Gerry Mulligan

4 1/2 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

This release contains all known music from the celebrated session reuniting Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk. As a bonus, a long live version of “Now's the Time” recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955, in which both musicians are also featured.

PERSONNEL:

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

New York, August 12 & 13, 1957.

[11] BONUS TRACK:
Gerry Mulligan (bar), Thelonious Monk (p), Miles Davis (tp), Zoot Sims (ts),
Percy Heath (b), Connie Kay (d)
Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, July 17, 1955.

INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

1) ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT 8:28
2) RHYTHM-A-NING 5:20
3) SWEET AND LOVELY 7:17
4) DECIDEDLY 5:52
5) STRAIGHT, NO CHASER 6:58
6) I MEAN YOU 6:52
7) DECIDEDLY (alt) 6:35
8) STRAIGHT, NO CHASER (alt) 5:28
9) I MEAN YOU (alt 1) 6:22
10) I MEAN YOU (alt 2) 6:31
11) NOW'S THE TIME 8:31*

Total TimeT: 74:19

“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)