Turk Murphy | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Melvin Edward Alton Murphy |
| Born | December 16, 1915 Palermo, California, U.S. |
| Died | May 30, 1987 (aged 71) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Traditional jazz, Dixieland jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, bandleader |
| Instrument | Trombone |
| Labels | Verve |
Melvin Edward Alton "Turk" Murphy (December 16, 1915 – May 30, 1987)[1] was an American trombonist and bandleader, who played traditional and Dixieland jazz.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1781/2. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.