mark Murphy in The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide at Internet Archive