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Born: December 16, 1915, Palermo, CA.
Died: May 30, 1987, San Francisco, CA.

Trombonist and bandleader Turk Murphy led one of the most popular bands of the San Francisco Dixieland movement. Among his sidemen through the years were trumpeters Don Kinch, Bob Short and Leon Oakley, clarinetist Bob Helm, pianist Wally Rose, Pete Clute and Ray Skjelbred and singer Pat Yankee.

ALBUMS

2017, CD, Album, Comp, RM, Calle Mayor,

Dixieland/Ragtime

Turk Murphy, Muggsy Spanier

Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Causal

2001, CD, Comp, Koch Jazz,

1997, 2xCD, Comp, The Bill Armstrong Collection

Turk Murphy, Lu Watters

Together Again (Blues On Bodega Bay)

1995, CD, Album, Merry Makers Record Company

Turk At Carnegie

Pat Yankee & Turk Murphy, Turk Murphy Jazz Band*

1978, 7", Styrene, Sonic Arts

Live From Cinegrill Vol 1

1977, LP, Album, Fairmont,

Live From Cinegrill Vol 2

1977, LP, Album, Fairmont

Let The Good Times Roll

Music For Losers

Musik For Losers

1959, 7", EP, Karusell,

Swing/Dixieland

Music For Wise Guys & Boosters, Card Sharps & Crap Shooters

At The Round Table

1958, 7", EP, Roulette

At Easy Street San Francisco

1958, 7", EP, His Master's Voice

Turk Murphy At Easy Street San Francisco

George Lewis (2) & Turk Murphy

Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Turk Murphy, Bix Beiderbecke

New Orleans Jazz Festival

Turk Murphy And Wally Rose

The Music Of Jelly Roll Morton

Turk Murphy And Wally Rose

The Music Of Jelly Roll Morton Vol. II.

Turk Murphy And Wally Rose

The Music Of Jelly Roll Morton Vol 1

Dixieland Classics

7", EP, Verve Records,

Turk Murphy At The New Orleans Jazz Festival

7", EP, Philips

Turk Murphy At Newport

7", EP, Verve Records

Turk Murphy At Newport

7", EP, Verve Records

Music For Losers

7", EP, Columbia,

7", EP, Verve Records

Lu Watters And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band With Turk Murphy And Bob Scobey

San Francisco Style

7", EP, Riverside Records,

Just A Cousin Of Mine / Duff Campbell's Revenge

Shellac, 10", Columbia

A Theme From The Threepenny Opera / Maryland, My Maryland

Shellac, 10", Philips, Philips

Down Home Jazz Band

Vol. 1 - Hambone Kelly's Favorites

1988, LP, Album, Stomp Off Records, Stomp Off Records

Lu Watters And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band

The San Francisco Style: Vol. 3 Stomps, Etc. & The Blues

Lu Watters And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band

Jazzin' Babies Blues / Copenhagen

1946, Shellac, 10", Single, Mono, West Coast Recordings (2)

Lu Watters And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band

Terrible Blues / High Society

Turk Murphy And His Orchestra

The Yama Yama Man / Duff Campbell's Revenge

7", Single, Verve Records

APPEARANCES +

The Dutch Swing College Band

100 Years Of Jazz

2017, Reel-To-Reel (CCIR Equalization),

Free Improvisation/Easy Listening

Ragtime Children

2016, CD, Album, Otarunay Records

Umbrella Jazzmen

2011, CD, Album, Not On Label

Classic Old-Time Fiddle (From Smithsonian Folkways)

2007, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways

Original Salty Dogs*

On The Mississippi Vol. 2

2007, CD, Album, RE, G.H.B.,

Turk Murphy And His San Francisco Jazz Band*

Volume 1 Ragged But Right

2007, CD, Album, G.H.B.,

Turk Murphy And His San Francisco Jazz Band*

Volume 2 Ragged But Right

2007, CD, Album, G.H.B.

