
Melvin Edward Alton “Turk” Murphy was born in Palermo, California, December 16, 1915. He was most renowned as a trombonist who played traditional and dixieland jazz in San Francisco at Earthquake Magoons night club. Murphy served in the Navy during World War II, during which time he played and recorded with Lu Watters and Bunk Johnson, among others. In 1952 he headed his own band, consisting of himself, Wally Rose playing piano, Bob Helm playing clarinet, Dick Lammi strumming the banjo, and Bob Short with a tuba.
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Irish Black Bottom
St. James Infirmary
By and By
When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
The Maple Leaf Rag
This Train
Dippermouth Blues
Shake That Thing
Kansas City Man Blues
Trombone Rag
Down By The Riverside
Canal Street Blues
New Orleans Stomp
St. James Infirmary - Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1957
Darktown Strutter's Ball
Struttin' With Some Barbecue
Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
1919 Rag
Big Fat Ham
Curse Of An Aching Heart
Temptation Blues
Turk's Blues (Social Polecat)
Storyville Blues
Ragtime Dance
Cakewalkin 'Babies (From Home)
Dippermout Blues
Trouble In Mind
Sadie Green, the Vamp of New Orleans
Bay City
Doctor Jazz
Wolverine Blues
Minstrels of Annie Street
A Closer Walk with Thee
Mack the Knife
Big Butter And Egg Man
South
Jazzin' Babies Blues
After You've Gone
Frog-I-More Rag
The Pearls
Sidewalk Blues
Wise Guys
Hard Hearted Hannah
35th Street Blues
Papa Dip
Mississippi Rag
Yellow Dog Blues
Creole Belle
Chimes Blues
New Orleans Blues
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