Bleeding Gums Murphy....

[Jules]

does anyone know who 'voices' Bleeding Gums Murphy's sax in the Simpsons? The couple of episodes with him in have some storming sax playing in....

 

[nick_cook]

From Wilkipedia...

Bleeding Gums Murphy

Bleeding Gums Murphy"Bleeding Gums" Murphy, voiced by Ron Taylor and Daryl L. Coley, was a jazz musician and idol of Lisa Simpson.[2] He only predominantly appeared in the episodes "Moaning Lisa" and "'Round Springfield", and made brief appearances in "Dancin' Homer", "Old Money", "Flaming Moe's, "Radio Bart", and "Lisa's Pony". He also always appears in the opening credits during the theme song, when Bart passes by him skating.

Bleeding Gums learned his musical skills "at the feet of" 'Blind Willie' Witherspoon." He recorded only one album called Sax on the Beach, which was extremely lucrative, but he soon went broke after spending too much of his money on several Faberg? eggs. In "'Round Springfield" he revealed that he had once made a guest appearance on The Cosby Show in 1986 as the Huxtable children's grandfather, as well as appearing on Steve Allen's Tonight Show. He made his final appearance in "'Round Springfield".[3] When Bart ends up in the hospital after eating a jagged metal Krusty-O, Lisa finds Bleeding Gums in a hospital bed in a nearby ward. He explains about his life, family, and work to her as well as giving her advice for her upcoming school performance, lending her his saxophone. When Lisa returns she finds out that Bleeding Gums has died from circumstances that are never revealed. No one, except for Lisa, attended Murphy's funeral. Bleeding Gums Murphy is loosely based on Blind Lemon Jefferson.[4] The voice of Bleeding Gums Murphy was provided by Ron Taylor, while his saxophone playing is provided by Dan Higgins.[5] In the episode "Dancin' Homer" he was voiced by Daryl L. Coley.[6] Murphy has been a fixture of The Simpsons' opening sequence since Season Two, even after his death.[7]

 

[jambo]

I saw an Episode with bleeding Gums the other day.

Does anyone know what horn he plays? It sounded like an Alto to me, but i'm not completely sure

 

[spike]

i think murphy plays alto but dan higgins plays 'em all check out www.danhiggins.net

 

[joey6491]

he plays alto and tenor i think, like lisa plays baritone and tenor also, if u look each episode the sax changes shape and colour lol
and bleeding gums was the whole reason i started playing sax 😛