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Chet
Baker /Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Gerry Mulligan: The Complete Pacific Jazz/Capitol Recordings of the
Original Gerry Mulligan Quartet/Tentette with Chet Baker |
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Label: ,Mosaic
MR5-102/MD3-102 |
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Original issue:Pacific Jazz 8 The Genius Of Gerry Mulligan |
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Number of Tunes: 2 |
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MD Recording Date(s):July 9,1952 |
Personnel:Chet Baker(tp)Gerry Mulligan (bar)Jimmy Rowles(p)Joe
Mondragon(d)
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Review:Baritonist
Gerry Mulligan's
pianoless quartet of 1952-53 with trumpeter
Chet Baker was one
of the most popular groups of the period and an influential force on West
Coast Jazz.
Mulligan's
interplay with
Baker looked back
toward the collective improvisation of Dixieland but utilized up-to-date
harmonies. This four-CD set overlaps with a previous (and now
out-of-print) five-LP Mosaic box. In addition to all of the Pacific Jazz
(as opposed to Fantasy and GNP/Crescendo) recordings of
the Mulligan Quartet
(including the hit version of "My Funny Valentine"), this box has a few
slightly earlier titles that find
Mulligan gradually
forming the group (even utilizing pianist
Jimmie Rowles on
two songs), tunes from live sessions in which altoist
Lee Konitz made the
band a quintet, the 1957
Mulligan-Baker
set called
Reunion and
an
Annie Ross date
from the same period (leaving out the numbers that have
Art Farmer in
Baker's place).
Despite both musicians remaining active for over 30 years,
Mulligan and
Baker only teamed
up again on one occasion, for a 1970s Carnegie Hall concert released by
CTI. The consistently delightful music on this box (much of which is
classic) is highly recommended for all jazz collections. -- Scott
Yanow, All Music Guide |
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