September Ballads
| September Ballads | ||||
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | September 15–17, 1987 and November 8 and 22, 1987 | |||
| Studio | Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 50:00 | |||
| Label | Milestone | |||
| Producer | Larry Dunlap | |||
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September Ballads is a 1987 studio album by Mark Murphy.
September Ballads is the 27th recorded album by American jazz vocalist Mark Murphy. It was recorded when Murphy was 55 years old and released by Milestone Records in the United States in 1989. The release is an all-ballad session featuring the work of then contemporary composers.
Mark Murphy recorded September Ballads in three days in September and two days in November 1987 with producer and arranger Larry Dunlap. Murphy is accompanied by guests Larry Coryell on electric guitar and Art Farmer on flugelhorn.
The release includes Murphy's own lyrics to Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays's "September Fifteenth" and his original composition "Sausalito".