Miles Davis – Birth of the Cool (1957)

Capitol – T-762Rec. Dates : January 21 & April 22, 1949, March 9, 1950 Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Lee KonitzArranger/Conductor : Gerry Mulligan, Gil Evans, John Carisi, John LewisBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Al McKibbon, Joe Shulman, Nelson BoydDrums : Kenny Clarke, Max RoachFrench Horn : Gunther Schuller, Junior

Gerry Mulligan – What Is There To Say? (1959)

Columbia – CL 1307Rec. Dates : December 17 & 23, 1958, January 15, 1959Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Bill CrowDrums : Dave BaileyTrumpet : Art Farmer   Accompanying Longread: New Yorker Profile of Gerry Mulligan, March 1959 (21,000 words) Cashbox : 04/18/1959 Mulligan’s ubiquitous baritone sax is once again an LP

Paul Desmond / Gerry Mulligan – Two of a Mind (1962)

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

Gerry Mulligan Quartet – At Storyville (1957)

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

Gerry Mulligan – Mainstream of Jazz (1957)

EmArcy – MG 36101Rec. Dates : October 22, 1955, January 25, 1956, September 26, 1956Stream this Album 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 for

Gerry Mulligan Quartet – Paris Concert (1956)

Pacific – PJ-1210Rec. Date : June 1, 1954, June 3, 1954, June 7, 1954 Album is Not Streamable Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Red MitchellDrums : Frank IsolaValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Featured LinksFull Vinyl VideoBlueNote33RPM Billboard : 03/03/1956Spotlight on…. selection Bernie’s Tune and The Lady Is a Tramp, included here, are also in

Gerry Mulligan – Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1956)

EmArcy – MG 36056 Rec. Dates : September 21, 1955, September 22, 1955, October 31, 1955 Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gerry Mulligan Bass : Peck Morrison Drums : Dave Bailey Piano : Bob Brookmeyer Tenor Sax : Zoot Sims Trumpet : Jon Eardley Valve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 02/25/1956 Spotlight on…

Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond – Mulligan Desmond Quartet (1957)

Verve – MGV-8246Rec. Dates : August 2, 1957, August 27, 1957Stream this Album Alto Sax : Paul DesmondBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Joe BenjaminDrums : Dave Bailey Billboard : 12/02/1957Spotlight 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

Gerry Mulligan – California Concerts (1955)

Pacific – PJ-1201 Rec. Dates : November 12, 1954, December 14, 1954 Stream this Album Vol. 1 Vol. 2 Baritone Sax : Gerry Mulligan Bass : Red Mitchell Drums : Chico Hamilton, Larry Bunker Piano : Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer Tenor Sax : Zoot Sims Trumpet : Jon Eardley Valve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard

Thelonious Monk – Mulligan Meets Monk (1957)

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