Mark Murphy Quotes

It took half a lifetime just to learn how to grab my audience. I didn�t really get my music together until I was about 40. Then I started working with these musicians out in Cincinnati, Ohio. I started getting my repertoire together. It was sort of like having my own trio off and on for three years. 
Mark Murphy

I just about burned myself out! Irish people many times step back and take a good look at what they�ve been doing. I went to teach. Sheila Jordon got me this job in Gratz, Austria at the music school there. I was in and out of there for about 10 years. I learned a great deal of stuff there and bit-by-bit . . . 
Mark Murphy

There are a lot of jazz artists living in Pennsylvania. Many things are happening in Pennsylvania jazz-wise�Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, all around there. The Mellon Jazz Festival supports the entire Pennsylvania jazz scene in the area, as well as the Manchester Craftsman�s Guild.
Mark Murphy