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Rah (Mark Murphy album)

October 21, 2023

Rah is a 1962 studio album by Mark Murphy, arranged by Ernie Wilkins.[1]

Rah
Studio album by
Mark Murphy
Released1961
RecordedSeptember & October, 1961
GenreVocal jazz
Length35:39
LabelRiverside
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Mark Murphy chronology
Playing the Field
(1960) 		Rah
(1961) 		That's How I Love the Blues!
(1962)

This was Murphy's first Riverside Records album, and he is supported by an orchestra including Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Urbie Green, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry and Jimmy Cobb.[1]

Reception Edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat     [2]
Allmusic     [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]

Down Beat magazine critic John A. Tynan reviewed the album for the April 12, 1962 issue and stated: "Murphy should thank his lucky stars for, among other things such as his talent, Ernie Wilkins. Wilkins has written a set of arrangements for the young jazz singer that should turn Frank Sinatra green with envy. Much of the album's success is due to the arranger's pen.[2]

The Allmusic review by Eugene Chadbourne awarded the album four stars and said that Rah "has worn well over the years...On tracks such as "Green Dolphin Street," he dives into the rhythm with the relaxed calm of an expert. And when the result can be the harebrained complexity of "Twisted" or the funky timing of "Doodlin'," the wisdom of letting the experts handle the hard work has never been more apparent"[1]

The original version of "My Favourite Things" on the session featured hip lyrics, including lines like "Ol' Ernie Wilkins he sure gives you wings", but these new lyrics were deemed inappropriate by composer Richard Rodgers and as a result Riverside Records/Mark Murphy were asked to substitute a 'straight' shorter version of it, but with the same arrangement. Another track left off the original album is "I'll Be Seeing You" for much the same reason. These original versions (still available in Japan) have become a collector's piece.

Track listing Edit

  1. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) - 3:12
  2. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) - 3:44
  3. "Stoppin' the Clock" (Kral, Fran Landesman) - 3:10
  4. "Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most" (Landesman, Tommy Wolf) - 3:49
  5. "No Tears for Me" (Huddleston, McIntyre) - 3:12
  6. "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 4:50
  7. "Milestones" (Miles Davis) - 2:30
  8. "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 2:17
  9. "Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) - 3:30
  10. "Li'l Darlin'" (Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks) - 5:01
  11. "Twisted" (Wardell Gray, Annie Ross) - 2:25
  12. "I'll Be Seeing You" (only on Milestones 6064) -2:01
  13. "My Favorite Things" (Long AND short version- only on Milestones 6064) - 2:56 & 2:13
  14. "It's Like Love" (only on Dutch pressing) - 2:32 (Arranged by Al Cohn)

Personnel Edit

Production Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Rah!". Allmusic. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  2. ^ a b April 12, 1962 Vol. 29, No. 8
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 149. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1056. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

October 21, 2023
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