The Best Of Newport '57

2007, 2xCD, Comp, Verve Records,

Watergate Seven + One

De Paris À Sacramento 1976 - 1980

2006, CD, Jazztrade

Bobby Hackett, Bob Haggart And His Boys

V-Disc Recording Parties

2005, CD, Comp, Mono, Jazz Unlimited,

Uptown Lowdown Jazz*

2003, CD, Album, Uptown Lowdown Jazz

Bixieland / Treasury Of Jazz

2002, CD, Comp, Collectables, Collectables,

Brass Arts Quintet

2002, CD, Album, Mark Records,

B.B. King / Turk Murphy & The San Francisco Jazz Band*

Ralph J Gleason's Jazz Casual

2001, DVD-V, PAL, Idem Home Video,

This Is Jazz: The Historic Broadcasts, Volume Seven

2001, 2xCD, Jazzology

Turk Murphy Jazz Band*

2001, CD, Album, San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation

Song Of The Wanderer

2000, CD, Comp, Jazzology

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Euphonic Sounds

2000, CD, Album, San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation

With The Yerba Buena Jazz Band 1944 And With Doc Evans & His Band 1947

1999, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

2nd Part Of The Show

1999, CD, Chorus Records (5)

Lenya Sings Weill - The American Theatre Songs

New Orleans Jazz Party

1998, CD, Comp, ZYX Records,

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Live From The Rathskellar San Francisco — April 5, 1978

1998, CD, Merry Makers Record Company,

1998, CD, Chorus Records (5)

Turk Murphy Jazz Band*

Live at Carson Hot Springs

1998, CD, San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation

Bob Schulz And His Frisco Jazz Band*

Travelin' Shoes

Two Beat Or Not Two Beat That's The Question

1995, CD, Album, Feel The Jazz,

Dixieland/Ragtime

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Favorites, Vol.2

1995, CD, Comp, RE, Good Time Jazz

Dan Barrett (3) Featuring Al Jenkins (2) With Rick Fay, Ray Sherman, David Stone*, Jeff Hamilton

Reunion With Al

1995, CD, Album, Arbors Records

Bob Schulz And His Frisco Jazz Band*

1995, CD, Album, Stomp Off Records

Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band*

The Earthquake McGoon Recordings

1995, CDr, Comp, Merry Makers Record Company

Swingin' Minstrel

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Live at Hambone Kelly's Volume II

1994, CD, Album, RE, G.H.B.

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Live at Hambone Kelly's Volume III

1994, CD, Album, RE, G.H.B.

Bunk Johnson / Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Blues In History III

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

The Complete Good Time Jazz Recordings

1993, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Good Time Jazz,

Ragtime/Dixieland

Watergate Seven*

"Une Soirée Au Petit Journal" Vol. 2

1992, CD, Album, Jazztrade,

Tomas Örnberg, Gunnar Lidberg, Pygmé Jazzband, Stans Band

A Selection From Tomas Örnberg, Gunnar Lidberg, Pygmé Jazzband, Stans Band

1992, CD, Comp, Opus 3 (2),

In San Francisco

Turk Murphy & His San Francisco Jazz Band*

In Concert - Vol. 2

1990, CD, G.H.B.

Turk Murphy Jazz Band*

Southern Stomps

Cats As Cats Can

The New York Musical Tribute To Turk Murphy

1987, VHS, Present Past Productions, Ltd.,

Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band

Songs Of Christmas

1986, LP, Album, Merry Makers Record Company

Carnegie Jazzband

Ragtime/Dixieland

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

San Francisco Jazz Volume Two

1985, LP, Merry Makers Record Company

New Red Onion Jazz Babies

1984, LP, Album, Not On Label, Not On Label

Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band*

Live At Easy Street

Uptown Lowdown Jazzband

In Colonial York, Pa.

1982, LP, Album, Stomp Off Records

The Blues Vol. 3 - From New Orleans To Chicago

Easy Listening/Dixieland/Ragtime/Swing

The Red Clay Ramblers

1981, LP, Album, Flying Fish (2), Flying Fish (2)

Turk Murphy Jazz Band Of San Francisco* & The Original Salty Dogs*

The Biggest Bear Stomp Of All!!!

