Results for "Gerry Mulligan"

'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris

by Victor L. Schermer
February 17, 2009

Jackie Paris'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie ParisOutsider PicturesWritten and Directed by Raymond De FelittaProducer: David Zellerford 2009 “You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody."--Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront

Vic Lewis (1919-2009)

February 12, 2009

Vic Lewis, a British bandleader whose intensive admiration for Stan Kenton and other West Coast jazz artists led him to form one of Britain's most admired American-sounding jazz orchestras of the late 1940s and 1950s, died on Monday in the U.K. He was 89. Most American jazz fans are unfamiliar with Lewis, primarily because the bandleader ...

Sonny Rollins: Still Seeking the Lost Chord

by R.J. DeLuke
January 13, 2009

The Saxophone Colossus. The greatest living improvising musician. A musical god. Sonny Rollins has been called all these things at one time or another by fans across the globe, as well as by those involved in the pursuit of music criticism and jazz history. There's no question he is the greatest remaining icon to come out ...

Curtis Fuller: Motor City Messenger

by Russ Musto
December 1, 2008

The most recorded jazz trombonist of his lifetime, Curtis Fuller's illustrious career spans six decades and includes tenures with many of the greatest names in this music. Born Dec. 15th, 1934 in Detroit, Fuller was orphaned at an early age, but found family in the close-knit jazz community of the musically fertile Motor City. He first ...

I Never Was a Young Man

Featuring the music of Gerry Mulligan
Duration: 3:28
October 4, 2007

Walking Shoes

Featuring the music of Gerry Mulligan
Duration: 4:13
April 6, 2007

Mosaic Select

By Gerry Mulligan

Label: Umbrella
Released: 2006

Gerry Mulligan: Mosaic Select 21

By Gerry Mulligan

Label: Mosaic Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Disc One - Reunion; When Your Lover Has Gone; Star Dust; My Heart Belongs To Daddy; Jersey Bounce; Surrey With The Fringe On Top; Ornithology; Trav'lin' Light; People Will Say Were In Love; Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You; The Song Is You; Festive Minor; I Got Rhythm; Trav'lin' Light (alternate take); Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (alternate take); All The Things You Are. Disc Two - Four And One Moore; Crazy Day; Turnstile; Sextet; Disc Jockey Jump (full version); Venus De Milo; Revelation; Crazy Day (mono take); Turnstile (mono take); May- Reh; The Preacher; Good Bait; Bags' Groove. Disc Three - Lullaby In Rhythm; Body And Soul; Out Of Nowhere; I'll Remember April; I Can't Get Started; I Feel Pretty; How About You?; I've Grown Accustomed To His Face; This Time The Dream's On Me; Let There Be Love; All Of You; Give Me The Simple Life; This Is Always; Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea; It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (unedited version); The Lady's In Love With You; My Old Flame; I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans; You Turned The Tables On Me; This Is Always (first version); I've Grown Accustomed To His Face (first version).

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 ...

Mulligan Meets Monk

By Gerry Mulligan

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2005
Track listing: 'Round Midnight; Rhythm-A-Ning; Sweet and Lovely; Decidedly [Take 4]; Straight, No Chaser; I Mean You [Take 4]; Decidedly; Straight, No Chaser; I Mean You; I Mean You.