Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet
1955 studio album by Gerry Mulligan
| Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet | ||||
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| Studio album by Gerry Mulligan | ||||
| Released | 1955 | |||
| Recorded | September 21, and October 22 & 31, 1955 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 44:18 | |||
| Label | EmArcy | |||
| Gerry Mulligan chronology | ||||
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Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet is an album led by American jazz baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan featuring tracks recorded in 1955 and released on the EmArcy label.[1]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, calling it "Fun swinging music that is still quite accessible".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Gerry Mulligan except as indicated
- "Mud Bug" (Jerry Lloyd) - 5:03
- "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules LeMare) - 2:40
- "Apple Core" - 5:23
- "Nights on the Turntable" - 4:33
- "Broadway" (Billy Byrd, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) - 6:31
- "Everything Happens to Me" (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) - 5:18
- "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:00
- "Bernie's Tune" (Bernie Miller, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 6:37
- Recorded in New York City on September 21, (tracks 1 & 8), October 22 (tracks 2 & 3) and October 31 (tracks 4-7), 1955
Personnel
- Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone
- Jon Eardley - trumpet
- Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone, piano on track 6
- Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone
- Peck Morrison - bass
- Dave Bailey - drums
References
- ^ EmArcy Records discography accessed October 2, 2012
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 2, 2012
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- v
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Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release. Some of the titles have been shortened.
as
leader
or
co-leader
- Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1953)
- Paris Concert (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1954)
- California Concerts (1954)
- Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955)
- Mainstream of Jazz (1956)
- At Storyville (1956)
- The Teddy Wilson Trio &
Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer at Newport (split album, 1957) - Jazz Giants '58 (with Harry Edison, Stan Getz, 1958)
- Mulligan Meets Monk (with Thelonious Monk, 1957)
- Blues in Time (with Paul Desmond, 1957)
- Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz
- Jazz Concerto Grosso (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1957)
- The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (1957)
- Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! (1957–58)
- What Is There to Say? (1958–59)
- Meets Johnny Hodges (1959)
- Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959)
- The Concert Jazz Band (1960)
- The Concert Jazz Band on Tour (1960)
- The Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960)
- Holliday with Mulligan (with Judy Holliday, 1961)
- Presents a Concert in Jazz (1961)
- The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1962)
- Jeru (1962)
- Two of a Mind (with Paul Desmond, 1962)
- Spring Is Sprung (1962)
- Gerry Mulligan '63 (1962)
- Night Lights (1963)
- Butterfly with Hiccups (1963–64)
- If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! (1965)
- Feelin' Good (1965)
- Something Borrowed - Something Blue (1966)
- Summit (with Astor Piazzolla, 1974)
- Walk on the Water (1980)
Chet
Baker
- Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1 (1952)
- Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 2 (1953)
- Gene Norman Presents the
Original Gerry Mulligan Tentet and Quartet (1953) - Reunion (1957)
- Carnegie Hall Concert (1974)
Dave
Brubeck
others
- Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50)
- 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe (Barry Manilow, 1984)
- Pelé (Sérgio Mendes & Pelé, 1977)
- Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972)
- The Classic Concert Live (with Mel Tormé & George Shearing, 1982)
- The Sound of Jazz (1957)
- I Want to Live! (1958)
- The Subterraneans (1960)
- The Hot Rock (Quincy Jones, 1971)