1981, LP, Album, Jazz & Jazz (2),

Turk Murphy & His San Francisco Jazz Band*

In Concert Vol. 2

1980, LP, G.H.B.

The Original Salty Dogs*

Ragtime Festival

1980, LP, Jazz & Jazz (2)

Turk Murphy & His San Francisco Jazz Band*

In Concert - Vol. 1

Turk Murphy & His San Francisco Jazz Band*

In Concert - Vol. 3

Fulton Street Jazz Band*

1979, LP, Sacramento Jazz

Turk Murphy Jazz Band Of San Francisco*

Oz Turk - The Australian Album

Turk Murphy's Dixieland Band*

A Closer Walk With Me?

1978, LP, Audio Engineering Associates

Edmond Hall With The Ralph Sutton Group*

At The Club Hangover San Francisco, 1954

Watergate Seven + One

Watergate Seven + One

1977, LP, Album, Promophone,

Les Haricots Rouges

At The Dixieland Band Ball

1976, 2xLP, Comp, Série Punch

Blackbirds Of Paradise

1975, 2xLP, Album, Telefunken,

Heidelberger Jazz Tage '73 Live

1974, LP, Album, MPS Records, BASF,

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Bop/Post Bop/Dixieland

Turk Murphy And His Frisco Jazz Band*

1974, LP, Album, Solo Incorporated

Frank Traynor's Jazz Preachers

Put On A Happy Face

Turk Murphy's Frisco Jazz Band*

Turk Murphy's Frisco Jazz Band Live!

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band Volume 1

1973, LP, Album, Motherlode Records

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band Volume 2

1973, LP, Album, Motherlode Records

Jazz Of The Connecticut Traditional Jazz Club 9

1973, LP, Comp, ConnTrad Jazz, ConnTrad Jazz,

Lu Watters And His Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Live From The Dawn Club

1973, LP, Album, Fairmont Records,

1972, LP, Album, Atlantic

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

The Many Faces Of Ragtime

Shel Silverstein

Freakin' At The Freakers Ball

Jazz Spectrum, Vol. 16 Dixieland Classics

Brewer & Shipley*

1972, Vinyl Gatefold,

Dutch Swing College Band* And Joe Venuti

The Dutch Swing College Band Meets Joe Venuti

Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars

Mack The Knife / I Can't Give You Anything But Love

Louis Armstrong

Mack The Knife / I Can't Give You Anything But Love

Hot Onions / Stockholm Stompers

Hot Onions, Stockholm Stompers

1970, LP, Album, Kenneth Records (2),

Rare, Hot & Fine Vol. 3

Dixieland/Swing

Les Haricots Rouges

1965, 7", EP, Ducretet Thomson

The Best Of Dixieland

Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars

Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars

Mack The Knife / Faithful Husar

The Boll Weevil Jass Band

Plays One More Time, Volume 3

3 Estrellas 3: Bing! Bang! Bong! / Canción De Amor De "Cintia" / Mack The Knife / Morgen

1960, 7", EP, Comp, Philips

Schicke Tanzmusik

1960, LP, Comp, Mono, Philips

Fascinatin' Dixieland Jazz

1960, LP, Comp, Columbia

Laurie London (England's 14-year Old Singing Sensation)

Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band*

At The Roundtable

Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band*

Music For Wise Guys & Boosters, Card Sharps & Crap Shooters

Louis Armstrong

St. Louis Blues

1958, 7", EP, RE, Columbia

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

New Orleans Shuffle

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Vol. 1

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Vol.2

Bop/Dixieland/Swing/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz

Dixieland Sampler

Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars / Turk Murphy & His Band*

A Theme From The Threepenny Opera (Mack The Knife) / A Theme From The Threepenny Opera (Moritat)

1956, 7", Promo, Columbia

Louis Armstrong U. S. All-Stars*

Mack The Knife / Back O'Town Blues

1956, 7", Single, Mono, Philips

Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band*

South / Hard Hearted Hannah [The Vamp Of Savannah]

