Given what a freewheeling, open-minded, and lyrical jazz singer Mark Murphy is, it's hard to imagine him really loving "the
blues" – and fortunately, most of that love is extended in the title, because the album itself is less of the
blues effort that you might think. True, the tracks are numbers that often have "
blues" in the title – but the arrangements are by Al Cohn, and have a swinging approach that's in keeping with Murphy's other early 50s work. Titles include "
Blues You're The Mother Of Sin", "
Blues In My Heart", "Fiesta In
Blue", "That's How I Love The
Blues", "
Blues In The Night", and a reading of "Senor
Blues" that's worth the price of the record alone!
(Black label Bill Grauer pressing with deep groove and microphone logo.)