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

1. Riverside Records discography accessed November 6, 2012
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 6, 2012
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 150. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.