Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1
Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1 | ||||
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Studio album by Gerry Mulligan Quartet | ||||
Released | 1952 | |||
Recorded | August 16, October 15 & 16, 1952 Phil Turetsky's House and Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Pacific Jazz | |||
Producer | Richard Bock | |||
Gerry Mulligan chronology | ||||
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Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1 is an album by saxophonist and bandleader Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded in 1952 and originally released as the first 10-inch LP on the Pacific Jazz label.[1][2] In 2001 Pacific Jazz released an album on CD with additional tracks from Mulligan's first five recording sessions.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden noted "Their unique approach to music came to be labeled as "cool" or West Coast jazz, relying on intricate improvisations, with Mulligan's inventive, lyrical baritone being well complemented by Baker, an unschooled player who possessed a gift for playing by ear".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Gerry Mulligan except as indicated
Original 10 inch LP release:
- "Frenesí" (Alberto Domínguez) - 3:11
- "Freeway" (Chet Baker) - 2:46
- "Soft Shoe" - 2:40
- "Aren't You Glad You're You?" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 2:52
- "Bernie's Tune" (Bernie Miller, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 2:54
- "Walkin' Shoes" - 3:13
- "Nights at the Turntable" - 2:54
- "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) - 3:15
- Recorded at Phil Turetsky's House in Los Angeles, California on August 16, 1952 (tracks 5 & 8) and Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles, California on October 15 & 16, 1952 (tracks 1-4, 6 & 7).
CD Release:
- "Bernie's Tune" (Miller, Leiber, Stoller) - 2:54
- "Walking Shoes" - 3:13
- "Nights at the Turntable" - 2:54
- "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Petkere, Young) - 3:15
- "Frenesi" (Dominguez) - 3:11
- "Freeway" (Baker) - 2:46
- "Soft Shoe" - 2:40
- "Aren't You Glad You're You" (Van Heusen, Burke) - 2:52
- "Utter Chaos #1" - 0:36
- "Haig and Haig (Dinah)" - 2:58
- "She Didn't Say Yes, She Didn't Say No" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - 2:35
- "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 3:28
- "Cherry" (Don Redman, Ray Gilbert) - 2:57
- "Motel" - 2:37
- "Carson City Stage" (Carson Smith) - 2:32
- "Aren't You Glad You're You" [live version] (Van Huesen, Burke) - 3:39
- "Get Happy" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 5:52
- "Poinciana" (Nat Simon, Buddy Bernier) - 3:52
- "Godchild" (George Wallington) - 3:56
- Recorded at Phil Turetsky's House in Los Angeles, California on July 9, 1952 (tracks 10 & 11) and August 16, 1952 (tracks 1, 4 & 9), at Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California on October 15 & 16, 1952 (tracks 2, 3 & 5-8) and February 24, 1953 (tracks 12-15) and at the Haig, Los Angeles California in early January, 1953 (tracks 16-19)
Personnel
- Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone
- Chet Baker - trumpet
- Jimmy Rowles - piano (CD tracks 10 & 11)
- Joe Mondragon (CD tracks 10 & 11), Carson Smith (CD tracks 12-19), Bob Whitlock (LP and CD tracks 1-9) - bass
- Larry Bunker (CD tracks 12-15), Chico Hamilton (LP and CD tracks 1-9 & 16-19) - drums
References
- ^ Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: Ten Inch series accessed February 29, 2016
- ^ Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived April 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine accessed February 29, 2016
- ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Vol. 1 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
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- Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1953)
- Paris Concert (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1954)
- California Concerts (1954)
- Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955)
- Mainstream of Jazz (1956)
- At Storyville (1956)
- The Teddy Wilson Trio &
Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer at Newport (split album, 1957) - Jazz Giants '58 (with Harry Edison, Stan Getz, 1958)
- Mulligan Meets Monk (with Thelonious Monk, 1957)
- Blues in Time (with Paul Desmond, 1957)
- Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz
- Jazz Concerto Grosso (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1957)
- The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (1957)
- Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! (1957–58)
- What Is There to Say? (1958–59)
- Meets Johnny Hodges (1959)
- Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959)
- The Concert Jazz Band (1960)
- The Concert Jazz Band on Tour (1960)
- The Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960)
- Holliday with Mulligan (with Judy Holliday, 1961)
- Presents a Concert in Jazz (1961)
- The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1962)
- Jeru (1962)
- Two of a Mind (with Paul Desmond, 1962)
- Spring Is Sprung (1962)
- Gerry Mulligan '63 (1962)
- Night Lights (1963)
- Butterfly with Hiccups (1963–64)
- If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! (1965)
- Feelin' Good (1965)
- Something Borrowed - Something Blue (1966)
- Summit (with Astor Piazzolla, 1974)
- Walk on the Water (1980)
Chet
Baker
- Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1 (1952)
- Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 2 (1953)
- Gene Norman Presents the
Original Gerry Mulligan Tentet and Quartet (1953) - Reunion (1957)
- Carnegie Hall Concert (1974)
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Brubeck
others
- Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50)
- 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe (Barry Manilow, 1984)
- Pelé (Sérgio Mendes & Pelé, 1977)
- Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972)
- The Classic Concert Live (with Mel Tormé & George Shearing, 1982)
- The Sound of Jazz (1957)
- I Want to Live! (1958)
- The Subterraneans (1960)
- The Hot Rock (Quincy Jones, 1971)