# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerry-mulligan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:59:47.387Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerry-mulligan"
name: "Gerry Mulligan"
slug: "gerry-mulligan"
description: "Gerald Joseph Mulligan, also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, pianist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz—Mulligan was also a significant arranger working with Claude Thornhill, Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, and others. His piano-less quartet of the early 1950s with trumpeter Chet Baker is still regarded as one of the best cool jazz ensembles. Mulligan was also a skilled pianist and played several other reed instruments. Several of his compositions, including \"Walkin' Shoes\" and \"Five Brothers\", have become standards."
tagline: "American jazz musician and composer (1927–1996)"
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gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1927-04-06"
deathDate: "1996-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump