The Original Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker Quartet Complete Recordings [2CD]

Straightahead / Mainstream Jazz
premiera polska: 2011-06-01
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
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One Of The Best Selling Jazz Albums Of All Time!!

The complete master takes by Gerry Mulligan's original 1952-53 mostly piano-less quartet with Chet Baker. These recordings would prove enormously influential and set the groundwork for many other groups.
Includes 8-page booklet

In Chet Baker's short memoirs, published posthumously under the title As Though I Had Wings, the trumpeter remembered the beginnings of the formation that made jazz history: "When I heard that Gerry had hitchhiked to L.A. from New York, and that he was interested in putting together a group, I was curious to find out about this guy. A couple of weeks later I was called for a rehearsal with Mulligan. Chico Hamilton, Bob Whitlock, Gerry and myself were present. The group clicked immediately under Gerry's direction, and a couple of weeks later we began what turned out to be an eleven-month run at a little club across from the Ambassador Hotel called the Haig." One of the factors that made the quartet special was the absence of the piano from the rhythm section, which usually consisted of piano, bass and drums. The lack of the piano gave the bass more liberties with the harmony, and also presented the horns with more space to improvise. All of their recordings together from that period are on this 2-CD set, with the sole exception of five alternate takes that didn't fit due to time limitations.

muzycy:
Chet Baker, trumpet
Gerry Mulligan, baritone sax
On all tracks plus:
Jimmy Rowles (p)
Bob Whitlock, Carson Smith, Joe Mondragon (b)
Chico Hamilton
Larry Bunker (d).

utwory:
CD 1:
1. Bernie's Tune 2:53
2. Lullaby Of The Leaves 3:16
3. Utter Chaos #1 0:37
4. Line For Lyons 2:35
5. Carioca 2:28
6. My Funny Valentine 2:58
7. Bark For Barksdale 3:16
8. Utter Chaos #2 0:24
9. Nights At The Turntable 2:55
10. Frenesi 3:11
11. Aren't You Glad You're You 2:53
12. Walkin' Shoes 3:13
13. Soft Shoe 2:40
14. Freeway 2:47
15. Limelight 2:48
16. The Lady Is A Tramp 3:14
17. Turnstile 2:58
18. Moonlight In Vermont 4:06
19. Dinah 2:58
20. She Didn't Say Yes, She Didn't Say No 2:33
21. Godchild 3:58
22. Poinciana 3:53
23. Aren't You Glad You're You 4:00
24. Get Happy 5:54
25. Cherry 2:58
26. Carson City Stage 2:30

CD 2:
1. Makin' Whoopee 3:29
2. Motel 2:38
3. My Old Flame 3:14
4. All The Things You Are 5:08
5. Love Me Or Leave Me 2:44
6. Jeru 2:32
7. Swing House 2:56
8. Utter Chaos #3 0:30
9. I May Be Wrong 2:53
10. I'm Beginning
To. See The Light 3:370
11. The Nearness Of You 2:53
12. Tea For Two 2:49
13. Darn That Dream 3:52
14. Varsity Drag 2:26
15. Speak Low 2:10
16. Half Nelson 3:04
17. Lady Bird 4:29
18. Love Me Or Leave Me 3:17
19. Swing House 3:28
20. Five Brothers 3:01
21. I Can't Get Started 4:04
22. My Funny Valentine 5:18
23. Ide's Side 4:24
24. Fun House 3:27

total time - CD 1: 78:07
CD 2: 78:36

nagrano: Recorded in San Francisco, Hollywood and Los Angeles, 1952-53.

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