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Jeru (album)
''Jeru'' is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist and bandleader Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded in 1962 which were released on the Columbia label.Watts, R., Callahan, M., Eyries, P. & Edwards, DColumbia Main Series, Part 15: CL 1900-1999/CS 8700-8799 (1962-1963)accessed February 29, 2016Dugelay, G & Hallqvist, KGerry Mulligan Discography accessed February 29, 2016 Reception Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Mulligan is in fine form and, even if the music on this LP is not all that essential, it is quite enjoyable". Track listing # "Capricious" ( Billy Taylor) - 5:47 # "Here I'll Stay" (Kurt Weill, Alan Jay Lerner) - 5:00 # "Inside Impromptu" (Taylor) - 5:32 # "You've Come Home" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) - 5:40 # "Get Out of Town" (Cole Porter) - 4:12 # "Blue Boy" (Gerry Mulligan) - 4:38 # " Lonely Town" (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) - 5:34 Personnel * Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone * Tommy Flanagan - piano * Ben Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Mulligan
Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz—Mulligan was also a significant arranger, working with Claude Thornhill, Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, and others. His pianoless quartet of the early 1950s with trumpeter Chet Baker is still regarded as one of the best cool jazz groups. Mulligan was also a skilled pianist and played several other reed instruments. Several of his compositions, such as "Walkin' Shoes" and "Five Brothers", have become standards. Biography Early life and career Gerry Mulligan was born in Queens Village, Queens, New York, United States, the son of George and Louise Mulligan. His father was a Wilmington, Delaware native of Irish descent; his mother a Philadelphia native of half-Irish and half-German desce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cole Porter
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in film. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, Porter defied his grandfather's wishes for him to practice law and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn to musical theatre. After a slow start, he began to achieve success in the 1920s, and by the 1930s he was one of the major songwriters for the Broadway musical stage. Unlike many successful Broadway composers, Porter wrote the lyrics as well as the music for his songs. After a serious horseback riding accident in 1937, Porter was left disabled and in constant pain, but he continued to work. His shows of the early 1940s did not contain the lasting hits of his best work of the 1920s and 1930s, but in 1948 he made a triumphant comeback with his most successful musical, ''Kiss Me, Kate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
