1. Igloo - Mainstream & Relax
2. Lollypop - Mainstream
3. Makin' Whoopee - Profile & Relax
4. Nights On The Turntable - Presenting
5. Broadway - Presenting
6. Everything Happens To Me - Presenting
7. The Lady Is A Tramp - Presenting
8. Sweet And Lovely - Presenting
9. Duke Ellington Medley - Profile
10. Bernie's Tune - Presenting & Relax
11. Demanton - Profile
12. La Plus Que Lente - Profile
13. Westwood Walk - Under One Roof
14. Elevation - Mainstream

 LINER NOTES

1927 Born in New York on April 6th.
One of four brothers, Gerry was the only one to embark on a musical career. His brothers all followed in their father's footsteps and became civil engineers.

1934 He began to study piano.

1938 He started to practise on a clarinet lent to him by a friend and immediately showed a flair for wind instruments.

1943 He completed his musical training in Philadelphia and started his professional career. He wrote some arrangements for the band of a local.radio station. He played with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. For the moment his favourite instrument is the tenor sax.

1946 He left home and went to live in NewYork. He got a job with Gene Krupa's band n Los Angeles. During a performance in Hollywood he met Charlie Parker again and inevitably gave in to the temptation of drugs. He was arrested for smoking marijuana and was put on probation for a year.

1947 He stopped working for Gene Krupa and devoted himself to the study of the baritone saxophone, an instrument on which he has few rivals except Harry Carney in the Duke Ellington orchestra and Serge Chaloff with Woody Herman. He was a frequen tvisitor to Gil Evans' small flat in the centre of Manhattan, a favourite meeting-place for "avant garde" musicians. Together with Evans, he wrote arrangements for the Claude Thornhill orchestra.

1948 He worked for two weeks at the "Royal Roost", a Broadway club, as a soloist in a nine-man band led by Miles Davis.

1949-1950 He took part in the recording sessions known as "Birth of the Cool", one of the landmarks in history of jazz. The arrangements, which included the use of unusual instruments like the French horn and the tuba, were put together by Miles Davis, Gil Evans, John Carrisi, John Lewis, and Mulligan himself (Jeru, Venus de Milo, Rocker, Godchild). Mulligan stayed with Thornhill only for a shortwhile and then worked in Elliot Lawrence's band and also, for a short period, in a group that also included Kai Winding.
Apathy and depression, the inevitable consequences of his drug addiction, got the better of him and led him towards solitude and desperation. It took the love of a woman, Gale Madden, to bring him back to reality and give him hope for the future.

1951 Mulligan realizes that to get out of the rut he has to change his ways .He redeemed the saxophone that he had pawned in a moment of depression and left for California with Gale. They had no money, but their heads were full of ideas and new projects.
Their journey was exhausting and full of adventure, but finally they arrived. Getting back on their feet was a difficult job. Gerry managed to sell ten arrangements to Stan Kenton and finally found work at "The Haig", a jazz club where once a week, on Mondays, he played with Chet Baker, Bob Whitlock and Chico Hamilton.

1952 With the piano-less quartet that had been tried out so successfully at "The Haig", Mulligan recorded a series of numbers that are still among the finest expressions of his genius (Bernie's Tune, Line for Lyons, My Funny Valentine).
Although his professional career was a success, his private life was a mess. He separated from Gale and went back on drugs. He married a l9 year-old girl, Jeffie Lee Boyd, but the marriage soon ended on the rocks.

1953 The recordings made by the quartet aroused great interest and were much in demand. Mulligan's relationship with Chet Baker, so successful musically, was a disaster on a personal level. The continuous arguments finally led to a definitive break-up.
Despite his inability to deal with practical problems Mulligan continued to prosper professionally. After recording with his "Tentette", he made the experiment of adding the sound of the sax of Lee Konitz to his quartet.
In September he was arrested for being in possession of drugs and was held in custody until Christmas.

1954 Chet Baker was sacked and replaced by Bob Brookmeyer, an exceptionally talented valve trombonist. His second wife Arlyne, whom he had met in New York, acted as his secretary and business manager. In June his new quartet (with Red Mitchell on bass and Frank Isola on drums) took part in the Paris Jazz Festival - the "Salle Pleyel" was packed and the performance was a huge succes. In July, at the Newport Jazz Festival, he took part in a famous jam-session with Eddie Condon.

1955 He formed his famous sextet, with the now irreplaceable Bob Brookmeyer, Zoot Sims on tenor sax, and John Eardley or Don Ferrara on trumpet.

1956 He toured France and Italy with his sextet, winning fans everywhere.

1957 He led various small groups making recordings along side top class musicians such as Paul Desmond, Stan Getz, Harry Edison, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Thelonious Monk and Al Cohn. In May he once again formed a quartet with Bob Brookmeyer, making live recordings in Stockholm and taking part in the Newport Jazz Festival.

1958 He made further experiments with a quartet, this time with Art Farmer on trumpet. He collaborated in composing the sound track of the film "I Want to Live".

1959 He divorced Arlyne Brown and began a relationship with Judy Holliday, a famous actress who was also an active, educated woman, who helped him to overcome his personal psychological problems and helped him find work in Hollywood composing sound tracks.
He recorded with Ben Webster and Jimmy Witherspoon.

1960 He made his debut with his own orchestra, the "Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band". His assistant, as soloist and arranger, was his friend Bob Brookmeyer. With the band Mulligan occasionally played the clarinet.
He recorded with a quintet that included Johnny Hodges and Claude Williamson.

1961 The record "Holliday with Mulligan" was released.

1962 Hecontinued to work with small groups, with famous musicians such as his old friend Bob Brookmeyer, Paul Desmond, Connie Kay and Tommy Flanagan.

1965 After the death of Judy Holliday, Mulligan married the actress Sandy Dennis.

1966 Together with Bill Holman, he composed "Music for Baritone Saxophone and Orchestra" for the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra led by Stan Kenton, in which he also played as a soloist.

1967 The film "Luv", with music by Mulligan, orchestrated by Holman, had its premiere.

1968-1969 With Dave Brubeck he toured Europe, Japan and Australia. Their appearances everywhere were a triumphant success.

1972 He made an LP, "The Age of Steam", with an impressive big band bearing his name. One of the soloists was the ever-present Brookmeyer.

1973 He performed with his band at the Newport Jazz Festival.

1974 He recorded with Astor Piazzolla. He took part in a concert at Carnegie Hall with Chet Baker.

1975 He recorded the sound track of the film "Hot Rock', written by Quincy Jones.

1980 He won the "Grammy" prize for an album recorded with a big band (Walk on the Water).

During the whole of the 1970s and 1980s Mulligan divided his time between the USA and Europe. He was a frequent visitor to Italy where he took part in concerts, jazz festivals (Umbria Jazz) and recording sessions. As well as the baritone sax, he often played the piano and the soprano sax.