I'll Close My Eyes (Mark Murphy album)

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I'll Close My Eyes
Studio album by
Mark Murphy
Released1991 (1994 CD release)
RecordedDecember 16–17, 1991
GenreVocal jazz
Length36:55
LabelMuse
ProducerLarry Fallon
Mark Murphy chronology
What a Way to Go
(1990) 		I'll Close My Eyes
(1991) 		Night Mood
(1991)

I'll Close My Eyes is a 1991 studio album by Mark Murphy.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
[1]
MusicHound Jazz[2]

The

Allmusic review by Scott Yanow described Murphy's recordings for Muse Records as "...among the most rewarding of his career", adding that "His eccentric improvising is an acquired taste worth gaining...An interesting outing that sounds quite contemporary while tied to the jazz tradition."[1] The All About Jazz reviewer wrote: "I'll Close My Eyes is a classic and should be a part of every serious jazz lover's CD collection."[3]

Andrew Gilbert writing in MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide assigns the album 4.5 bones[4] and says, "Murphy turns everything he sings into jazz. He even transforms the moldy old Bread tune "If" into a torchy ballad".[4]

Track listing

  1. "I'll Close My Eyes" (Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid) – 5:36
  2. "If" (David Gates) – 3:19
  3. "Happyin'" (Flip Nunez) – 4:06
  4. "Miss You Mr. Mercer" (Duncan Lamont, Jack Segal) – 5:05
  5. "Small World" (Reuben Brown) – 3:09
  6. "There Is No Reason Why" (Patti Linardos) – 3:42
  7. "Time on My Hands" (Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans) – 4:05
  8. "Ugly Woman" (Howlett Smith) – 5:07
  9. "Not Like This" (Jeremy Lubbock) – 2:46

Personnel

References

  1. ^
    Allmusic
    . Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  2. ISBN 978-1-57859-031-5
    .
  3. ^ Grim, William (July 15, 2002). "Mark Murphy: I'll Close My Eyes". All About Jazz. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-1-57859-031-5
    .
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