For this date at Zurich’s Kongresshaus in October ’62, baritone maestro Gerry Mulligan’s quartet included young valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer (now a 71–year–old elder statesman), bassist (and more ...

Gerry Mulligan was a jazz icon who reshaped the sound of small-group improvisation. Known for his innovative pianoless quartets, Mulligan proved you could swing, comp, and create harmonic richness ...

California High School Musician Wins Conn Selmer Saxophone Valued at $10,000 DARIEN, CT, UNITED STATES, April 17, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Gerry & Franca ...

Gerry Mulligan, best known as a baritone saxophonist, was pivotal in developing the West Coast jazz sound, and was featured in big bands for years. He also composed and performed symphonic music ...

Anyone who's ever complained that so-called "cool jazz" artists don't know how to swing should check out this one from Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band. The 13-piece group was sure swinging hard one ...

Gerry Mulligan’s arrival in Los Angeles in the early ‘50s--reportedly after hitchhiking out from New York--had a singular effect on West Coast jazz. His so-called piano-less quartet with ...

Back around 1955, hard bop was making its ascendency and this might shed some light on how it's possible for the great music recorded by Gerry Mulligan's sextet to have been so blatantly ignored.

He continued, “The idea for this season actually came from the great Gerry Mulligan, who, in a conversation with me many years ago, said, ‘Do you ever think of programming a whole season of music ...

is truly a moving and endearing tribute album to Cool Jazz icon Gerry Mulligan. Every player demonstrates his appreciation and respect for baritone saxophonist, composer, and arranger Gerry Mulligan; ...

Disc One - Reunion; When Your Lover Has Gone; Star Dust; My Heart Belongs To Daddy; Jersey Bounce; Surrey With The Fringe On Top; Ornithology; Trav'lin' Light; People Will Say Were In Love; Gee Baby, ...