Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 2
Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 2 | ||||
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Studio album by Gerry Mulligan Quartet | ||||
Released | 1953 | |||
Recorded | April 27, 29 & 30, 1953 Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Pacific Jazz | |||
Producer | Richard Bock | |||
Gerry Mulligan chronology | ||||
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Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 2 is an album by saxophonist and bandleader Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded in 1953 and originally released as a 10-inch LP on the Pacific Jazz label.[1][2] In 2001 Pacific Jazz re-released the album on CD with additional alternate takes and 12" masters along with five live tracks.
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:
- "I May Be Wrong" (Henry Sullivan, Harry Ruskin) – 2:53
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) – 3:37
- "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 2:53
- "Tea for Two" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 2:49
- "Love Me or Leave Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 2:44
- "Jeru" – 2:30
- "Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange) – 3:50
- "Swinghouse" – 2:56
- Recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California on April 27, 1953 (tracks 5, 6 & 8) and April 29 & 30, 1953 (tracks 1–4 & 7).
CD Release:
- "I May Be Wrong" (Sullivan, Ruskin) – 2:53
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, George, Hodges, James) – 3:37
- "The Nearness of You" (Carmichael, Washington) – 2:53
- "Tea for Two" (Youmans, Caesar) – 2:49
- "Love Me or Leave Me" (Donaldson, Kahn) – 2:44
- "Jeru" – 2:30
- "Darn That Dream" (Van Heusen, DeLange) – 3:50
- "Swinghouse" – 2:56
- "Utter Chaos #2" – 0:32
- "My Old Flame" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) – 3:13
- "Love Me or Leave Me" [alternate take] (Donaldson, Kahn) – 2:49
- "Swinghouse" [12" Master] – 2:57
- "Darn That Dream" [alternate take] Van Heusen, DeLange) – 3:23
- "I May Be Wrong" [12" Master] (Sullivan, Ruskin) – 3:00
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" [12" Master] (Ellington, George, Hodges, James) – 3:09
- "Five Brothers" – 3:00
- "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 4:03
- "Ide's Side" – 4:24
- "Funhouse" – 3:30
- "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:12
Recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California on April 27, 1953 (tracks 5, 6 & 8–12 and April 29 & 30, 1953 (tracks 1–4, 7 & 13–15) and at The Haig in Hollywood, California on May 20, 1953 (tracks 16–20).
Personnel
- Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
- Chet Baker – trumpet
- Carson Smith – bass
- Larry Bunker – 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)
Dave
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)