Jazz Articles about Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan with Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

by Angelo Leonardi
November 30, 2016

Gerry Mulligan Gerry Mulligan with Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra M.A.P. Editions 2015 Valutazione: * * * ½ Com'è noto Gerry Mulligan non è stato solo uno dei massimi esponenti del sax baritono nel jazz ma anche un magistrale compositore e orchestratore. Basterebbe solo ricordare che all'età di 22 anni, partecipando all'incisione di Birth of the Cool, scrisse e arrangiò capolavori come “Jeru," “Venus de Milo," “Rocker" e orchestrò “Godchild," “Deception" e “Darn That Dream." Un ...

Gerry Mulligan: The Emarcy Sextet Recordings

by C. Andrew Hovan
June 2, 2016

While there are many reasons why the cool jazz movement on the west coast was a somewhat short-lived era, one of the key aspects of its quiet demise was the decidedly harder-edged music coming out of New York at about the same time period. Back around 1955, hard bop was making its ascendency and this might shed some light on how it's possible for the great music recorded by Gerry Mulligan's sextet to have been so blatantly ignored. Truth be ...

National Jazz Ensemble: Featuring Gerry Mulligan

by Jack Bowers
February 10, 2016

Any new CD whose cover proclaims “Featuring Gerry Mulligan" is guaranteed to turn heads, raise antennae and whip up interest. This one, on which Mulligan performs with the then-three-year-old National Jazz Ensemble, was recorded February 19, 1977, in a sold-out auditorium at the New School in New York City. In his liner notes, trumpeter David Berger expresses his regret that more than enough people to warrant a second concert (which couldn't be arranged) had to be turned away that evening. ...

Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious Monk: Mulligan Meets Monk

by C. Michael Bailey
July 21, 2013

Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious MonkMulligan Meets MonkOJC2013 (1957) The beauty of the Concord Music Group's treasure trove of a catalog is that it will always provide material for the “Reassessing" column at All About Jazz and similar columns elsewhere. The newest round of re-releases celebrate the 60th anniversary of Riverside Records. Riverside Records was founded by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer in 1953, remaining a major force in jazz recording in ...

Gerry Mulligan: Mosaic Select 21

by Paul Ryan
March 29, 2006

Gerry Mulligan Mosaic Select 21 Mosaic Records 2006

Gerry Mulligan is one of the greatest baritone saxophonists in the history of jazz, with a truly remarkable tone, sense of phrasing, and creativity. It's easy to overlook Mulligan's composing and arranging talents, but they too are of the highest caliber. This three-disc set offers several excellent examples of Mulligan's playing and writing skills.

These sessions, mainly from December of 1957, prove that Mulligan was willing ...

Gerry Mulligan/Thelonious Monk: Mulligan Meets Monk

by Francis Lo Kee
September 17, 2005

Mulligan and Monk: what is their common ground? Certainly not the “Cool School West Coast pianoless groups of Mulligan and Baker. Nor do you think of the Lester Young-influenced Mulligan in the same sphere (pun intended) as some of Monk's preeminent sax players, like Johnny Griffin or John Coltrane.Perhaps it is their mutual love for the Swing Era. Tunes on Mulligan Meets Monk like “Sweet and Lovely and Mulligan's “Decidedly (based on Charlie Shavers' “Undecided ) are where ...

Cool Thoughts on West Coast Jazz

by Geoff Roach
January 3, 2005

"During the last half-century, New York's preeminence in the jazz world has faced a serious challenge only once. For a brief period following World War II, California captured the imagination of jazz fans around the world. “West Coast jazz" suddenly became a catchword, a fad, a new thing." ~ Ted Gioia , Author of West Coast Jazz.With the close of the Second World War, jazz underwent a massive transformation. For musical, cultural, technological and economic reasons, the swing ...