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1. Kristianstadt , November 29 , 1977

On tape C980

Same sextet

Maytag (8mn21s), Five Brothers (6mn50s), For an infinished woman (8mn00s), Take Five*(5mn21s), Medley** : Blues at the roots + Night light (8mn37s + 7mn45s), Idol Gossip (6mn07s), Presentation of the concert and then the musicians***,Walk on the water (nc) (2mn19s).

* = Gerry Mulligan plays ss

** = Gerry Mulligan plays piano

*** = same presentation of my previous recording about Kristianstadt but dated of November 29 , 1976 (C184).

1) Quartet : GM, TR, DJ, RV

Part 2

Noblesse (7mn33s), Sun on stairs (7mn45s)

Part 1 was composed by :

Five Brothers (nc)(5mn26s), Wallflower (6mn19s), Unknown (5mn07s), Midas Lives (9mn14s), Out back of the barn (8mn02s)

on audio tape C851

2) Duet : GM , Dave Brubeck

These foolish things (nc) (9mn21s)

1. Mel Torme: Collection 1944-1985

Torme had written a clever lyric to Gerry Mulligan's "Walking Shoes" and first recorded it in 1956 with Ted Heath's orchestra. The Atlantic versions, with Rogers , has never been issued till.

There are hardly the last times Tormé would sing an Ellington or a Gershwin song , he's done all Ellington concerts on many occasions (most notably at Carnegie , at which he performed "Reminiscing in Tempo" with Gerry Mulligan reprising Harry Carney's role)and an all-Gershwin show would be a foregone conclusion.

This artist painted a beautiful portrait of Gerry Mulligan called "Profile Blowing Expressionist".

The size of this portrait is 30" x 40"

You can see it in the web page : www.brunijazzart.com . To contact him : bruni@brunijazzart.com .

Three dates for this European Tour :

The two first are in CORK , IRELAND : October 23 & 24 .

The last one is in AMSTERDAM at the famous BIMHUIS : October 28 .

If Ronnie Cuber and Gary Smulyan are always present, this time the third baritone saxophonist is Howard Johnson. He succeeds at Nick Brignola , Cecil Payne.

A new date is confirmed in may 2000 , The TBS Band will play in MARCIAC , FRANCE .

From a book of photographs covering the dutch concerts between 1947-1967 .

At each time for the following dates , there were two concerts during the night :

The first one in the Kurhaus in Den Haag at 20h15.

The second one in the Concertgebow in Amsterdam at 24h00.

April 7, 1956 : the GM"6"

May 18, 1957 : the GM"4" with Bob Brookmeyer, the combo shared the concert with Lucky Thompson

May 23, 1959 : the GM"4" with Art Farmer, the combo shared the night with Jimmy Guiffre "3" nad also Gene Krupa"4".

November 5, 1960 : the GM "CJB"

October 20, 1962 : the GM"4" with Bob Brookmeyer

New York , Avery Fisher Hall , June 30 , 1982

C989A

1. I've heard that song before (2'13'') MT vcl
2. Lonesome blues (4'16'') MT vcl
3. Another kind of sunday (4'18'') GM orch
4. X1 (3'23'') G Shearing-Don Tompson duet
5. Manhattan (3'36'') MT vcl
6. Wlillard Lobacy (?) (5'43'') G shearing-MT duet
7. Oleo (6'45'') G Shearing-Don Tompson duet
8. 42nd & Broadway (5'08'') GM orch
9. A little dream castle (2'12'') MT vcl
10. X2 (1'21'')
11. Jeru (3'51'') MT + GM orch
12. X3 (4'23) MT-GS duet

C989B

1. Maytag (7'00'') GM orch
2. Duke Ellington's medley (5'17'') :
3. Don't get around much any more
4. Let a song go out of my heart
5. C Jam Blues

THEME OF THE RADIO PROGRAM & PRESENTATION

1. K4 Pacific (10'18'') GM orch
2. X4 (5'58'')
3. X5 (4'22'') G Shearing-Don Tompson duet
4. Walking Shoes (3'15'') MT + GM orch
5. Etude n3 (3'46'') GM orch
6. Round about Midnight (5'54)

C990A

1. Line for Lyons (4'37'')
2. Wave (5'32'')
3. Walk on the water (5'41'')
4. Magnum opus (medley) (12'00'')
5. The song is ended (3'06'')
6. Lady be good (4'24)

PRESENTATION

INTERVIEW part 1

C990B

INTERVIEW PART 2

New York , Carnegie Hall , May 11 , 1972

Two Brubeck's ensembles :

1) Dave Brubeck Quintet with PD , GM , JS , AD

2) Darius Brubeck's ensemble with Perry Robinson (cl) , Richard Bock (cello) , Mark Morgensten (b) , Maruga (d) , Darius Brubeck (p,elp)

"Forty Days" without Gerry and with Paul Desmond and ensemble

"Things ain't what they used to be" by the DB"5"

"Jumpin' beans" and "Lullaby de Mexico" by DB"4" (GM , DB , JS , AD)

"These foolish things" by DB"4" PD replaces GM

"Out of nowhere" , "All the things you're" and "Take Five" by the DB"5"

1. Gerry Mulligan Quartet, July 6 1957, Newport

On audio tape C1045

Gerry Mulligan (bs), Bob Brookmeyer (vtb), Joe Benjamin (b), Dave Bailey (d)

Laura (3'54) - Frenesi (3'43) - Rustic Hop (4'38) - Lullaby of the leaves (4'02) - Bweebida Bobbida (4'49)

Ide's side (3'13) - Line for Lyons (3'03) - Utter Chaos (4'35)

Open Country (3'33) - My funny Valentine (4'37) - Birth of the Blues (4'33) - Bernie's tune (5'32) - Motel (4'34) - Utter Chaos (1'16) - Walking Shoes (5'27)

I already had a large part of this concert under the reference "USA, 1957". Nevertheless this recording has two news songs for my collection : "Motel", "Utter Chaos".

The first "Utter Chaos" (4'35) and "My funny Valentine" were previously issued on LP by Verve.

On audio tape C1050

Gerry Mulligan (bs), Bob Brookmeyer (vtb), Bill Anthony (b), Franck Isola (d)

Utter Chaos (15s) - Bernie's Tune (4'10) - Lullaby of the leaves (3'27) - Makin' Whoopee (3'10) - My funny Valentine (2'42) - Turnstile (2'33)

This recording is rare for two reasons :

1) Recorded before the famous Pleyel concerts in june 1954. It becomes the first Mulligan - Brookmeyer recorded concert !

2) The presence of Bill Anthony

1. Dionne Warwick TV Show, 1976

On audio tape C1054

Gerry Mulligan participated at this excellent "History of Jazz" organized by Dionne Warwick.

Gerry Mulligan played baritone saxophone during the opening theme (2'34) and soprano one for the closing theme (6'42). The Birth of the cool is illustrated by the interpretation of "JERU" (3'01)

Collective personnel: Dizzy Gillespie tp; Stan Getz ts; Gerry Mulligan bars; Lionel Hampton vib; Herbie Hancock elp; Sir Roland Hanna p; Max Roach dr; Dionnne Warwick, Joe Williams vo; and Count Basie & His Orchestra.

Also on audio tape C1054

A radio program on Gerry Mulligan by Claes Dahlgren, including excerpts from various interviews with Mulligan conducted by Dahlgren.

The first excerpt lasts 53s, it is composed of one question and one answer in English.

The second one lasts 36s , also in English.

The last part is based of interventions in Swedish and extracts of Gerry Mulligan's interviews in English. The timing of this part is 2mn46s.

Also on audio tape C1054

Bob Brookmeyer vtb; Gerry Mulligan bars; Joe Benjamin b; Dave Bailey dr.

The following songs are new for me.

Blues at the Roots (6'13) - My Funny Valentine (4'44) - Birth of the Blues (2'28).

On audio tape C1055

Including interview with Mulligan done in Leipzig, September 1995.

This is one of the last interviews of Gerry Mulligan. This interview is unhappily covers by the german traduction.

Gerry Mulligan is heard in 4 times.

1) Rebirth of the cool Tour (2'08)

2) Innovator (2'46)

3) Third part (3'27)

4) Fourth part (55s)

Hot numbers from classic M-G-M, Warner Bros, and RKO Fims - RHINO CD R2 79805

A very nice 2 CDs set with on CD N2 many tracks from the movie "The Subterraneans".

I had an LP covering the soundtrack of this film, I notice some differences.

"Improvisation" is called "Guido's Blackhawk" on the LP.

The source #1 is the same than the LP. Timing : 3'04

The source #2 has a timing of 3'21

"Red Drum Blues" is a new song.

