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Backgrounder: Spud Murphy - Gone With the Woodwinds
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Lyle “Spud" Murphy was one of the more fascinating figures in jazz and today is among the least known. Murphy was a multi-instrumentalist, bandleader and arranger. He was one of Benny Goodman's arrangers in the mid-1930s and wrote charts for many other bands.? But his claim to fame was his 12-volume course in composing, arranging, and orchestration for the professional musician titled The Equal Interval System. He taught mostly in Los Angeles. His EIS was?a modern system of music composition ...
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Spud Murphy
Born: August 19, 1908
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