2 LPs ON 1 CD

4 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE (Jeru)
5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE ( What Is There to Say)

This release contains two complete Gerry Mulligan small group albums Jeru (Columbia CSP JC58732), taped in 1962, presents Mulligan in an unusual setting as the only horn backed by a regular piano-bass-drums rhythm section plus congas. He is accompanied here by drummer Dave Bailey, bassist Ben Tucker, conga drummer Alec Dorsey, and the great pianist Tommy Flanagan. The LP marks the latter musician’s only existing collaboration with Mulligan. Recorded in 1958-59, What Is There to Say? (Columbia CS8116) showcases the saxophonist in one of his regular piano-less quartets, with Art Farmer on trumpet, Bill Crow on bass, and Dave Bailey on drums again.

PERSONNEL:

[1-7]: Jeru
GERRY MULLIGAN, baritone sax
TOMMY FLANAGAN, piano
BEN TUCKER, bass
DAVE BAILEY, drums
ALEC DORSEY, conga

New York, June 30, 1962.
Original session produced by Dave Bailey for his Jazztime label.

[8-15]: What Is There to Say ?
GERRY MULLIGAN, baritone sax
ART FARMER, trumpet
BILL CROW, bass
DAVE BAILEY, drums

New York, December 17 & 23, 1958, and January 15, 1959.
Original sessions produced by Teo Macero

INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01 Capricious
02 Here I’ll Stay
03 Inside Impromptu
04 You’ve Come Home
05 Get Out Of Town
06 Blue Boy
07 Lonely Town
08 What Is There
09 Just In Time
10 News From Blueport
11 Festive Minor
12 As Catch Can
13 My Funny Valentine
14 Blueport
15 Utter Chaos

TOTAL TIME: 77:37 min.