Gerry Mulligan

INCLUDES FREE MP3 ALBUM DOWNLOAD

PLUS 9 BONUS TRACKS

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This reissue presents the quartet’s complete initial 10” LP, plus various other performances by the group from the same sessions, which have been added as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

CHET BAKER, trumpet & GERRY MULLIGAN, baritone sax
On all tracks plus:

A1-A4 & B2-B3:
Bob Whitlock (b), Chico Hamilton (d).
Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, October 15-16, 1952.

A9, B1 & B4:
Bob Whitlock (b), Chico Hamilton (d).
Phil Turetsky’s house, Los Angeles, August 16, 1952.

A5-A8 & B8:
Carson Smith (b), Chico Hamilton (d).
Blackhawk Club, San Francisco, September 2, 1952.

B5-B7:
Carson Smith (b), Chico Hamilton (d).
Radio Recorders Studios, Hollywood, January 3, 1953.

Original recordings produced by Richard Bock

SIDE A:

1 FRENESI
2 FREEWAY
3 SOFT SHOE
4 AREN’T YOU GLAD YOU’RE YOU?
5 LINE FOR LYONS (Gerry Mulligan) 2:35*
6 CARIOCA (*)
7 MY FUNNY VALENTINE (*)
8 BARK FOR BARKSDALE (*)
9 UTTER CHAOS #1 (*)

SIDE B:

1 BERNIE’S TUNE
2 WALKIN’ SHOES
3 NIGHTS AT THE TURNTABLE
4 LULLABY OF THE LEAVES
5 LIMELIGHT (*)
6 THE LADY IS A TRAMP (*)
7 MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT (*)
8 UTTER CHAOS #2 (*)

(*) Bonus tracks: From the same sessions. Not on the original 10” LP.