GERRY MULLIGAN MEETS JOHNNY HODGES + WHAT IS THERE TO STAY? SEALED NEW CD

2 LPs ON 1 CDThis release presents he complete album Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (Verve MGV 8367), which was the only collaborative small group recording ever made by these two sax giants. Apart from this session, their only recordings together were a pair of sets where Mulligan joined the Ellington orchestra. As a bonus, the complete album What Is There to Say? (Columbia CS1307) one of the best efforts by Mulligan's celebrated piano-less quartet with Farmer.PERSONNEL:[1-6] GERRY MULLIGAN MEETS JOHNNY HODGES: ( 4,5 Stars Downbeat Magazine)GERRY MULLIGAN (bs)JOHNNY HODGES (as)CLAUDE WILLIAMSON (p)BUDDY CLARK (b)MEL LEWIS (d)Los Angeles, November 17, 1959[7-14] BONUS ALBUM: WHAT IS THERE TO STAY?GERRY MULLIGAN (bs)ART FARMER (tp)BILL CROW (b)DAVE BAILEY (d)New York, December 1958 - January 15, 1959TRACKS:01. Sunny02. What's The Rush03. Back Beat04. What It's All About05. 18 Carrots For Rabbit06. Shady Side07. What Is There To Say08. Just In Time09. News From Blueport10. Festive Minor11. Catch Can12. My Funny Valentine13. Blueport14. Utter Chaos.Total Time: 74:35“This is the kind of session about which critical comment is a waste of space. The two men blend just the way you would expect a rabbit to blend with a carrot-top. Casual, unostentatious music that belongs irrevocably to the past, present and future of jazz. (Leonard Feather)