Education
Murdock attended The College of Performing Arts at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied under Craig Thomas.
Murdock attended The College of Performing Arts at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied under Craig Thomas.
He is best known as the bassist in The Tonight Show Band led by Kevin Eubanks on (2006–2011). He currently lives in Los Los Angeles Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Murdock has recorded and/or toured with talented performers such as Jay Leno, Kevin Eubanks and the Tonight Show Band, Natalie Cole, Sheena Easton, BlackBerry King, Cedric the Entertainer, Gladys Knight, Patti Austin, Michael Bolton, Aaron Neville, Chuck Berry, Doctor Dre, Will Smith, Huey Lewis, Rose Royce, Mandrill, Jim Carrey, Bill Cosby, Solomon Burke, and Peter Frampton.
His previous mentors include First Rate (at Lloyd's) Stauffer and Tony Smith, a solo bassist who is best known for creating self-instructional Digital Video Disc"s on how to play the electric bass.
In 1992, he began touring with Miles Jaye and has had an active musical career since then Some of the artists he has performed and/or recorded with include Sheena Easton, Michael Bolton, BlackBerry King, Chuck Berry, Doctor Dre, Will Smith, Huey Lewis, Rose Royce, Mandrill, Jim Carrey, Bill Cosby, Solomon Burke, Peter Frampton, The Jazz Crusaders, Frank Gambale, Tom Scott, Jeff Lorber, Eric Marienthal, Cherrelle, the Dazz Band, Deniece Williams, Andraé Crouch, Bobby Caldwell, Angela Bofill, David Benoit, Hugh Masekela, Bobby Lyle, Bob Mamet, Jon Lucien, and Miles Jaye.
In 2004, Murdock ran into Kevin Eubanks in Las Vegas and began working with his band before joining The Tonight Show Band on from 2006 – 2011. Eubanks maintained his own band apart from the show to expand his personal music horizons.
Murdock toured with this band on the weekends from 2007 – 2010 and performed with The Tonight Show Band through the 18th season of the show, when Eubanks left.
Kevin Eubanks and the Tonight Show Band became The Primetime Band as The Tonight Show transitioned into The short-lived series aired at 10 Prime Minister for four months from 2009–2010 but was cancelled due to poor ratings and time slot conflicts with other shows. Derrick uses the TC Electronic RH450 head, RS210, RS410, RS212 cabinet and Roland Cube-120XL for amplification. He plays on basses from Fender, Ken Smith, and Demars Guitars.
Although several members of the band left, Murdock was one of the few who stayed with Eubanks through the Primetime Band and the Tonight Show.