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GERRY MULLIGAN: Milestones Of A Legend (10 CDS)

GERRY MULLIGAN: Milestones Of A Legend (10 CDS)

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Many renowned jazz musicians can be heard on the 10 CDs in this collection, but it is Gerry Mulligan’s work as arranger, composer and baritone saxophone player that is the focus. It took time for the rather ponderous, darkertoned baritone saxophone to achieve recognition as a solo instrument, but Mulligan played it with a lightness and elegance  previously unknown. Born in New York, the youngest of four brothers, Gerald Joseph  “Gerry” Mulligan lived even as a teenager in several different places in the USA and  learnt to play in succession the piano, clarinet, alto, tenor and finally baritone saxophone

This 10 CD box set includes nineteen original jazz albums by the renowned jazz saxophonist Gerry Mulligan from the years 1954 to 1962. 

It features a mixture of classic albums and rare live recordings with Mulligan alongside world-class stars such as Thelonious Monk, Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Zoot Sims and Paul Desmond.

CD1
GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET - “PARIS JAZZ FAIR 1954 – THE PLEYEL CONCERT” (1954)
Baritone Saxophone Gerry Mulligan + Bass Red Mitchell +
Drums Frank Isola + Valve Trombone Bob Brookmeyer
 1. Come out Wherever You Are (Styne/Cahn)
 2. Five Brothers (Mulligan)
 3. Laura (Raksin/Mercer)
 4. Love Me or Leave Me (Kahn/Donaldson)
 5. Bernie´s Tune (Miller)
 6. Walkin´ Shoes (Mulligan)
 7. Moonlight in Vermont (Blackburn/Suessdorf)
 8. The Lady Is a Tramp/Utter Chaos (Rodgers/Hart)

 


“LEE KONITZ PLAYS WITH THE GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET” (1957)
Alto Saxophone Lee Konitz + Baritone Saxophone Gerry Mulligan + Bass Carson Smith& Joe Mondragon + Drums Larry
Bunker + Trumpet Chet Baker
 9. Too Marvellous For Words (Mercer/Whiting)
 10. Lover Man (Davis/Ramirez/Sherman)
 11. I´ll Remember April (Raye/DePaul/Johnston)
 12. These Foolish Things (Strachey/Marvell/Link)
 13. All the Things You Are (Kern/Hammerstein II)
 14. Almost Like Being in Love (Lerner/Loewe)
 15. Sextet (Mulligan)
 16. Broadway (Woode/Byrd/McCrae)
 17. I Can´t Believe That You´re in Love with Me
 (Gaskill/McHugh)
 18. Lady Be Good (Gershwin)

 


“MULLIGAN PLAYS MULLIGAN” (1956)
 19. Bweebida Bobbida (Mulligan) Trumpet Solo Jerry Hurvitz
 (Original Track 12 – CD 2 from the Album)
20. Mullenium (Mulligan) 2nd Baritone Saxophone Solo: Max
 McElroy (Original Track 13 – CD 2 from the Album)

 


 CD2
“CALIFORNIA CONCERTS” (1955)
Piano Gerry Mulligan + Bass Red Mitchell + Drums Chico
Hamilton & Larry Bunker (tracks: 5-7) + Tenor Saxophone
Zoot Sims (tracks: 5-7) + Trombone & Piano Bob Brookmeyer
(tracks: 5-7) + Trumpet Jon Eardley
 1. Blues Going Up (Mulligan)
 2. Little Girl Blue (Rodgers/Hart)
 3. Piano Blues (Mulligan)
 4. Yardbird Suite (Parker)
 5. Western Reunion (Mulligan)
 6. I Know, Don´t Know How (Mulligan)
 7. Red Door (Sims) Baritone Saxophone

 


“MULLIGAN PLAYS MULLIGAN” (1956)
Baritone Saxophone Gerry Mulligan + Bass Phil Leshin +
Drums Walter Bolden + Maracas Gail Madden + Piano George
Wallington + Tenor Saxophone Allen Eager + Trombone Ollie
Wilson (tracks: 1-6) + Trumpet Nick Travis (tracks: 1-6)
 8. Funhouse (Mulligan)
 9. Ide´s Side (Mulligan)
 10. Roundhouse (Mulligan)
 11. Kaper (Mulligan)
 Bweebida Bobbida (Mulligan) (Listen Track 19 – CD 1)
 Mullenium (Mulligan) (Listen Track 20 – CD 1)
 12. Mulligan´s Too (Mulligan)

 


 CD3
GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET “RECORDED IN BOSTON AT STORYVILLE” (1957)
Baritone Saxophone & Piano Gerry Mulligan + Bass Bill Crow
Drums Dave Bailey + Valve Trombone Bob Brookmeyer
 1. Bweebida Bobbida (Mulligan)
 2. Birth of the Blues (DeSylva/Henderson/Brown)
 3. Baubles, Bangles and Beads (Wright/Forrest)
 4. Rustic Hop (Brookmeyer)
 5. Open Country (Brookmeyer)
 6. Storyville Story (Mulligan)
 7. That Old Feeling (Fain/Brown)
 8. Bike up the Strand (Mulligan)

 


“GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET FEATURING CHET BAKER” (1955)
Baritone Saxophone Gerry Mulligan + Bass Bob Whitlock
(tracks: 1-3, 8), Carson Smith (tracks: 4-6, 7, 8-12)
 Drums Chico Hamilton (tracks: 1-3, 7) & Larry Bunker (tracks:
4-6, 7, 9-12) + Trumpet Chet Baker
 9. Frenesi (Domingjez/Whitcup)
 10. Nights at the Turntable (Mulligan)
 11. Lullaby of the Leaves (Young/Patkere)
 12. Jeru (Mulligan)
 13. Cherry (Gillespie/Daniels)
 14. Swinghouse (Mulligan)
 15. I May Be Wrong (DeLange/Van Heusen)
 16. Aren´t You Glad You´re You (Burke/Van Heusen)
 17. I´m Beginning to See the Light
 (Ellington/James/Hodges/George)
 18. The Nearness of You
 (Carmichael/Washington)

 19. Makin´ Whoopee (Kahn/Donaldson)
 20. Tea for Two (Youmans/Caesar)

 


 CD4
“MULLIGAN MEETS MONK” (1957)
Baritone Saxophone Gerry Mulligan + Bass Wilbur Ware +
Drums Shadow Wilson + Piano Thelonious Monk
 1. ´Round Midnight (Hanighen/Williams/Monk)
 2. Rhythm-A-Ning (Monk)
 3. Sweet and Lovely (Arnheim/Tobias/Lemare)
 4. Decidedly (Mulligan)
 5. Straight, No Chaser (Monk)
 6. I Mean You (Monk)


“GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET – REUNION WITH CHET BAKER” (1957)
Baritone Saxophone Gerry Mulligan + Bass Henry Grimes +
Drums Dave Bailey + Trumpet Chet Baker
 7. Reunion (Mulligan)
 8. When Your Lover Has Gone (Swan)
 9. Stardust (Carmichael/Parish)
 10. My Heart Belongs to Daddy (Porter)
 11. Jersey Bounce (Feyne/Plater/Johnson/Wright/Bradshaw)
 12. Surrey with the Fringe on Top (Rodgers/Hammerstein)
 13. Travelin´ Light (Mercer/Young/Mundy)
 14. Ornithology (Parker/Harris)

 


 CD5
“GERRY MULLIGAN MEETS STAN GETZ” (1957)
Baritone Saxophone Gerry Mulligan + Bass Ray Brown +
Drums Stan Levey + Piano Lou Levy + Tenor Saxophone Stan
Getz
 1. Let´s Fall In Love (Arlen/Koehler)
 2. Anything Goes (Porter)
 3. Too Close For Comfort (Bock/Holofcener/Weiss)
 4. That Old Feeling (Brown/Fain)
 5. This Can´t Be Love (Rodgers/Hart)
 6. Ballad (Mulligan)

 


THE GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET - “WHAT IS THERE TO SAY” (1959)
Baritone Saxophone Gerry Mulligan + Bass Bill Crow + Drums
Dave Bailey + Trumpet Art Farmer
 7. What Is There to Say (Harburg/Duke)
 8. Just in Time (Green/Comden/Styne)
 9. News from Blueport (Mulligan)
 10. Festive Minor (Mulligan)
 11. As Catch Can (Mulligan)
 12. My Funny Valentine (Rodgers/Hart)
 13. Blueport (Mulligan)
 14. Utter Chaos (Mulligan)

 


 CD6
“GERRY MULLIGAN MEETS BEN WEBSTER” (1959)
Baritone Saxophone Gerry Mulligan + Bass Leroy Vinnegar +
Drums Mel Lewis + Piano Jimmy Rowles + Tenor Saxophone
Ben Webster
 1. Chelsea Bridge (Strayhorn)
 2. The Cat Walk (Mulligan)
 3. Sunday (Krueger/Conn/Styne/Miller)
 4. Who´s Got Rhythm (Mulligan)
 5. Tell Me When (Mulligan)
 6. Go Home (Webster/Mulligan)

 


“GERRY MULLIGAN MEETS JOHNNY HODGES”
Alto Saxophone Johnny Hodges + Baritone Saxophone Gerry
Mulligan + Bass Buddy Clark + Drums Mel Lewis + Piano
Claude Williamson
 7. Bunny (Mulligan)
 8. What´s the Rush (Holliday/Mulligan)
 9. Back Beat (Hodges)
 10. What It´s All About (Hodges)
 11. 18 Carrots for Rabbit (Mulligan)
 12. Shady Side (Hodges)

 


 CD7
“GERRY MULLIGAN – PAUL DESMOND
QUARTET” (1958)
Alto Saxophone Paul Desmond + Baritone
Saxophone Gerry Mulligan + Bass Joe Benjamin +
Drums Dave Bailey
 1. Blues in Time (Desmond)
 2. Body and Soul (Heyman/Eyton/Green/Sour)
 3. Stand Still (Mulligan)
 4. Line for Lyons (Mulligan)
 5. Wintersong (Desmond)
 6. Battle Hymn of the Republic (Desmond)
 7. Fall out (Mulligan)

 

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