Let's Get Started

Greg Murphy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 17, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Murphasaurus
• ASIN: B0002VYQM0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,436,511 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Let's Get Started

2. Little Miss Tigerfish

3. Snap Happy

4. Fique Bem Rapido

5. Stranded

6. Little Miss Tigerfish (alt. take)

7. Fique Bem Rapido (alt. take)

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

"After being awarded a jazz study grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Greg went to New Orleans in 1985 to study with the eminent pianist and jazz educator Ellis Marsalis. He decided to remain there and began recording and performing with The New Orleans Jazz Couriers, Percussion Incorporated (‘Drum Talk’ was recorded and released in 1987) and his own group, The Fusicians. Greg also appeared on several TV and radio programs-live broadcasts, cable, and network news features.

Greg moved to New York in 1987 and began what has become a long association with multi-directional drummer Rashied Ali. Greg has been performing and recording with Rashied and his various groups throughout Europe, Canada, and the U.S. from 1987 to the present day. During 1989, Greg went to Tokyo, Japan with his trio for two months, in 1990 he led a septet (Club Bird Jazz All Stars) in Yokohama for three months, and in 1991 he performed solo in St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. During this period he studied with Ron Carter and Jaki Byard at City College and Manhattan School of Music as well as privately with Larry Willis and Walter Bishop Jr. In 1995 and 1996 he recorded ‘Meditations’ and ‘Bells’ with Rashied Ali and Prima Materia on the Knitting factory Works label. In 1999, Worldbeat records released ‘A Mano’ with Raphael Cruz and ‘Heart Sound’ with Tisziji Munoz was released on the Anami record label. He also started a publishing company (EMT) with ASCAP in that year.! In 2001, ‘No One in Particular’ with leader Rashied Ali was released on the Survival record label. Greg wrote the title tune. In 2004, he released his first solo recording ‘Lets Get Started’, and is currently performing and teaching in and around New York City. "

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Greg Murphy Let's Get Started, January 23, 2005

By 

Natalie Hunt (Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let's Get Started (Audio CD)

At last! Internationally renowned modern jazz genius, Greg Murphy, finally takes pity on jazz hungry ears with the release of Let's Get Started. After a career spanning two decades, taking him from the States, across Europe, to Japan, China and back again, Murphy offers his unique talent to the public in this, his first album recording as a leader of his own band. Starting out in Chicago and New Orleans in the 80's, where he studied with prominent pianist Ellis Marsalis after winning a National Endowment study grant, Murphy has been a part of, and worked with some of the best names in the business; Percussion incorporated, The Fusicians, The New Orleans Jazz Couriers, Carlos Santana, Cindy Blackman, Raphael Cruz, Archie Shepp and the unmistakable Rashied Ali. Already featured on five successful albums, including Meditations, No One In Particular, Heart-Sound, and A Mano, Let's Get Started is a delicious showcase of swinging Murphy originals, enriched by the talented Dale Robbins and the rock-steady beat of John Brown on the drums. Electrifying bass, percussion and counter-melody tease through sophisticated tunes like "Little Miss Tigerfish" or the haunting re-work of "Stranded," shaping a finger-snapping, foot-tapping feast for us all. And the icing on the Snap Happy, jazz sizzled cake? You can currently catch Greg at The Ritz-Carlton on Nanjing Lu, where he indulges the public with hot shifting tunes in the Second Floor Lounge Bar, every Tuesday-Sunday evening. Go on; treat yourself to that groovin' jazz-funk fusion.

4.0 out of 5 stars Greg Murphy's New CD, January 8, 2005

By 

Dan North - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let's Get Started (Audio CD)

Let's Get Started is full of driving energy and lyrical beauty. It swings and surprises. Just when you're nearing your fill of one of the trio's complex rhythms, they switch tempo or return to one of the lovely melodies that make this CD thoughtful and haunting. Just when you think this CD is about technical mastery, you notice the harmonious blend that gives each player an essential role. I can't classify Let's Get Started by style. I just know that when I listen to it I feel I'm in the hands of people (composer Greg Murphy on piano and keyboards, Dale Robbins on electric bass and John Brown on drums) who know what they're doing, and they do it very well indeed. Let's Get Started is complex but accessible to anyone who recognizes original work done with love and skill.