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Mark Murphy: Love Is What Stays

We'll hear a new release from singer Mark Murphy, as well as a newly-released live 1977 duet between Ella Fitzgerald and Stevie Wonder.

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New release from singer Mark Murphy, Love Is What Stays, featuring Murphy's interpretation of standards such as "Angel Eyes" as well as a little-known Broadway song ("Did I Ever Really Live?") and a modern pop-rock tune (Coldplay's "What If").

This week on Afterglow we feature a new release from singer Mark Murphy, Love Is What Stays, featuring Murphy’s interpretation of standards such as “Angel Eyes” as well as a little-known Broadway song (“Did I Ever Really Live?”) and a modern pop-rock tune (Coldplay’s “What If”).

We’ll also hear a newly-released live 1977 duet between Ella Fitzgerald and Stevie Wonder and new music from Sonny Rollins, Joe Lovano and Hank Jones, and Larry Willis, along with Till Bronner and Madeleine Peyroux’s take on a Hank Williams classic and recordings by Brad Mehldau and Cassandra Wilson from a new Joni Mitchell tribute.

Music Heard On This Episode

The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Paul Desmond — Bossa Antigua (RCA/Bluebird, 1964)
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The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Paul Desmond — Bossa Antigua (RCA/Bluebird, 1964)
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You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Ella Fitzgerald/Stevie Wonder — We All Love Ella (Verve, 1977)
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Stairway to the Stars
Sonny Rollins — Sonny, Please (Doxy Records, 2007)
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Here, There and Everywhere
Karrin Allyson — Collage (Concord, 1996)
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That's All
Joe Williams/Ben Webster — Havin' a Good Time! (Hyena Records, 1964)
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Johnny Come Lately
Joe Lovano — Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life (Blue Note, 2007)
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Daydream
Carol Sloane — Dearest Duke (Arbors, 2007)
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Stolen Moments
Mark Murphy — Love Is What Stays (Verve, 2007)
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Angel Eyes
Mark Murphy — Love Is What Stays (Verve, 2007)
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My Foolish Heart
Mark Murphy — Love Is What Stays (Verve, 2007)
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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Till Bronner/Madeleine Peyroux — Oceana (EmArcy, 2007)
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Don't Interrupt the Sorrow
Brad Mehldau — A Tribute to Joni Mitchell (Nonesuch, 2007)
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For the Roses
Cassandra Wilson — A Tribute to Joni Mitchell (Nonesuch, 2007)
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The Watcher
Greg Osby — Invisible Hand (Blue Note, 2000)
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What If
Mark Murphy — Love Is What Stays (Verve, 2007)
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Did I Ever Really Live?
Mark Murphy — Love Is What Stays (Verve, 2007)
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Lazy Afternoon
Joe Lovano/Hank Jones — Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Blue Note, 2007)
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The Way We Were
Alan Bergman — Lyrically, Alan Bergman (Verve, 2007)
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Never Let Me Go
Larry Willis — Blue Fable (HighNote, 2007)
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Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, David Brent Johnson moved to Bloomington in 1991. He is an alumnus of Indiana University, and began working with WFIU in 2002. Currently, David serves as jazz producer and systems coordinator at the station. His interests include literature, history, music, writing, and movies.

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