Angel Eyes

Mark Murphy · 1961 · Featured on the album Rah

Context

A ballad by Matt Dennis (music) and Earl Brent (lyrics), covered by Mark Murphy on Rah, his first album for Riverside, recorded in September-October 1961 under the production of Orrin Keepnews with arrangements by Ernie Wilkins. The album is considered his breakthrough; critic Andrew Gilbert (MusicHound Jazz) calls this version of Angel Eyes heartbreaking.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Stolen Moments (Mark Murphy) (1978)

Sources

• EN: Rah (Mark Murphy album)

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