• Musicians playing Mulligan's originals : CDs
• Other musicians unissued recordings
• Tribute Concert for Zoot Sims
• Virtuosity: A Contemporary Look
• Mulligan Web Site
• ARTICLES
• Barry Manilow: ONE MORE TIME
• A Fireside chat with GUNTER HAMPEL

1. Jomar Dragon Quartet featuring Phil Urso

Blue Moon BMCD 1610

This quintet, composed by Ron Washington (ts), Phil Urso (bs,ts), Dagwood Walton (Hammond organ), Gene Klingman (b), Jo Jo Williams (d), played in 1959 the well known Mulligan original "Line for Lyons (5mn10s).

George Masso "Night Birds" Gemini Records CD 95

This quintet, composed by Harry Allen (ts), Totti Bergh (ts,ss), George Masso (tb), Per Husby (p), Blorn Alterhaug (b), Per Hulten (d) played two Mulligan original "Line for Lyons" (4mn32s) and "Song for Strayhorn (5mn50s) which were arranged by George Masso.

Recorded at the Waterfall Studio, Oslo, in august 10, 1997

A quartet, composed by Art Farmer (tp), Jarek Smietana (g), Jacek Niedziela (b), Adam Czerwinski played the Mulligan original "Line for Lyons" (6mn29s)

PAO records is an Austrian label (contact : pz@pao.at & www.Pao.at )

Trudi Mann (vcl), Tedd Fith (p), Saadi Zain (b), Sunny Jain (d)
Trudi Mann offers an excellent interpretation of this famous Mulligan's original "The real Thing" (lyrics of Mel Torme). Her voice is warm and her play,perfect. You must to discover this great album. She also sings Barry Manilow's "When October Goes". The original being issued on the CD 2.00 AM Paradise Cafe and featuring Gerry Mulligan. You can contact Trudi Mann by the web at : www.TrudiMann.com & e-mail : TrudiMann@att.net

DREYFUS JAZZ FDM 36625-2

The Roy Haynes' combo is really an ALL STARS : Kenny Garrett (as), Roy Hargrove (tp), Dave Holland (b), Dave Kikoski (p) and of course Roy Haynes (d). The themes selects by the drummer are unusual. Some rare Parker's original like "Diverse", "Ah Leu Cha" ; and also some songs from the "with strings" book : "April in Paris", "What is this thing called love ?" and also the Mulligan's theme "Rocker".
The theme is played by Roy Hargrove and Kenny Garrett after a Dave Kikoski's introduction. Kenny's solo is firstly jerky and then comes fluider. The following soli are played by Roy Hargrove, Dave Kikoski. Then Roy Haynes and Dave Holland offer us some excellent exchanges. The timing of this "Rocker" version is 6mn02s.

Artistry 4009 (a two CD set)

Two concerts from the most famous period of Stan Kenton : Cornell University April 15, 1953 ; Ford Ord 1955 featuring the brillant Mulligan arrangements.

From Cornell :"Swinghouse" (3mn20s) - "Walking Shoes" (3mn01s) - "Youngblood" (5mn06s)
From Fort Ord : "Limelight" (3mn41s)

March ? August 1948 (with Woody Herman)Master of Jazz CD 180

This CD contains two takes of the Mulligan's original "Elevation" and arranged by Ralph Burns .

The first one was recorded at the Commodore Hotel of New York, 28 april 1948, AFRS ONS #1650. The recording begins and finishes by DJ announcements. The real timing of this take is 3mn 03s
Soli are from Fred Otis (p), Stan Getz (ts), Ernie Royal (tp) Earl Swope (tb) and Don Lamond (d)

The second one was recorded at the same place but some days later : 12 may 1948, AFRS #1745. There is no announcement. The real timing is 3mn 51s

The booklet of this CD contains interesting informations about the Gerry Mulligan's arrangement of "Youngblood". The writer of these notes is Alain Tercinet, his reference of this information came from the Gene Lees book : "Leader of the band" The life of Woody Herman", Oxford University Press (1995).
"Gerry Mulligan presented his "Youngblood" arrangement at Woody Herman (at this time, leader of the second Herd). Gerry stated "They played good solos, but Woody's was the only solo that had anything to do with my piece".
Some years later, Gerry Mulligan sold his arrangement at Stan Kenton

1. Guy Schadeck in Trier (D)

Thursday, the 12th of july, was a particular day.
I was in Trier (Germany) to listen TO a Tribute concert to Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker by the Guy Schadeck Quintet. A fine baritone saxophonist, Guy Schadeck, lives in Luxembourg.
The "Chet Baker" trumpettist is Edouard Romano (his family called him "Aldo"), but there is already a famous italian drummer called Aldo Romano !
Edouard is a young and excellent, marvelous player that I appreciate very much.
The rhythm section was composed by : Pierre Boespflug (p), Jean-Luc Deat (b), Charly Davot (d)
They played "Walking Shoes", "Sandy at the Beach", "Limelight", "Festive Minor", "My Funny Valentine", "Bernie's Tune" during the first set which was dedicated to Gerry.
The second set was a Chet Baker Hommage. Nevertheless The quintet, with as guest singer Silvia Droste, played a nice "Line for Lyons"
As encore, the sextet gives a nice version of "Fine and Mellow". (from "The Sound of Jazz" TV show)

This was a nice tribute to Gerry Mulligan by an excellent quintet.

