Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Gerry Mulligan Quartet (Vol. 2) (1953/2019)
Artist: Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Title: Gerry Mulligan Quartet (Vol. 2)
Year Of Release: 1953/2019
Label: Blue Note Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:03:24
Total Size: 152 mb | 336 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Gerry Mulligan Quartet (Vol. 2)
Year Of Release: 1953/2019
Label: Blue Note Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:03:24
Total Size: 152 mb | 336 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Gerry Mulligan - I May Be Wrong (10" Take) (feat. Chet Baker)
02. Gerry Mulligan - I'm Beginning To See The Light (10" Take) (feat. Chet Baker)
03. Gerry Mulligan - The Nearness Of You (feat. Chet Baker)
04. Gerry Mulligan - Tea For Two (feat. Chet Baker)
05. Gerry Mulligan - Love Me Or Leave Me
06. Gerry Mulligan - Jeru
07. Gerry Mulligan - Darn That Dream
08. Gerry Mulligan - Swinghouse (10" Take)
09. Gerry Mulligan - Utter Chaos #2
10. Gerry Mulligan - My Old Flame
11. Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan - Love Me Or Leave Me (Alternate Take)
12. Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan - Swinghouse (12" Take)
13. Gerry Mulligan - Darn That Dream (Alternate Take) (feat. Chet Baker)
14. Gerry Mulligan - I May Be Wrong (12" Take) (feat. Chet Baker)
15. Gerry Mulligan - I'm Beginning To See The Light (12" Take) (feat. Chet Baker)
16. Gerry Mulligan - Five Brothers (Live From The Haig, Hollywood, CA / 1953)
17. Gerry Mulligan - I Can't Get Started (Live From The Haig, Hollywood, CA / 1953) (feat. Chet Baker)
18. Gerry Mulligan - Ide's Side (Live From The Haig, Hollywood, CA / 1953) (feat. Chet Baker)
19. Gerry Mulligan - Funhouse (Live From The Haig, Hollywood, CA / 1953) (feat. Chet Baker)
20. Gerry Mulligan - My Funny Valentine (Live From The Haig, Hollywood, CA / 1953) (feat. Chet Baker)
The second volume featuring early-'50s sessions by the Gerry Mulligan Quartet continues where the first left off, though including a number of alternate takes. By this time, the personnel had steadied with Mulligan and Chet Baker accompanied throughout their remaining sessions together by bassist Carson Smith and drummer Larry Bunker. The standout tracks include a remake of the baritone saxophonist's "Jeru" (recorded previously during the nonet sessions which were eventually gathered for Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool album) and the landmark treatment of "My Funny Valentine," a standard that would remain a key part of Baker's repertoire for the remainder of his life. Although this music was reissued several times, including in an extensive boxed set by Mosaic and the later The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker, this edition, like the earlier bigger collections, is already an out of print collectible fetching a premium price. This important release should be considered essential for anyone interested in West Coast jazz.