Gerry Mulligan

Artist:  Gerry Mulligan
Birth Name:  Gerald Joseph Mulligan
Born:  April 6, 1927.  Queens Village, Queens, New York, USA
Died:  January 20, 1996 (Aged 68).  Darien, Connecticut, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, Post Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Modern Big Band, Standards, Progressive Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Vocal Pop, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer
Instruments:  Baritone Saxophone

Gerry Mulligan was an American Jazz Saxophonist, Clarinetist, Musician, Composer and Arranger.  He was as one of the leading Jazz Baritone Saxophonists in the era of Cool Jazz.  He was also a significant arranger, working with Miles Davis, Stan Kenton and others.  He played with Chet Baker who is still one of the best Cool Jazz Group.  He was also a skilled pianist and played several other reed instruments and several of his compositions, such as "Walkin' Shoes" and "Five Brothers", have become Jazz Standards.

 

Artist:  Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk

Title:   Mulligan Meets Monk  (180 Gram Vinyl )  (2021)

Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz, Post Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Modern Big Band, Standards, Progressive Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Vocal Pop, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Jazz Wax Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Round Midnight  (8:29)

 2.  Rhythm-A-Ning  (5:19)

 3.  Sweet And Lovely  (7:17)

Side B:

 1.  Decidedly  (5:54)

 2.  Straight No Chaser  (7:00)

 3.  I Mean You  (6:53)

Bonus Track:

 4.  Straight No Chaser (Alternate Version)  (5:28)

Personnel:

Gerry Mulligan:  Baritone Saxsophone

Thelonious Monk:  Piano

Wilbur Ware:  Double Bass

Shadow Wilson:  Drums

Mulligan Meets Monk is a studio album by Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk, originally released in 1957 by Riverside Records, remastered and reissued on June 9, 2021 by Jazz Wax Records, featuring Wilbur Ware and Shadow Wilson.