Song Of The Day - "Freeway" by Gerry Mulligan Quartet Some of the greatest Jazz the West Coast had to offer from the very first release by Pacific Jazz Records. I've got this one on a 10" heavy vinyl microgroove record from 1952: catalog number PJLP-1! What a line up: Gerry Mulligan on the tenor sax, a young Chesney (Chet) Baker on trumpet, Chico Hamilton on drums and Von … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "Freeway" by Gerry Mulligan Quartet
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Song Of The Day – “Freeway” by Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Here is some of the greatest the West Coast had to offer, from the very first release by Pacific Jazz Records! I scored an original 1952 10” pressing of this one (Pacific Jazz catalog number PJLP-1) on heavy microgroove vinyl in a garage sale many years ago! Not only did this record signal a bright new beginning for a Jazz record label that would become a force to be … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Freeway” by Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Song Of The Day – “Simbah” by Gerry Mulligan Tentette
The innovative instrumentation and arrangements of Miles Davis’ landmark Birth Of The Cool nonet sessions from 1948, on which Gerry Mulligan played baritone saxophone, was a major influence on Mulligan’s Tentette recordings from January of 1953 that included “Simbah,” today’s Song Of The Day. But even though the Tentette recordings are less well known than the storied Birth Of … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Simbah” by Gerry Mulligan Tentette
