other artists such as classical pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, who recorded a 1996 album entitled Conversations with Bill Evans. Later years In the 1970s, Murphy began work as an actuary and as a systems analyst, working for various employers and he occasionally performed as a jazz pianist at various venues in the New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia areas. Murphy retired from full-time employment after learning of his cancer diagnosis in late 2004. He resumed work as a jazz pianist. For a time, Murphy played jazz piano weekly at the Plumsteadville Inn, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He also performed at other Bucks County venues such as Maggie's Place in Doylestown and La Cena in Bensalem. Murphy’s last musical performance was on November 4, 2006 at La Cena. Murphy died at his Flemington, New Jersey home on November 19, 2006. Discography Jean-Yves Thibaudet: Conversations with Bill Evans (Decca, 1997) with Art Murphy, transcriptionist for Evans' solos Philip Glass: Music with Changing Parts (Nonesuch, 1971) with Art Murphy, electric piano Philip Glass: Two Pages/Contrary Motion/Music in Fifths/Music in Similar Motion (Nonesuch, 1971) with Art Murphy, organ Steve Reich's Four Organs/Phase Patterns (New Tone, 1970), with Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Arthur Murphy, Steve Chambers, Jon Gibson Henry Flynt and the Insurrections: I Don’t Wanna (Locust Records, 1966) with Art Murphy, keyboards Live performances with Steve Reich Piano Phase (1967) 2 pianos or 2 marimbas Art Murphy and Steve Reich/ Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, NJ/ January 1967 My Name Is (1967) 3 or more tape recorders, performers, audience Art Murphy and Steve Reich/ School of Visual Arts, New York/ November 1967 Four Log Drums (1969) unpublished phase shifting pulse gate, 4 log drums Jon Gibson, Philip Glass, Richard Landry, Art Murphy, Steve Reich/ Whitney Museum of American Art, New York/ May 27, 1969 Four Organs (January 1970) 4 electric organs and maracas Steve Chambers, Jon Gibson, Philip Glass, Art Murphy, Steve Reich/ Guggenheim Museum, New York/ May 1970 Phase Patterns (1970) 4 electric organs Steve Chambers, Jon Gibson, Art Murphy, Steve Reich/ Guggenheim Museum, New York/ May 1970 Books Pictured in Michael Nyman, Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond (Music in the Twentieth Century), p. 152 References American classical pianists Male classical pianists American male pianists American male composers American jazz pianists Juilliard School alumni 1942 births 2006 deaths 20th-century classical pianists 20th-century American pianists 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians