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GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET
COMPLETE RECORDINGS WITH BOB BROOKMEYER JOE BENJAMIN & DAVE BAILEY (2CD) (LTD)
| Label | JAZZTWIN |
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| Catalog | 51012 |
| Format | CD |
| Discs | 2 |
| Category | JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY |
| Street Date | 2017-12-28 |
- ･ LIMITED COLLECTOR’S EDITIONS
･ NEWLY DIGITALLY REMASTERED
･ OUTSTANDING NEW COVERS
･ 16-PAGE BOOKLET
The Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer was one of the best small groups in jazz history. Presented on this 2-CD set are all of the recordings made by the incarnation of this band featuring bassist Joe Benjamin (who only played regularly with Mulligan in 1957) and drummer Dave Bailey. It consists of three live recordings captured during a European tour in Stockholm Sweden and in concerts at the Newport Jazz Festival and at the Hollywood Bowl. Eight studio versions of songs performed at the concerts recorded by different formations of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet have been added here as a bonus.
GERRY MULLIGAN baritone saxophone & piano; BOB BROOKMEYER valve trombone; JOE BENJAMIN bass; DAVE BAILEY drums.
CD1 1-3: Newport Jazz Festival Newport Rhode Island evening July 6 1957. Add TEDDY WILSON (piano) on 3 only.
CD1 4-9: Hollywood Bowl Hollywood August 2 1957.
CD1 10-16 & CD2 1-7: Stockholm Sweden May 17 1957.
** BONUS TRACKS (CD2 8-15)
Studio versions of songs from the concerts by different formations of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet. Recorded in Los Angeles 1952-62. Featuring Bob Brookmeyer Art Farmer Chet Baker Carson Smith and Chico Hamilton among others.
- CD1:
1. MY FUNNY VALENTINE *
2. UTTER CHAOS *
3. SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
4. Introduction by Norman Granz
5. COME OUT WHEREVER YOU ARE
6. BAUBLES BANGLES AND BEADS
7. LAURA
8. BWEEBIDA BOBBIDA
9. UTTER CHAOS
10. COME OUT WHEREVER YOU ARE
11. THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES
12. MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT
13. LULLABY OF THE LEAVES
14. OPEN COUNTRY
15. I CAN’T GET STARTED
16. FRENESI
CD2:
1. BAUBLES BANGLES AND BEADS
2. YARDBIRD SUITE
3. WALKIN’ SHOES
4. MY FUNNY VALENTINE
5. BLUE AT THE ROOTS [aka BLUES AT THE ROOTS]
6. Gerry Mulligan announcement
7. BERNIE’S TUNE
8. OPEN COUNTRY **
9. MY FUNNY VALENTINE **
10. WALKIN’ SHOES **
11. LULLABY OF THE LEAVES **
12. I CAN’T GET STARTED **
13. MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT **
14. MY FUNNY VALENTINE **
15. UTTER CHAOS **
* For the first time on CD!
