Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and arranger Gerry Mulligan was born on April 6, 1927 in Queens, New York. His father’s engineer job led to the band moving quite frequently. While attending high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he founded a school big band and wrote the musical arrangements. At the age of 16, he was approached by a local radio station to write arrangements for their house band. This led to him dropping out of school and pursuing a career as a musician. After a few high-profile gigs, he returned to New York and, in 1948, he was recruited into Miles Davis’ nine-piece band. While the band performed and recorded infrequently, the tracks were compiled on the Miles Davis album Birth of the Cool. In 1950, he released the album Mulligan Plays Mulligan, his first album as a leader. Relocating to Los Angeles, California in 1952, Gerry Mulligan began writing arrangements for Stan Kenton. During his spare time, he began performing at a small jazz club called The Haig. A young trumpeter by the name of Chet Baker began sitting in with Gerry Mulligan, inspiring him to form a piano-less quartet. Recruiting bassist Bob Whitlock and drummer Chico Hamilton, the Gerry Mulligan quartet became the talk of the town. They released their self-titled debut 10” in 1952. They then recorded a collaboration album with saxophonist Lee Konitz on the album Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, released in 1953. Another 10” self-titled release of quartet recordings was issued in 1953, making it a pretty busy first year for the band. However, Mulligan was arrested on drug charges later in the year and spent six months in jail, bringing the early quartet to an end. By the time Gerry Mulligan was released from jail and ready to play with his band again, Chet Baker had already built an audience of his own and was unable to rejoin the quartet. With a fluid line-up, the Gerry Mulligan Quartet continued to record and tour throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s. Gerry Mulligan revived the name of the quartet on occasion but had more success on his own and his collaborations with other artists including Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and many more. Gerry Mulligan died on January 10, 1996 after suffering complications following routine surgery.
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Le souffle des deux grands (Mono Version)
Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Ben Webster
Jazz - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1960
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Original Sessions 1952-1953
Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Chet Baker
Jazz - Paru chez Classic Themes le 18 mai 2011
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Concert de Paris (Live, Mono Version)
Jazz - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1959
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Konitz Meets Mulligan
Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Jazz - Paru chez Blue Note Records le 30 janv. 1953
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Gerry Mulligan Quartet Vol.1 (Expanded Edition)
Jazz - Paru chez EMI MUSIC JAPAN INC. le 1 janv. 1952
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Original Sessions and Collaborations 1953 / Reunion 1957
Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Chet Baker
Jazz - Paru chez Classic Themes le 18 mai 2011
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Gerry Mulligan Quartet/Chubby Jackson Big Band
Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Chubby Jackson Big Band
Jazz - Paru chez Original Jazz Classics le 1 janv. 1992
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Reunion With Chet Baker (Remastered)
Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Chet Baker
Jazz contemporain - Paru chez RevOla le 1 janv. 1958
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The Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Jazz - Paru chez Verve Reissues le 1 janv. 1962
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Recorded In Boston At Storyville (Expanded Edition / Live At George Wein's Storyville, Boston, Massachusetts, 1956)
Jazz - Paru chez Blue Note Records le 6 déc. 1956
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Gerry Mulligan Quartet (Vol. 2 / Expanded Edition)
Jazz - Paru chez Blue Note Records le 1 janv. 1953
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At Newport (Live)
The Teddy Wilson Trio, Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Jazz - Paru chez Verve Reissues le 1 janv. 1982
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'63 Live in Las Vegas
Jazz - Paru chez Jazz Rewind Records le 29 juil. 2022
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Gerry Mulligan Quartets In Concert
Jazz - Paru chez Pablo le 20 févr. 2001
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Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual, Vol. 1
Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Jazz - Paru chez Jazz Casual Records le 28 août 2012
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My Funny Valentine - In Chronological Order, Vol. 1
Jazz - Paru chez T.B. Jazz Classics le 18 déc. 2009
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My Funny Valentine
Jazz - Paru chez American Popsongs le 11 nov. 2016
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