RCA Victor – LSP-2624Rec. Dates : June 26, 1962, July 3, 1962, August 13, 1962Stream this Album Alto Sax : Paul DesmondBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : John Beal, Joe Benjamin, Wendell MarshallDrums : Connie Kay, Mel Lewis Billboard : 11/10/1962Jazz Spotlight Album Modern jazz listeners should welcome this one with open arms. It spotlights two of the most eloquent witty and…
Pacific – PJ-1228Rec. Date : December 6, 1956Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Bill CrowDrums : Dave BaileyPiano : Bob Brookmeyer, Gerry MulliganValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer AudioCharles A. Robertson : August, 1957 A pause in the travels of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet permitted this potent recording last December in the precincts of Boston’s Storyville. Though there are…
EmArcy – MG 36101Rec. Dates : October 22, 1955, January 25, 1956, September 26, 1956Stream this Album (YT only) Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Peck Morrison, Bill CrowDrums : Dave BaileyPiano : Bob BrookmeyerTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrumpet : Jon Eardley, Don FerraraValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Cashbox : 04/13/1957 One of the mainstays of modern jazz, Gerry Mulligan, has brought his sextet around…
Pacific – PJ-1210Rec. Date : June 1, 1954, June 3, 1954, June 7, 1954Stream this Album (YT only) Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Red MitchellDrums : Frank IsolaValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 03/03/1956Spotlight on…. selection Bernie’s Tune and The Lady Is a Tramp, included here, are also in the Mulligan Sextet EmArcy set reviewed last week, but Mulligan fans will probably…
EmArcy – MG 36056Rec. Dates : September 21, 1955, September 22, 1955, October 31, 1955Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Peck MorrisonDrums : Dave BaileyPiano : Bob BrookmeyerTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrumpet : Jon EardleyValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 02/25/1956Spotlight on… selection This is the first new Mulligan in a long time, and his big debut disk for…
Verve – MGV-8246Rec. Dates : August 2, 1957, August 27, 1957Stream this Album Alto Sax : Paul DesmondBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Joe BenjaminDrums : Dave Bailey Billboard : 12/12/1957Spotlight on… selection The clarity of Paul Desmond‘s alto and the warm intensity of Gerry Mulligan on baritone were never so richly captured as they are on this, their first package together.…
Pacific – PJ-1201Rec. Dates : November 12, 1954, December 14, 1954Album is Not Streamable Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Red MitchellDrums : Chico Hamilton, Larry BunkerPiano : Gerry Mulligan, Bob BrookmeyerTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrumpet : Jon EardleyValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 05/07/1955Score of 81 In December, 1954, Mulligan temporarily disbanded his quartet. Two of the last concerts before doing so…
Riverside – RLP 12-247Rec. Dates : August 12, 1957, August 13, 1957Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganPiano : Thelonious MonkBass : Wilbur WareDrums : Shadow Wilson Billboard : 11/18/1957Special Merit Jazz Album A significant album in which these two major modern figures engage in relaxed, conversational jazz, and are obviously challenged by each other. Though their basic…
Prestige – PRLP 7023Rec. Dates : May 26, 1949, August 23, 1949, October 5, 1951 Trombone : J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Bennie GreenBaritone Sax : Gerry Mulligan, Rudy WilliamsBass : Leonard Gaskin, Curley Russell, Tommy PotterDrums : Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Art BlakeyPiano : John Lewis, George Wallington, Teddy BrannonTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins, Brew Moore, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Big Nick NicholasTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Listening to Prestige : #8, #14, #50Stream this Album Billboard : 04/07/1956Score…
Prestige – PRLP 7013Rec. Dates : June 21, 1949, January 6, 1950, March 15, 1950, March 8, 1951, October 5, 1951 Trumpet : Miles Davis, Don Ferrara, Howard McGhee, Al PorcinoAlto Sax : Lee Konitz, Charlie Kennedy, Jackie McLeanBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Gene Ramey, Chubby Jackson, Tommy Potter, Arnold FishkinDrums : Stan Levey, Don Lamond, Roy Haynes, Max Roach, Art BlakeyGuitar : Billy BauerPiano : Al Haig, Tony Aless, Sal Mosca, Walter Bishop Jr.Tenor Sax…
