No other singer today takes as many risks on the bandstand as Mark Murphy. The level of drama that he can conjure up in a ballad is unparalleled. And the degree of sheer vocal abandon that he demonstrates from song to song, from night to night, is unmatched in the annals of jazz. Recorded on-stage in Vienna, Mark gives a performance full of dips, falsetto wails, mini-yodels and other assorted and utterly off-the-cuff Murphy-isms on a repertoire of tunes mostly associated with Miles Davis. Also included is a recently penned paean to Miles by Murphy and recorded as a touching voice/piano duet in the studio after the gig. If, as writer Whitney Balliet once described it, jazz is the sound of surprise, then Mark Murphy is a quintessential jazz singer. And he offers up an endless supply of swinging surprises on Bop For Miles With Mark Murphy (vocals), Allan Praskin (saxophones), Peter Mihelich (piano), Achim Tang (bass), Vito Lesczak (drums). 11 Tracks. Recorded in Vienna, Austria on May 10, 1990 (Tracks 1 thru 10) & M & I Studio on July 30, 1999 (Track 11)..