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Art Murphy was born on 25 January, 1942 in United States, is an American jazz musician. Discover Art Murphy's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

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Age 64 years old
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Born 25 January, 1942
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Date of death 19 November, 2006
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1942

Arthur "Art" Bixler Murphy (January 25, 1942 – November 19, 2006) was a classical and jazz musician, pianist and composer.

He was born in Princeton, New Jersey.

He grew up in Oberlin, OH, where his father was a member of the Oberlin College faculty.

Murphy was a founding member of the Philip Glass and Steve Reich Ensembles, and played a key role in the development of minimalist music.

1960

In the early 1960s, Murphy also met pianist Bill Evans and became a close friend and confidant until Evans' death in 1980.

1963

While attending Juilliard, Murphy worked with the composer and arranger Hall Overton on arrangements for a Thelonious Monk big band concert in New York in 1963.

1964

Murphy’s second daughter, born in 1964, was named Miriam Evan, after Evans.

Murphy became the chief transcriptionist for Evans’ solos, playing Evans’ records at 16 rpm to make sure he got every note.

1965

"...the direct result of my work in 1965-66 on two identical audio loops played simultaneously on two separate tape recorders... Over the course of several months, Art Murphy and I – by first working at home playing against tape recordings of our own performance, and then playing on two pianos – found that, while we lacked the perfection of the machine, we could give a good approximation of it and we got to like this totally new and particularly satisfying way of playing, which was completely worked out in advance and eliminated the necessity of actually reading a score. The result was that we became totally absorbed in listening while we were playing the piece."

Though Murphy was classically trained and played a key role in minimalist composition and performance, his true musical love was jazz.

1966

He received a master's degree in Composition in 1966 from the Juilliard School of Music in New York City, NY, where he studied with composer Luciano Berio and received several BMI Foundation composition prizes.

Murphy’s classmates at Juilliard included composers Steve Reich and Philip Glass.

Reich's ensemble was formed in 1966.

The original three members were Reich, Art Murphy and Jon Gibson.

Reich sought out Murphy’s knowledge of serial composition and changing time signatures to help give life to the new musical concepts they developed.

1967

Reich explained how he worked with Murphy on the piece Piano Phase (1967):

1970

In the 1970s, Murphy began work as an actuary and as a systems analyst, working for various employers and he occasionally performed as a jazz pianist at various venues in the New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia areas.

1996

Many of these transcriptions were published and performed by other artists such as classical pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, who recorded a 1996 album entitled Conversations with Bill Evans.

2004

Murphy retired from full-time employment after learning of his cancer diagnosis in late 2004.

He resumed work as a jazz pianist.

For a time, Murphy played jazz piano weekly at the Plumsteadville Inn, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

He also performed at other Bucks County venues such as Maggie's Place in Doylestown and La Cena in Bensalem.

2006

Murphy’s last musical performance was on November 4, 2006 at La Cena.

Murphy died at his Flemington, New Jersey home on November 19, 2006.