Eddie Condon And His All-Stars

Eddie Condon's Treasury Of Jazz

Louis Armstrong And Eddie Condon

Louis Armstrong And Eddie Condon At Newport

History Of Classic Jazz

Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars

1956, Vinyl Push-out centre,

Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band*

Turk Murphy Plays Jelly Roll Morton

Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars

Mack The Knife / Back O'Town Blues

1955, Shellac, 10", Philips

Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars

A Theme From The Threepenny Opera (Mack The Knife) / Back O'Town Blues

1955, 7", Single, Columbia

Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band*

Turk Murphy's Red Hot Mamas

1955, Vinyl Hollywood Pressing,

Dixieland/Ragtime

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

George Lewis & His New Orleans Music / Turk Murphy's Jazz Band / Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band* / Pete Daily's Rhythm Kings

Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars

Back O'Town Blues / A Theme From The Threepenny Opera (Mack The Knife)

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band*

Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band

1954, 7", EP, Columbia

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

The San Francisco Style Vol. 2: Watters Originals & Ragtime

Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band*

When The Saints Go Marching In

Lu Watters’ Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

The San Francisco Style, Vol. 1

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Turk Murphy And His Jazz Band*

Barrelhouse Jazz

Ragtime Classics

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Bay City / Carewalkin' Babies

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Bunk Johnson And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band

Spirituals & Jazz

Bunk Johnson & The Yerba Buena Jazz Band

Bunk Johnson & The Yerba Buena Jazz Band

Careless Love / Down By The Riverside

1952, Vinyl Slightly flexible, hard plastic type material,

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Mesa 'Round / Oh Daddy

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Hot Time In The Old Town / Minstrels Of Annie Street

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

He's Just A Cousin Of Mine / Little John's Rag

1951, Shellac, 10", Good Time Jazz

Bunk Johnson & The Yerba Buena Jazz Band

Ace In The Hole / 2:19 Blues

Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Friendless Blues / I'm Goin' Huntin'

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

By And By / St. James Infirmary

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

After You've Gone / A Closer Walk With Thee

1950, Shellac, 10", Good Time Jazz

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Copenhagen / Jazzin' Babies Blues

1950, Shellac, 10", Melodisc (3)

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Canal Street Blues / Down By The Riverside

1950, Shellac, 10", Good Time Jazz

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Darktown Strutters Ball / Irish Black Bottom

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Waiting For The Robert E. Lee / Struttin With Some Barbecue

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Trombone Rag / Ragtime Dance

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

1919 Rag / Curse Of An Aching Heart

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Grandpa's Spells / All The Wrongs You've Done To Me

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

When My Sugar Walks Down The Street / Chimes Blues

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Papa Dip / Turks Blues

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

New Orleans Stomp / Trouble In Mind

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Come Back, Sweet Papa / Tiger Rag

Turk Murphy's Bay City Stompers

Shake That Thing / Kansas City Man Blues

Turk Murphy's Bay City Stompers

Yellow Dog Blues / Brother Lowdown

Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Working Man Blues / Big Bear Stomp

Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Sunburst Rag / Trombone Rag

Bunk Johnson & The Yerba Buena Jazz Band

When I Move To The Sky / Nobody's Fault But Mine

Lu Watters Band With Bunk Johnson

Careless Love Blues / Ace In The Hole

1943, Shellac, 10", Ltd, Jazz Collector

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Muskrat Ramble / Smokey Mokes

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Maple Leaf Rag / Black & White Rag

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

At A Georgia Camp Meeting / Original Jelly Roll Blues

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Temptation Rag / Fidgety Feet

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Irish Black Bottom / Memphis Blues

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

London Blues / Sunset Cafe Stomp

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Daddy Do / Milenberg Joys

Lu Watters' Yerba Bueno Jazz Band*

Riverside Blues / Cake Walking Babies

Mal Hallett And His Orchestra

Big Boy Blue / Ridin' High

1938, Shellac, 10", RE, Decca

Mal Hallett And His Orchestra

Big Boy Blue / Ridin' High

1937, Shellac, 10", Decca

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Unissued Live Recordings From Hambone Kelly's, Volume 3

