John Murph
John’s Contributions
05/24/13 Features
Dear Abbey: Marc Cary Pays Tribute to a Legendary Singer
Abbey Lincoln celebrated on keyboardist's newest release
05/14/13 Albums
Life Forum
Gerald Clayton
Gerald Clayton switches up his game on this thrilling disc. He ups the conceptual ante and widens his sonic palette to include trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, saxophonists Logan Richardson and Dayna Stephens, and singers Gretchen Parlato and Sachal Vasandani...
03/26/13 Albums
House of Legends
Courtney Pine
Nearly three decades since emerging as a solo artist, Courtney Pine remains a thrilling showman on the saxophone, prone to show off his virtuosity—especially his mastery of circular breathing—even when it’s not necessarily in service of the music. Pine’s...
12/10/12 Features
Joe Chambers: The Big Picture
Whatever you do, don't call this multi-tasker "just a drummer"
07/04/12 Albums
The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection
George Duke
What perfect timing for two grand box sets of classic jazz-funk and fusion. Whether they realize it or not, current groove-savvy artists like Robert Glasper, Esperanza Spalding, Flying Lotus and Thundercat are indebted to the ’70s work of keyboardist George...
06/06/12 Features
Don Byron: Song of a Preacher Fan
From professional struggles to televangelism: a musical-spiritual story
05/29/12 Features
Alfredo Rodríguez: Far From Home, Pursuing Happiness
With his Quincy Jones-produced Debut, a pianist emerges
03/30/12 Features
Gregory Porter: Jazz's Next Great Male Vocalist
Embracing the struggle between joy and pain
01/23/12 Features
Luis Perdomo: A Bandleader Made, Not Born
“It just feels right” to emerge as leader, says the pianist
11/21/11 Features
John Hollenbeck’s Natural Impulses
The drummer-composer on the importance of being himself
08/28/11 Features
Seth MacFarlane: From Cartooning to Crooning
Family Guy creator goes Sinatra on lush big-band vocal debut
05/30/11 Features
JD Allen: Victory of the Underdog
After years of hard knocks and inner turmoil, JD Allen emerges with one of jazz's best and brawniest trios.
05/03/11 Features
Peter Eldridge: Pop, Life
Vocalist Peter Eldridge applies pop values and lyrical smarts on the Latin-tinged Mad Heaven
03/30/11 Features
Andrew D’Angelo: Mind Power
After a miraculous recovery from brain cancer, saxophonist Andrew D’Angelo returns inspired, focused and humbled
March 2011 Features
Freedom Suite: Let the Music Speak
Nnenna Freelon and son Pierce craft a natural, engaging blend of jazz and hip-hop on Freedom Suite
December 2010 Features
Rhapsody in Rainbow: Jazz and the Queer Aesthetic
A look at how gay jazz musicians have dealt with their identity through their music
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ReportAbout John Murph
John Murph is a Washington, D.C.-based music, art and pop culture journalist. His work has been published in JazzTimes, Down Beat, JazzWise and Vibe magazines; in the Washington Post, the Washington Post Express and the Washington City Paper newspapers; and on the NPR, BET Interactive and the Root Web sites. He also hosts a bi-weekly radio show on WPFW-FM (89.3).