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Gerry Mulligan
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Gerry Mulligan was a baritone saxophonist and arranger. As a young man he wrote for big bands and for the nonet of Birth of the Cool. In 1952 he started a quartet without piano in Los Angeles, with the trumpeter Chet Baker. Without a piano the two horns could play freely against each other, while bass and drums marked the harmony and the rhythm. The quartet became very popular and defined the image of West Coast jazz. Mulligan played the big, low baritone saxophone lightly and nimbly. Later he led his Concert Jazz Band and played with Thelonious Monk and Astor Piazzolla. He often performed in Europe, including at the North Sea Jazz Festival.
Listening
Bernie's Tune · Gerry Mulligan, 1952
Walkin' Shoes · Gerry Mulligan, 1952
Song for Strayhorn · Gerry Mulligan, 1982
My Funny Valentine · Gerry Mulligan, 1952
Discography
Studio albums
- 1957Mulligan Meets Monk
- 1957Play Phil Sunkel's Jazz Concerto Grosso
- 1958A Profile of Gerry Mulligan
- 1958Reunion With Chet Baker and the Gerry Mulligan Quartet
- 1959Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster
- 1960The Concert Jazz Band
- 1962Two of a Mind
- 1963The Concert Jazz Band
- 1963Gerry Mulligan and Annie Ross
- 1963Jeru
- 1963Night Lights
- 1964Butterfly With Hiccups
- 1965Feelin' Good
- 1965If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em!
- 1969Blues Roots
- 1972The Age of Steam
- 1974Newport Jazz Festival Japan
- 1974Summit (Reunión cumbre)
- 1976Gerry Mulligan Meets Enrico Intra
- 1977La minaccia (Colonna sonora originale del film) (soundtrack)
- 1977The Arranger
- 1982Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges
- 1983Little Big Horn
- 1984Mainstream of Jazz
- 1985Mulligan
- 1986Soft Lights and Sweet Music
- 19871974
- 1988Lionel Hampton Presents Gerry Mulligan
- 1989Mulligan Plays Mulligan
- 1990Lonesome Boulevard
- 1991Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi‐Fi
- 1991Gitanes Jazz: Gerry Mulligan
- 1991Holliday With Mulligan
- 1991Saxophone Dreams
- 1992Compact Jazz: Gerry Mulligan
- 1992Re-Birth of the Cool
- 1992Walk on the Water
- 1993Gerry Mulligan Quartet & Chubby Jackson Big Band
- 1993Paraiso
- 1995The Gerry Mulligan Songbook
- 1998Mullenium
- 1998Triple Play
- 1999Watching & Waiting (soundtrack)
- 2001The Saxophone Player
- 2001Toot Toot Tootsie
- 2002I Grandi Del Jazz - Gerry Mulligan - Verve Jazz Masters 36
- 2003Nights At The Turntable
- 2004Swing House
- 2004Westwood Walk
- 2007In New York
- 2008Jazz Giants '58
- 2018Getz Meets Mulligan In Hifi
- 2020Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan / Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio
- 2024Laura
- ?Briskness
- ?Gerry Mulligan Meets The Sax Giants Vol. 1
- ?Lionel Hampton - Gerry Mulligan
Other work
- 1949Birth of the Cool · bariton en arrangementen
- 1952Gerry Mulligan Quartet · with Chet Baker
- 1982Live at North Sea Jazz Festival
In School of Rock
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- Jazz MapNL Map
- Mixtape 5: Jazz FestivalNL Reader
- After Hours: Session 2NL Reader
- After Hours: Session 4NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- West Coast jazz Genre
In 1952 in Los Angeles, Gerry Mulligan started a quartet without piano with Chet Baker, so that baritone saxophone and trumpet play in counterpoint.