Gerry Mulligan - Concert Jazz Band - CD - New

· LIMITED EDITION IN SPECIAL SIX-PANEL DIGIPACK

· 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD

· 5 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

Presented here is the complete original Gerry Mulligan LP The Concert Jazz Band (Verve V6-8388), which marks the first album released by this extraordinary Mulligan big band formation. It featured such important figures as Zoot Sims, Bob Brookmeyer, Conte Candoli, Gene Quill, Mel Lewis, and of course Mulligan himself. As a bonus, another complete album by the same band has been added, Gerry Mulligan Presents a Concert in Jazz (Verve V6-8415), recorded in 1961.

PERSONNEL:

• GERRY MULLIGAN, baritone sax & conductor, plus:

• COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL:
• DON FERRARA, CONTE CANDOLI, NICK TRAVIS, trumpet
• BOB BROOKMEYER, valve trombone; WAYNE ANDRÉ, trombone
• ALAN RAPH, bass trombone; ZOOT SIMS, tenor sax
• GENE QUILL, clarinet & alto sax; DICK MALDONIAN, alto sax
• GENE ALLEN, baritone sax & bass clarinet; BUDDY CLARK, bass;
• MEL LEWIS, drums, among others:

• (*) BONUS ALBUM : GERRY MULLIGAN PRESENTS A CONCERT IN JAZZ
• Similar personnel. New York, July 10 & 11, 1961

TRACKS:

• 01. Sweet and Slow
• 02. Bweebida Bobbida
• 03. Manoir de mes rêves (Django’s Castle)
• 04. You Took Advantage of Me
• 05. O ut of This World
• 06. My Funny Valentine
• 07. Broadway
• 08. I ’m Gonna Go Fishin’
• 09. A ll About Rosie (*)
• 10. Weep (*)
• 11. I Know, Don’t Know How (*)
• 12. Chuggin’ (*)
• 13. Summer’s Over (*)
• 14. Israel (*)

• TOTAL TIME: 73:52 Min.