Gerry Mulligan

• DIGIPACK EDITION

A previously unreleased concert of the Concert Jazz Band led by Gerry Mulligan at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw in November 5th, 1960. Gerry Mulligan launched his Concert Jazz Band in the spring of 1960. Norman Granz, promotor of Jazz at the Philarmonic and owner of the Verve label stepped right in to record the orchestra and take it on an European tour. The three-week European tour of November took the band to cities such as Gothenburg, Berlin, Milan, basel, Copenhagen, Genoa, Paris and Stockholm. The two concerts in Holland on November 5th (at 8:15 pm in The Hague and at midnight in Amsterdam) were both sold out.

PERSONNEL:

• GEERY MULLIGAN, baritone sax
• NICK TRAVIS, DON FERRARA, CONTE CANDOLI, trumpet
• WILLIE DENNIS, trombone
• BOB BROOKMEYER, valve trombone
• ALAN RAPH, bass trombone
• GENE QUILL, alto sax, clarinet
• BOB DONOVAN, alto sax
• JIM REIDER, tenor sax
• GENE ALLEN, baritone sax, bass clarinet
• BUDDY CLARK, bass
• MEL LEWIS, drums
• ZOOT SIMS, tenor sax on tracks 8, 9 & 11

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, November 5, 1960

TRACKS:

• 01. Tune: Utter Chaos
• 02. Announcement by Gerry Mulligan
• 03. You Took Advantage Of Me
• 04. Theme from ‘I Want To Live’
• 05. Black Nightgown
• 06. 18 Carrots For Rabbit
• 07. Barbara's Theme
• 08. Apple Core
• 09. Go Home l
• 10 . Young Blood
• 11. Come Rain Or Come Shine
• 12. As Catch Can
• 13. My Funny Valentine v
• 14. Walkin' Shoes