Released 1953 Release date 1953 Label Pacific Jazz Records | Artist Gerry Mulligan Producer Richard Bock Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded April 27, 29 & 30, 1953
Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 2
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Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 2 is an album by saxophonist and bandleader Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded in 1953 and originally released as a 10-inch LP on the Pacific Jazz label. In 2001 Pacific Jazz re-released the album on CD with additional alternate takes and 12" masters along with five live tracks.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden noted "Their unique approach to music came to be labeled as "cool" or West Coast jazz, relying on intricate improvisations, with Mulligan's inventive, lyrical baritone being well complemented by Baker, an unschooled player who possessed a gift for playing by ear".
Track listing
All compositions by Gerry Mulligan except as indicated
Original 10 inch LP release:
- "I May Be Wrong" (Henry Sullivan, Harry Ruskin) - 2:53
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 3:37
- "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 2:53
- "Tea for Two" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) - 2:49
- "Love Me or Leave Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 2:44
- "Jeru" - 2:30
- "Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange) - 3:50
- "Swinghouse" - 2:56
CD Release:
- "I May Be Wrong" (Sullivan, Ruskin) - 2:53
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, George, Hodges, James) - 3:37
- "The Nearness of You" (Carmichael, Washington) - 2:53
- "Tea for Two" (Youmans, Caesar) - 2:49
- "Love Me or Leave Me" (Donaldson, Kahn) - 2:44
- "Jeru" - 2:30
- "Darn That Dream" (Van Heusen, DeLange) - 3:50
- "Swinghouse" - 2:56
- "Utter Chaos #2" - 0:32
- "My Old Flame" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) - 3:13
- "Love Me or Leave Me" [alternate take] (Donaldson, Kahn) - 2:49
- "Swinghouse" [12" Master] - 2:57
- "Darn That Dream" [alternate take] Van Heusen, DeLange) - 3:23
- "I May Be Wrong" [12" Master] (Sullivan, Ruskin) - 3:00
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" [12" Master] (Ellington, George, Hodges, James) - 3:09
- "Five Brothers" - 3:00
- "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 4:03
- "Ide's Side" - 4:24
- "Funhouse" - 3:30
- "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:12
Recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California on April 27, 1953 (tracks 5, 6 & 8-12 and April 29 & 30, 1953 (tracks 1-4, 7 & 13-15) and at The Haig in Hollywood, California on May 20, 1953 (tracks 16-20).