Kerouac Then & Now

Mark Murphy, Mark Murphy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 16, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Muse Records
• ASIN: B000000GM9
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,276 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Mark Murphy's Kerouac, Then And Now CD Track Listing: 1.Mark Murphy - Blood Count (04:59) 2.Mark Murphy - Medley: Eddie Jefferson/Take The A Train (08:23) 3.Mark Murphy - Ask Me Now (03:42) 4.Mark Murphy - San Francisco (02:15) 5.Mark Murphy - Lazy Afternoon (04:59) 6.Mark Murphy - If You Could See Me Now (06:50) 7.Mark Murphy - November In The Snow (05:04) 8.Mark Murphy - Lord Buckley (03:16) 9.Mark Murphy - Medley: The Night We Called It A Day/There's No You (07:39)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Reissue Bop for Kerouac, April 19, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Kerouac Then & Now (Audio CD)

This is a solid introduction to the bop brilliance of Mark Murphy. If you want to hear the origins of folks like Kurt Elling (especially his take on the John Coltrane song on the album Man In The Air), check this out.

However, it's a shame that we have to make do with this CD instead of the Bop For Kerouac first take of a few years before this. The combination/interaction/integration of poetry and music are wonderful. And no one has demonstrated a better understanding of the two together than Mark Murphy.

I have the LP version of Bop for Kerouac that is almost worn through due to frequent playings. Here's hoping for recognition of the better of these two discs and a reissue.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Then and Now and Forever, August 10, 2000

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Sundance30 (Sundance, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kerouac Then & Now (Audio CD)

This is what Mark Murphy was meant to sing. He is the only living hipster that can do justice to Kerouac. Makes me want to get on the road to San Francisco.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Can You Really Go Back?, July 19, 2009

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John D. Dooley "PhiloX" (Southern California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kerouac Then & Now (Audio CD)

20 years ago my musical taste use to changed every 2 years. Back in the late 1980's I was into the late 1950's to early 1960's Jazz via Post Bop floating in & out of the Beat-Nik scene. One evening while in this phase I had a Beat-Nik Coffee Cafe Performance Art Piece at my apartment complete with Kerouac music & poems. This was before Starbucks, or at least before I saw any stores in California. Somehow around that time by reading several Jazz articles I learned about Mark Murphy's "Kerouac, Then And Now", bought it on a whim & was very pleased. Mark Murphy scats, sings, & recites poetry in many musical styles around the Kerouac era. Included are 2 Kerouac poems: "Big Sur" & "On The Road" with either rhythm or musical accompaniment, a Lord Buckley comedic routine, & music from Strayhorn & Monk. On the CD back cover is an interesting comment:

"Here we are looking in a mirror. Songs mirror a time past. We are changed, the songs, the rendition of them, have changed. Ominous ingredients have been folded into our life mix. Things were so simple then."

So go get yourself a cup of coffee, sit back, "Be Cool", & listen to this interesting CD to capture those magic moments of being "Hip".

Note: Amazon.com shows an original release date of 1986 & 1994 but my Cd was made in 1989.