LP, Album, Homespun Records (3)

The United States Air Force Band Of The Rockies, Captain Matthew S. Henry*

CD, Album, Not On Label,

Classical/Baroque/Romantic/Modern

Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

South / Richard M. Jones Blues

Shellac, 10", West Coast Recordings (2)

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Air Shots From The Dawn Club 1941

LP, Homespun Records (3)

Turk Murphy's New Orleans Jazz Band*

Live At Easy Street

LP, RE, Dawn Club,

High Sierra Jazz Band

LP, Clambake Records

Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band*

Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band

10", Album, Deutscher Schallplattenclub, Verve Records

Live From The Dawn Club

LP, Album, Fairmont Records

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band, Vol. 4

7", EP, Good Time Jazz, Good Time Jazz,

Ragtime/Dixieland

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band, Vol. 3

7", EP, Good Time Jazz, Good Time Jazz

Bunk Johnson & The Yerba Buena Jazz Band

The Girls Go Crazy / Ory's Creole Trombone

Shellac, 10", Good Time Jazz

Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Emperor Norton's Hunch / Harlem Rag

Shellac, 10", West Coast Recordings (2)

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band San Francisco Memories

LP, Merry Makers Record Company

Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

New Orleans Joys / Panama

Shellac, 10", Mono, West Coast Recordings (2)

Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Sage Hen Strut / Climax Rag

Shellac, 10", Mono, West Coast Recordings (2)

Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Aint Gonna Give / Triangle Jazz Blues

Shellac, 10", Mono, West Coast Recordings (2)

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Little John's Rag / He's Just A Cousin Of Mine

7", Single, Mono, Good Time Jazz

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band* / Bob Helm's Riverside Roustabouts

San Francisco Style

LP, Comp, Riverside Records,

Il Trombone Nel Jazz

2xLP, Comp, Philips,

The Turk Murphy Band Of San Francisco*

Ragged But Right

LP, Jazz & Jazz (2)

The Back Bay Jazz Band

Better Late Than Never

LP, Back Bay Records (2)

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Sentimental Journeys

LP, Album, Merry Makers Record Company, Merry Makers Record Company

Wally Rose / Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Sunburst Rag / Trombone Rag

Shellac, 10", Dixieland Jubilee

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

1941-1942 Air Shots From The Dawn Club

CD, Comp, Merry Makers Record Company

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Barrelhouse Jazz

Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars

Take It, Satch!

7", EP, 3-p, Philips

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

The Best Of Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band

Eddie Condon And His All Stars*

I've Found A New Baby / Duff Campbell's Revenge

The Big Four No. 2

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Creole Belles / Chattanooga Stomp

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Concert In The Park

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

San Francisco Jazz

The Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Lu Watters: 1947

Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

Antigua Blues / Canal St. Blues

Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band*

1919 Rag / Ostrich Walk

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Storyville Blues / Ory's Creole Trombone

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Turk Murphy's Jazz Band

Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band*

Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band

Turk Murphy Jazz Band*

Jazz At Newport '56 - '61

2014, 3xCD, Comp, Not Now Music,

The Sound Of Dixieland

1999, CD, Comp, RCA Victor, BMG Classics,

The Good Time Jazz Story

Jelly Roll Morton's Jams

1993, CD, Comp, Verve Records,

Ragtime/Big Band/Piano Blues

1986, 15x Vinyl, Box Set,

Bop/Post Bop/Fusion/Dixieland/Avant-garde Jazz/Modal

Ragtime/Dixieland

The Best Of Dixieland

Dazzling Jazz - Traditional

Ragtime/Dixieland/Swing

This Is Jazz No. 1

1954, 6", Red, Columbia, Columbia

Diamond Jubilee Showcase - Rexall's 60th Anniversary - Volume 2

LP, Comp, Columbia Special Products

Ragtime Jubilee

2xLP, Comp, WEA International