That's How I Love the Blues!

That's How I Love the Blues!
Studio album by Mark Murphy
Released	1963
Recorded	October - December, 1962 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:24
Label	Riverside RLP 441
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Mark Murphy chronology
Rah! (1961) That's How I Love the Blues! (1962) Swingin' Singin' Affair (1965)

That's How I Love the Blues! is an album by American jazz vocalist Mark Murphy featuring tracks recorded in late 1962 for the Riverside label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "Murphy is in top early form".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Going to Chicago Blues" (Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing) - 4:14
2. "Señor Blues" (Horace Silver) - 2:27
3. "That's How I Love the Blues" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) - 3:47
4. "Jelly Jelly Blues" (Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines) - 3:25
5. "(I'm Left with The) Blues in My Heart" (Benny Carter, Irving Mills) - 2:13
6. "Fiesta in Blue" (Benny Goodman, Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert, Jimmy Mundy) - 3:13
7. "Rusty Dusty Blues" (J. Mayo Williams) - 2:05
8. "Blues in the Night" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 3:39
9. "The Meaning of the Blues" (Bobby Troup, Leah Worth) - 2:52
10. "Everybody's Crazy 'Bout the Doggone Blues" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) - 2:25
11. "Blues, You're the Mother of Sin" (Billy Eckstine, Sid Kuller) - 3:19
12. "Wee Baby Blues" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) - 5:17

Personnel

• Mark Murphy - vocals
• Clark Terry, Nick Travis, Snooky Young - trumpet
• Roger Kellaway - piano
• Dick Hyman, Bernie Leighton - organ
• Jim Hall - guitar
• Ben Tucker - bass
• Dave Bailey - drums
• Willie Rodriguez - congas, timpani
• Al Cohn - arranger

References