{{Short description|Canadian jazz saxophonist and composer}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2012}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Mike Murley | image =Mike-Murley DSC05315.jpg | caption = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|12|12|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada | genre = Jazz | occupation = Musician, composer | instrument = Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = The Shuffle Demons | website = {{URL|mikemurley.com}} }}
'''Mike Murley''' (born December 12, 1961) is a Canadian jazz saxophonist and composer from Windsor, Nova Scotia who was a member of the Shuffle Demons<ref name="Yanow">{{cite web |last1=Yanow |first1=Scott |title=Mike Murley |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mike-murley-mn0000895467/biography |website=AllMusic |accessdate=2 March 2019 }}</ref> from 1984 to 1989 and Time Warp.
==Education== He graduated from the music program at York University in Toronto in 1986 with a BFA.<ref>University of Toronto Jazz Studies Blog {{cite web |url=http://www.uoftjazz.ca/2013/02/juno-nomination |accessdate=30 April 2013 |title=UofTJazz.ca }}</ref> He also studied saxophone with Don Palmer in Halifax, Pat LaBarbera in Toronto, and Dave Liebman at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and New York City. He studied improvisation and composition with Dave Holland in Banff and New York City.
== Career == He played with the Shuffle Demons<ref name="Yanow"/> from 1984–1989 and in Time Warp. He has also been a sideman for David Occhipinti, David Braid, Rob McConnell, Metalwood, and Harrison Squared (with Harry Vetro and Harrison Argatoff).<ref>Jazz Journal{{cite web |url=https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2020/03/04/harrison2-trout-in-swimwear/|accessdate=2020-03-04|title=jazzjournal.co.uk|date=4 March 2020 }}</ref> His main instrument is tenor saxophone, which he plays in the Murley/Braid Quartet. He has received several Juno Awards.<ref>Juno Awards Database {{cite web |url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/artist-summary/?artist_name=Mike+Murley&exclude_losses=1&submit=Search |accessdate=30 April 2013|title=junoawards.ca/|work=The JUNO Awards }}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.mikemurley.com/ MikeMurley.com] *[http://www.campIMC.ca www.campIMC.ca] *[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p108363/biography|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic] *[http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=226587 Cronica] *[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-jazz-honoured-at-annual-awards-1.538837 CBC] *[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mike-murley-emc Canadian Encyclopedia of Music]
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