That's How I Love the Blues!

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Released 1963 Artist Mark Murphy Producer Orrin Keepnews Genre Jazz		Length 38:24 Release date 1963 Label Riverside Records

Recorded October - December, 1962New York City That's How I Love the Blues!(1962) Swingin' Singin' Affair(1965) Similar Mark Murphy albums, Jazz albums

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.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "Murphy is in top early form".

"Going to Chicago Blues" (Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing) - 4:14
"Señor Blues" (Horace Silver) - 2:27
"That's How I Love the Blues" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) - 3:47
"Jelly Jelly Blues" (Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines) - 3:25
"(I'm Left with The) Blues in My Heart" (Benny Carter, Irving Mills) - 2:13
"Fiesta in Blue" (Benny Goodman, Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert, Jimmy Mundy) - 3:13
"Rusty Dusty Blues" (J. Mayo Williams) - 2:05
"Blues in the Night" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 3:39
"The Meaning of the Blues" (Bobby Troup, Leah Worth) - 2:52
"Everybody's Crazy 'Bout the Doggone Blues" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) - 2:25
"Blues, You're the Mother of Sin" (Billy Eckstine, Sid Kuller) - 3:19
"Wee Baby Blues" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) - 5:17