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Gerry Mulligan - Compact Jazz

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Artist: Gerry Mulligan
Edition: Music CD
Audio: German (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Polygram Records

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Free Music Review: Early CD Re-Issue of Great Mulligan Sextet Tunes
Hit: 5 Stars

If you happen to stumble across this review you're probably a big Gerry Mulligan fan. Good for you! He was perhaps the greatest baritone saxophonist of all time and certainly a super talented composer and arranger of hundreds (or thousands?) of tunes in a long career spanning over 50 years. On "Spring Is Sprung" and "Theme For Jobim", Gerry really shines on piano.

The copy I have of this particular release was made in W. Germany in 1997, but I think Mercury/Polygram came out with this same title in the USA in the 1980's. In any case the original records were made in 1955 and 1962-1964 with at least a couple different versions of the sextet. The 1955 material comes from "Presenting The Gerry Mulligan Sextet" originally on EmArcy. This group featured Zoot Sims on tenor sax, who is widely regarded as one of the top saxophonists in jazz history, along with Bobby Brookmeyer on valve trombone and Jon Eardley on trumpet. The 1963 material is from "Night Lights" originally on Philips. This group featured the under-rated Art Farmer on trumpet, along with Jim Hall on guitar and Brookmeyer.

There are two cuts that I don't have the originals to reference: "Line For Lyons" is an often performed Mulligan original and "Theme For Jobim" is another original where Gerry plays piano. Both these were recorded in 1964 with the "Night Lights" sextet line-up for the most part.

Don't get the idea that you'll be overwhelmed with dixieland jazz here - far from it. "Bernie's Tune" certainly has some dixie flavor as does "Blue At The Roots". "Demanton" is quite dixieland-style in fact. But this album is mostly some very choice west coast cool jazz performed by one of the main innovators of this jazz form. If you don't have these tunes elsewhere, this would certainly be a worthy addition to your collection and rates an easy 5 stars. 3 tunes are included here from the 1955 sessions that did not make the original EmArcy LP: "Blue At The Roots", "Demanton" and "Westwood Walk". If this release becomes unavailable, I can recommend "Presenting The Gerry Mulligan Sextet" (a reissue of the 1955 LP) or The Complete Sextet Sessions that is currently in print.

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