Gerry Mulligan

2 LPs ON 1 CD

This release presents he complete album Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (Verve MGV 8367), which was the only collaborative small group recording ever made by these two sax giants. Apart from this session, their only recordings together were a pair of sets where Mulligan joined the Ellington orchestra. As a bonus, the complete album What Is There to Say? (Columbia CS1307) one of the best efforts by Mulligan's celebrated piano-less quartet with Farmer.

PERSONNEL:

[1-6] GERRY MULLIGAN MEETS JOHNNY HODGES: ( 4,5 Stars Downbeat Magazine)

GERRY MULLIGAN (bs)
JOHNNY HODGES (as)
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON (p)
BUDDY CLARK (b)
MEL LEWIS (d)
Los Angeles, November 17, 1959

[7-14] BONUS ALBUM: WHAT IS THERE TO STAY?

GERRY MULLIGAN (bs)
ART FARMER (tp)
BILL CROW (b)
DAVE BAILEY (d)
New York, December 1958 - January 15, 1959

TRACKS:

01. Sunny
02. What's The Rush
03. Back Beat
04. What It's All About
05. 18 Carrots For Rabbit
06. Shady Side
07. What Is There To Say
08. Just In Time
09. News From Blueport
10. Festive Minor
11. Catch Can
12. My Funny Valentine
13. Blueport
14. Utter Chaos.

Total Time: 74:35

“This is the kind of session about which critical comment is a waste of space. The two men blend just the way you would expect a rabbit to blend with a carrot-top. Casual, unostentatious music that belongs irrevocably to the past, present and future of jazz. (Leonard Feather)