Gerry Mulligan

THE ONLY STUDIO COLLABORATION OF MONK & MULLIGAN !

4 1/2 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE
 

Original review: “The minutes of this meeting are very interesting indeed. They begin with a lyrical ‘Round Midnight’, and continue through Monk’s brittle ‘I Mean You’. In between, there are stretches of good to excellent Mulligan, brilliant Ware, and good to excellent Monk.” (Dom Cerulli, 1957)

PERSONNEL:

GERRY MULLIGAN, baritone sax
THELONIOUS MONK, piano
WILBUR WARE, bass
SHADOW WILSON, drums

New York, August 12 (tracks A2, B2-B4)
and August 13 (tracks A1, A3 & B1), 1957.

Side A:
1 ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT (Thelonious Monk) 8:28
2 RHYTHM-A-NING (Thelonious Monk) 5:20
3 SWEET AND LOVELY (Arnheim-Tobias-Lemare) 7:17

Side B:
1 DECIDEDLY (Gerry Mulligan) [based on “Undecided” by Charlie Shavers] 5:52
2 STRAIGHT, NO CHASER (Thelonious Monk) 6:58
3 I MEAN YOU (Thelonious Monk) 6:52
4 STRAIGHT, NO CHASER [alternate version] (Thelonious Monk) 5:28*

*BONUS TRACK: From the same sessions. Not on the original LP.