Gerry Mulligan
American jazz musician and composer (1927-1996) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 68
Gerald Joseph Mulligan, also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, pianist, composer and arranger.
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Norman Granz Produced Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959)
Astor Piazzolla Duets: Summit and Close your eyes and listen
Paul Desmond Duets: The Gerry Mulligan - Paul Desmond Quartet (1958)
Arthur Freed Produced Bells Are Ringing and The Subterraneans
Quincy Jones Produced Spring Is Sprung (1963)
Oscar Peterson Duets: Jazz Giants '58 (1958)
Vincente Minnelli Directed Bells Are Ringing (1962)
Stan Getz Duets: Jazz Giants '58 (1958)
Robert Mulligan Directed The Rat Race (1960)
Ben Webster Duets: Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959)
Art Farmer Also in The Subterraneans and I Want to Live!
Shelly Manne Also in The Subterraneans and I Want to Live!
Creed Taylor Produced Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (1960)
Harry Edison Duets: Jazz Giants '58 (1958)
Teo Macero Produced What Is There to Say? (1959)
William Perlberg Produced The Rat Race (1960)- Ranald MacDougall Directed The Subterraneans (1960)
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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.
