Murphy's Law----
Julien Wilson - saxophone
Shannon Barnett - trombone
Nashua Lee - guitar
Tamara Murphy - double bass
Joe Talia - drums and objects
Influences
Steve Coleman, Charlie Haden, Dave Holland, Bjork, Feist, Radiohead, Aphex, The Bad Plus, The Necks, The Catholics, The Alcahotlicks, Stevie Maggs, Donny Hathaway, Jill Scott, oh, there are so many more
Tamara Murphy lives in Melbourne, Australia, where she does some gigs and generally hangs about. Occasionally, she teaches a bit and sometimes even documents music through various recording processes.
She plays with other people too, like Allan Browne, David Rex, Mark Fitzgibbon, Cam McAllister 5tet, Julien Wilson, Geoff Hughes, Stephen Magnussen, Andrea Keller, Joe Talia, Shannon Barnett and Nashua Lee.
Tamara has done a few trips overseas playing music with the Cologne New Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and in 2003, Tamara also spent a period of time in New York City, studying with bassist/composer Mark Helias (funded by an Australia Arts Council Development grant). She has also toured throughout Switzerland (in 2004) and last year she went to Banff (Canada)and had a pretty good time, hanging about over there with other musicians.
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"Telling Tales" - Murphy's Law
(newmarket)
"Carried by the Sun" - Keller-Murphy-Browne
(jazzhead)
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"Street Art" - Murphy's Law & string quartet & turntables!!! Inspired by electronica and performed live!!!! soundvault.com.au (or outside Australia: cdbaby.com.au)
Murphy's Law's second album: "Tanuki's Revenge" - out now through soundvault records (or on cdbaby if you're outside Australia)
Don’t miss the one and only show of Gypsy guitar legend Lulo Reinhardt
direct from Europe with 6 piece band. Grand-nephew of Jazz legend
Django Reinhardt, nephew of the Gypsy violin master Schnuckenack
Reinhardt and from a traditionally long line of musicians Lulo
represents one of the most unique voices in Gypsy-Jazz music today.
Hey Tamara, i enjoyed the gig the other night... Here's that review from the 2009 February issue of Limelight... there is a slight chance that i may have gone on a retro trip with some Eurythmics, it may have been a little early in the morning, tris.
