Five years ago, the jazz world lost one of its brightest stars. Baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, a key player in the "cool jazz" movement of the 1950s, died at age 68 on January 20, 1996. "The ...

Any new CD whose cover proclaims "Featuring Gerry Mulligan" is guaranteed to turn heads, raise antennae and whip up interest.This one, on which Mulligan performs with the then-three-year-old National ...

Any new CD whose cover proclaims “Featuring Gerry Mulligan" is guaranteed to turn heads, raise antennae and whip up interest. This one, on which Mulligan performs with the then-three-year-old National ...

This album might go a small way to setting a record straight. Gerry Mulligan has often been underrated. Despite the critical acclaim and historical significance later attributed to Miles Davis for his ...

Jazz album: “Featuring Gerry Mulligan” by Gerry Mulligan, released in 2016 on Dot Time Records. Explore the largest collection of jazz recordings @ All About Jazz. All About Jazz Essentials. Advertise ...

THE GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET: THE ORIGINAL QUARTET WITH CHET BAKER Pacific Jazz/Blue Note Although he was a founding father of what became known as West Coast cool jazz, baritone saxophonist and ...

The album features the two veterans, Taylor, then seventy-two and Mulligan, sixty-six, in a live recording culled from a series of shows at Pittsburgh's Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, a nonprofit venue ...

Even more luster has been added to Dave Brubeck’s diamond jubilee year thanks to a new, glistening jewel box of a double-CD reissue from Legacy/Columbia, “Live at the Berlin Philharmoni… ...

Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious Monk Mulligan Meets Monk Riverside 1106. This recording came about in 1957 by chance. Thelonious Monk, in the midst of his extremely productive output for Riverside ...

Anyone who's ever complained that so-called "cool jazz" artists don't know how to swing should check out this one from Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band. The 13-piece group was sure swinging hard one ...

Gerry Mulligan wasn’t just a baritone sax icon—he was a revolutionary voice in jazz. From his pioneering pianoless quartets to his arranging work on Birth of the Cool, Mulligan proved that space, ...