Released 1980 Label DRG SL 5191 Genre Jazz | Length 32:52 Release date 1980 | |
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Recorded April 10, 11, 12, 14 & 17, 1961
Olmsted Studios, New York Holliday with Mulligan
(1961) Gerry Mulligan Presents a Concert in Jazz
(1961) Artists Judy Holliday, Gerry Mulligan Similar Gerry Mulligan albums, Jazz albums | ||
Holliday with Mulligan is an album by American acctress and singer Judy Holliday with jazz saxophonist and bandleader Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded in 1961 which were first released on the DRG label in 1980.
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Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "Baritone-saxophonist Gerry Mulligan and actress Judy Holliday were an "item" around the time of this recording. Their one meeting on record features Holliday doing some effective singing on eleven songs, mostly lesser-known standards plus four songs co-written by the two leaders. Unfortunately Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band is largely wasted, being restricted to anonymous accompaniment of Holliday, making this CD of greater historical value than of interest to jazz listeners".
Track listing
All compositions by Gerry Mulligan and Judy Holliday except as indicated
- "What's The Rush" - 3:26
- "Loving You" - 2:13
- "Lazy" (Irving Berlin) - 2:27
- "It Must Be Christmas" - 3:02
- "The Party's Over" (Jule Styne, Adolph Green, Betty Comden) - 2:26
- "It's Bad For Me" (Cole Porter) - 2:09
- "Supper Time" (Berlin) - 4:14
- "Pass That Peace Pipe" (Roger Edens, Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) - 2:59
- "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 2:52
- "Summer's Over" - 3:47
- "Blue Prelude" (Gordon Jenkins, Joe Bishop) - 3:17