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Title: Turk at his best!
Review: Having heard Turk Murphy, live, in New York in the late '50s, I have always appreciated his San Francisco jazz. Doing many of the chestnuts of the Lu Watter's Yerba Buena Jazz Band, he brings his own renditions, similar but different from his colleague, my friend, the late Bob Scobey. In these two CDs, there are a variety of sidemen who brighten up the day--Santo Pecora of New Orleans' fame--and probably one of the best cornet men of all time, Doc Evans, on ten sides (I think). Being live, these sides have more vitality than the usual studio recordings; and are my favorites of the Turk Murphy sides I have.
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