Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band on Tour
1962 live album by Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band on Tour | ||||
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Live album by Gerry Mulligan | ||||
Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | October 1 and November 4 & 14, 1960 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, CA, West Berlin, West Germany and Teatro Lirico, Milan, Italy | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 40:39 | |||
Label | Verve V/V6 8438 | |||
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Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band on Tour (subtitled Guest Soloist: Zoot Sims) is a live album recorded by American jazz saxophonist and bandleader Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded in California, Berlin and Milan 1960 which were released on the Verve label. In the CD era it has been superseded by The Complete Santa Monica Concert [1][2][3]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [4] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars calling it a "highly recommended album" and stating "Tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims, who had previously toured with Mulligan's sextet and always swings effortlessly, is featured as a special guest on several of the selections".[4]
Track listing
- "Go Home" (Ben Webster) - 7:27
- "Barbara's Theme" (Johnny Mandel) - 5:17
- "I Want to Live" (Mandel) - 6:57
- "Red Door" (Zoot Sims, Gerry Mulligan) - 5:32
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 4:41
- "Apple Core" (Mulligan) - 5:05
- "Go Home" (Webster) - 5:40
- Recorded at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, CA on October 1, 1960 (tracks 4, 5 & 7), West Berlin in West Germany on November 4, 1960 (track 3) and the Teatro Lirico in Milan, Italy on November 14, 1960 (tracks 1, 2 & 6)
Personnel
- Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone
- Conte Candoli, Don Ferrara, Nick Travis - trumpet
- Willie Dennis - trombone
- Alan Raph - bass trombone
- Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone, piano track 4
- Bob Donovan - alto saxophone
- Gene Quill - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Jim Reider, Zoot Sims (full feature on tracks 5 and 6) - tenor saxophone
- Gene Allen - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
- Buddy Clark - bass
- Mel Lewis - drums
- Bill Holman (tracks 1, 6 & 7), Johnny Mandel (tracks 2 & 3), Gerry Mulligan (track 5) - arranger
References
- ^ Verve Records Catalog: 8400 series accessed February 26, 2016
- ^ Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 26, 2016
- ^ Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived April 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine accessed February 29, 2016
- ^ a b Dryden, Ken. The Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band on Tour – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- v
- t
- e
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)