Live At The Chicago Jazz Festival 1985
This concert is a tribute to the famous Zoot Sims who dead in march 1985. From a Kenny Barron Discography you find more information about this concert

1. Stan Getz Introduction
2. Unknown Title
3. If You Cared for Me Like I Cared for You, Then You Wouldn't Care at All
4. Unknown Title
5. Gerry Mulligan Introduction
6. Blues for John Haley "Zoot" Sims
7. Georgia on My Mind [Hoagy Carmichael]
8. Satin Doll [Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn]
9. The Red Door
10. Four Brothers [Jimmy Giuffre]
11. Early Autumn [Ralph Burns]

Stan Getz-tsx (1-4, 9-11), Herbie Stewart, Jimmy Giuffre-tsx (10-11), Gerry Mulligan-bsx (5-11) Kenny Barron-p, George Mraz-b, Al Foster-d

Richard Peaslee/William Russo: Virtuosity: A Contemporary Look on GM3017

Returning for their second GM co-release, Dick Peaslee and Bill Russo celebrate the evolving role of the soloist in contemporary, jazz-inflected concerto and chamber settings.
This CD gives us new versions of Russo's violin concerto The English Concerto, the Dick Peaslee's trumpet concerto Nightsongs, and The Devil's Herald for tuba soloist with horn quartet and percussion.
Peaslee's Chicago Concerto was commissioned in 1967 for Gerry Mulligan and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble. This orchestra was founded in 1965 at Columbia College by Chicago native William Russo.Here this baritone saxophone concerto is given glorious voice by the extraordinary Gary Smulyan and the Manhattan School of Music Ensemble and was recorded on 28 April 1989 at Crossroads Recording Ltd in New York.
This concerto has four movements
1. Opener (4mn02s) - 2. Ballad (4mn51s) - 3. Blues (5mn23s) - 4.Denoument (4mn14s)

Craig Hanley's Mulligan web site has recently moved.
His collection of LPs , CDs is very impressive.
His web site address is :

http://www.mts.net/~hanley/index.html

You'll find a lot of information, photographies about Gerry Mulligan.
A part of this web site is dedicated to my newsletters, and other part is about my list of Mulligan's recordings.

1. January 24, 1963 Jazz News & Review :

There is a review about Gerry Mulligan

gives more informations about the Gerry Mulligan British tour : The review is titled : "Melodic Mulligan".

The site "The BarryNet - His Music - Who Writes The Songs" gives songwriting credits of the song "One more Time" which featured Gerry Mulligan and was issued on the CD "Swingstreet". The Gerry Mulligan voice was recorded at New York, the other musicians was recorded at Los Angeles.

"One More Time", 1987 Townsway Music (BMI), Denise Barry Music (ASCAP), Appoggiatura Music (BMI), Camp Songs Music (BMI); Arranged by Barry Manilow; Recorded by Michael Braunstein at Westlake Audio (Los Angeles); Gerry Mulligan Recorded by Ed Rak at Clinton Recording (New York City); Mixed by Alan Sides at Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles); Assistant Engineers - Bruce Wildstein, Mark Germaine and Rebecca Everett; Piano - Ron Pedley and Barry Manilow; Guitar - John Pondel; Bass - Marc Levine; Drums - Bud Harner; Baritone Saxophone - Gerry Mulligan
LP inner sleeve contains lyrics

(This interview from USA Jazz Weekly is provided by GUNTER HAMPEL.) By FRED JUNG

By 1958, I was doing concert tours with my quartet or quintet, first throughout Germany, then Europe. We had nightclubs like your Blue Note or Village Vanguard or Sweet Basil, playing seven days a week jazz. One band was hired for 30 days a month! So I was traveling, one month playing in Hamburg, or Berlin, or Munich, or Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Paris, Zurich, Vienna, Madrid (Spain). We were playing from 8PM till 2, 3, 4AM every night. Other traveling jazz greats were sitting in with the Gunter Hampel Quintet: Ed Thigpen (drums), Gerry Mulligan (on alto sax!), Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Danny Richmond, Jackie Byard, Johnny Griffin, Milt Jackson, Don Ellis. It was a jazz circuit and we got our chops together playing year by year in those basements (we called it working down the mines - bad air, tobacco smoke and booze and prostitution, but in opposite to US clubs at those times, no pimps and no drug traffic) clean German dancing.
- Fred Jung - USA Jazz Weekly, August 2, 2000