Bob Murphy

"One of Canada's great pianists in the modern idiom."
- Mark Miller, Globe & Mail

"Bob Murphy is recognized by his peers as one of the hottest jazz pianists in Canada. ... monumentally talented ... Murphy's soulful heart informs every note he plays"
- Renee Doruyter, Vancouver Province

" ... one of this country's best jazz pianists ... Always lyrical, he builds a mood; when it is his turn to solo he takes each song one more step inside ... Hauntingly beautiful."
- Marke Andrews, Vancouver Sun

Bob Murphy played his first night club gig at the Smiling Buddha Cabaret on Hastings St. in Vancouver in 1959 at the age of 14. Since then he has done just about everything a professional musician does to make a living in the music business but his first love.