It features Gerry Mulligan (bs), Art Farmer (tp) and as rhythm section, André Previn (p), Red Mitchell (b), Shelly Manne (d). Timing : 4'27

"Coffee Time" is the same than the LP. The famous Carmen McRae is the soloist.

"Spaghetti Fantasy" is a new song. Timing : 2'30

Gerry Mulligan played with the rhythm section only. The informations (a large combo) given by the booklet are wrong.

Gerry Mulligan is the unique soloist. His play is beautiful for this ballad.

"Alarm Clock" is called "Raising Caen" on the LP. Timing : 3'06.

"Should I ?" is the same than the LP. Timing : 2'29.

"Things are looking Down" is longer than the LP. This CD take includes the solo of Bill Perkins. Timing : 7'23

"Bread & Wine" is the same than the LP. Timing : 4'14.

From the PLAYBOY Jazz poll in 1964, the panellists were : Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Ralph J. Gleason, Stan Kenton, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, George Russell, Gunther Schuller.

This a long and interesting confrontation between the panelists (30 pages) available on :

http://perso.club-internet.fr/barybary/article/playboy.htm

The Fred Coe's movie is now available as MGM product

The participation at this movie is only based on the Gerry Mulligan - Judy Holiday 's original "A thousand Clowns"which is sung by Rita Gardner as opening theme. The timing of this opening theme is only 20s !

Phil NORMAN "Yesterday Gardenias"
This is a SEABREEZE CD, ref:2029
The tentet plays "Westwood Walk"

Bobby ENRIQUEZ
This is an EVIDENCE CD, ref 22059-2
The combo plays "Walking Shoes" (7'27)

Jim CIFELLI's
This is a CHALLENGE CD, ref 73175
This NY Nonet plays "Night Light" (5'44)

The soundtrack of this famous movie is featured on the CHARLY CD, ref 196

Gerry Mulligan Quartet played "As Catch Can"

This is a Philology CD, ref 226

This trio plays "Line for Lyons" (6'57)

1. "Run For Your Life" : A TV movie starring Ben Gazzara

"Pete Rugolo and Oliver Nelson did a lot of TV work, so the 60s TV had the "West Coast" Jazz Sound. "Run for your life", starring Ben Gazzara, often featured jazz musicians on the show as themselves, working in smoky nightclubs."

"Here's a partial list of these jazz musicians, Joe Williams, Stan Kenton and June, .......Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan.......and all the cats at "Love's Lounge" on Greenwood, in Tulsa".

ALL HELP IN LOCATING THIS IS VERY WELCOME!

The exact date of the Stockholm concert in 1962 is 11 october, according to Swedish Jazz magazine Orkester Journalen (november 1962).

On october 10, the GMQ appeared in Gothenburg (according to the same magazine).

1. John Williams

Those of you who get Jazz Journal International may want to reread the review of the above cited CD.... A splendid issue...John Williams lined up 4 baris ( and a superb rhythm section) for two different sessions...The first is especially felicitous, as the baris also double on flute, bass clarinet, soprano sax, tenor & alto sax and alto clarinet... The opener is Walkin' Shoes...the ensemble does a take (a la Supersax) of Chet's 1952 solo, and also closes it out with Jeru's impro of the same date...

The group pays tribute to Cecil Payne, Bob Gordon, Pepper Adams, Joe Temperley (alas, nothing for Chaloff)

The exemplary liner notes are by the poet laureate of UK jazz writers, Alun Morgan..

The issue is SPOTLITE 564......probably only available, for the time being, through an English dealer

"The 40th Anniversary Tour of the U.K"

The Quartet is composed by Alec Dankworth (b), Randy Jones (d), Bobby Militello (as,fl)

One song is dedicated to Gerry Mulligan : "Goodbye old friend"

TELARC 080 783440

A very nice web-site compiled by O Fluckiger : www.dtrance.ch/jazzdoc/foreign.htm

Gerry is featured for two periods

GM"4" at Basel, Mustermesse , June 2, 1954

The quartet played in Paris/Salle Pleyel the 1st and 3rd of June 1954

The distance between Paris and Basel is about 600 km.

GM"6" at Lugano, March 22, 1956

Basel/Stadtcasino, March 23, 1956

Zurich/Cinema Urban, March 24, 1956

No date about the spring 57 tour and the spring 59 one

The period 1960-1969 is in preparation

A nice photography of Gerry and his baritone saxophone, probably dated of the sextet period 1955-56.

Can be seen on www.jazzpix.com/Artist_Listing/Mor-O/Gerry_Mulligan