Spencer Murphy

[1] Murphy had an extended residency at Smalls Jazz Club from 2007-2017, leading a quintet that included Tivon Pennicott, Stacy Dillard, John Chin, and Lawrence Leathers.

He played bass with Garzon-Montano's subsequent solo project through 2015, performing at South by Southwest, as well as opening for Lenny Kravitz's Strut World Tour.

In October of 2021, he presented "GRASS," an original work for poetry and music at The Owl in Brooklyn, which featured Bartlett, Oren Bloedow, Taja Cheek, and Craig Weinrib.

[6][7] The same month, he originated the bass chair in the premiere of Only an Octave Apart, starring Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanzo, with music direction from Thomas Bartlett and arrangements by Nico Muhly.

[9] In August of 2022, he performed with Helado Negro and Silvana Estrada at Central Park Summerstage,[10] celebrating the release of Doris Muñoz biopic Mija.