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Gerry Mulligan Sextet / Quartet

Title: Rare & Unissued 1955-56 Broadcasts

Label: Rare Live Recordings

Cat No:RLR88660
Format:CD

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• This release contains a number of rare or previously unissued live recordings by the great Gerry Mulligan, recorded in 1955-56, most of them backed by his splendid but short-lived sextet with Bob Brookmeyer and Zoot Sims.

• Included are two long unavailable radio broadcasts from the Basin Street Club in New York in 1955, and three previously unissued TV performances taped in Milan and New York in 1956 (the last two in a quartet format).

• As a bonus, we have added Mulligan’s participation on the Second Timex Jazz TV Show (1958), which appears here on CD for the first time ever.

• Personnel : Gerry Mulligan, baritone sax, on all tracks, with : Bob Brookmeyer, valve trombone; Zoot Sims, tenor sax; Jon Eardley, trumpet; Peck Morrison, bass; Dave Bailey, drums; Bill Crow, bass; Art Farmer (tp), & Henry Grimes (b).

• Total Time : 71:52 min. - 15 tracks, including 8 previously unissued.

Track Listing for Rare & Unissued 1955-56 Broadcasts
01 Nights At The Turntable 5:02
02 Broadway 1:23
03 Utter Chaos (Theme) 0:33*
04 The Red Door 6:02
05 Soft Shoe 4:45
06 Makin’ Whoopee 4:53
07 Bernie’s Tune [1] 6:39
08 Intro Into Bernie’s Tune [2] 5:10*
09 Walkin’ Shoes 5:14*
10 Ontet 5:46*
11 Line For Lyons (Incomplete) 1:05*
12 My Funny Valentine 3:08*
13 Five Brothers 4:20*
14 Line For Lyons 2:56*
15 Utter Chaos Into Bernie’s Tune [3] 4:11**
TT: 71:52

Reviews

Jazz Journal - Gordon Jack

This material is certainly rare.

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Gerry Mulligan Sextet / Quartet

Rare & Unissued 1955-56 Broadcasts