Baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan was one of the hottest players of the so-called West Coast cool school despite the fact that he first came to prominence in New York City in the late 1940s as an arranger for Gene Krupa, and in the Miles Davis nonet, where he wrote material for the Birth of the Cool sessions. In the early 1950s, Mulligan moved to California and formed a piano quartet with trumpeter Chet Baker. Mulligan was recorded in 1958 with four different lineups--a quartet with pianist Claude Williamson recording one of the songs written for Birth, "Jeru;" a pianoless quartet with Art Farmer on trumpet; a quintet with Dave Samuels on vibes and Mike Santiago on guitar; and a sextet with Ruby Braff on trumpet, Bud Freeman on tenor, and Billy Taylor on piano. --John Swenson
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Jazz Music:
- Great Moments [Original recording remastered]
- Groovin' with Diz
- Groovin' with Groove [Import]
- Hidden In Plain Sight
- High Voltage [Import] [Original recording remastered]
- In Scandinavia, Vol. 3 [Live]
- In the Moment
- Jazz Greats
- Jeru [Import]
- Lift
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Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: Songs
Yankee Doodle Dandy [Soundtrack]