Mulligan Stew

Mulligan Stew: Cookin' at the Hot Summer Jazz Festival

by Jack Bowers
March 20, 2005

Even though its basic ingredients are more than likely unfamiliar to most people outside of Minnesota, this Stew really is quite delicious, nearly as appetizing as the recipe from which it is taken, the groundbreaking Gerry Mulligan quartets of the '50s and '60s.

Indeed, this new version of the Mulligan ensemble even has something Gerry's groups didn't--a pianist, Tanner Taylor, who makes it a quintet. Much as I admired the classic Mulligan collaborations with Chet Baker and Bob Brookmeyer, I ...

Perfection: Gene Krupa - Mulligan Stew

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
July 17, 2024

On October 20, 21 and 22 of 1958, drummer Gene Krupa assembled a crack New York big band to record Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements for Verve. The idea was brilliant. One of the most interesting songs out of the 12 recorded was Mulligan Stew, a sexy bop chart. The material is terrific—from the song's opening and solos by Phil Woods, Urbie Green and Frank Sokolow to the call and response by the different sections and sassy swing. Mulligan ...
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