John Murtaugh has been played on NTS shows including Gong Sounds w/ PRMTVO, with The Floater first played on 9 December 2016.

John E. Murtaugh (Minneapolis, MN, USA, 30 October 1927 - 2017) was an American saxophonist arranger and composer. In 1970 he released his only album "Blues Current" (Polydor) with Herbie Hancock (piano), Gerald Jemmott (bass), Bernard Purdie (drums) and John Murtaugh on Moog synthesizer.

He played with Jackie Paris, Urbie Green (Urbie Green Sextett, Blue Note, 1954), Les Elgart („Harlem Nocturne“), Hubert Laws, Les McCann, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Higgins, Bobby Scott (Bobby Scott and Two Horns, 1956) and Grady Tate („Movin’…