Melvin Edward Alton "Turk" Murphy (December 16, 1915 – May 30, 1987)[1] was an American trombonist and bandleader, who played traditional and Dixieland jazz.

[1] Murphy served in the Navy during World War II, during which he played and recorded with Lu Watters and Bunk Johnson.

They played at the Italian Village at Columbus and Lombard in San Francisco's North Beach.

Other notable band members included trumpeters Don Kinch and Leon Oakley; pianists Pete Clute, Don Keeler, and Ray Skjelbred; banjoist Carl Lunsford, tuba and trombonist Bill Carroll, singers Pat Yankee and Jimmy Stanislaw.

Murphy's band played his nightclub, Earthquake McGoon's,[3] which opened in 1960 and moved three times before closing in 1984.