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American musician
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Chris Murphy is an American musician, violinist, bandleader, and composer who has been composing and performing music for over 30 years. His music combines jazz, blues, country, classical, ethnic, and electronic music. Chris has performed in over 40 U.S. states, including Hawaii, and in England and Ireland. He has lived, worked, and studied in New York City, Boston, Seattle, and his current home, Los Angeles, United States.
Discography
- On a Blue Afternoon
- Chris' jazz & swing concept album paying tribute to Chet Baker, Stephen Grappelli, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stuff Smith, and Billie Holiday.
- Salton Songs
- Moody, expansive, techno, electronic, trance, world music, violin loneliness, and love songs.
- Noir
- A documentation of Chris' solo violin show, includes his innovative and original use of loops and electronics. Spans the globe stylistically from classical to folk to ambient soundscapes.
- Juniper
- 10 Bowfire, heart-pumping bluegrass, Celtic, bayou, drinks for everyone, you're-gonna-get-hurt fiddle tunes.
- Broken Wheel
- Mississippi Mud meets sweaty Chicago in an all-night juke joint jumping with despair, distortion and Jesus.
- Falling Sky (Beasts of Fabulous Elegance)
- A new violin/drums duo project with punk rock legend D.J. Bonebrake.
- Luminous
- Chris' latest ensemble record features collaborations with John Doe and D.J. Bonebrake from X, Victoria Williams, Tim Rutili from Califone, Larry Taylor and Steven Hodges from Tom Waits band, Nathan Larson, Nels Cline from Wilco.
- Seven Crows
- His latest album. A mystical, brooding, romantic, sensual violin journey, recorded with only his electric violin, a looping machine, and some cheap guitar pedals, Seven Crows is rich with layered violin fantasies, swirly bowed dreams, ostinato plucked recipes and Chris' lush garage rock string orchestration mining the emotional terrain of love, life, and adventure. A fascinating 13 song album recorded and mixed by Colin Studybaker (Iron & Wine, Califone) and Erik Colvin, and produced by Kristian Dunn (Soft Lights, El Ten Eleven).