Gerry Mulligan Quart - Complete Recordings With Bob Brookmeyer Joe Ben

2-CD SETINCLUDES 8 BONUS TRACKS FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CDThe Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer was one of the best small groups in jazz history. Presented on this 2-CD set are all of the recordings made by the incarnation of this band featuring bassist Joe Benjamin (who only played regularly with Mulligan in 1957) and drummer Dave Bailey. It consists of three live recordings, captured during a European tour in Stockholm, Sweden, and in concerts at the Newport Jazz Festival, and at the Hollywood Bowl. Eight studio versions of songs performed at the concerts recorded by different formations of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet have been added here as a bonus.PERSONNEL:GERRY MULLIGAN, baritone saxophone & pianoBOB BROOKMEYER, valve tromboneJOE BENJAMIN, bassDAVE BAILEY, drumsCD 1 [1-3]: Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, evening, July 6, 1957.Add TEDDY WILSON (piano) on 3 only.CD 1 [4-9]: Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, August 2, 1957.CD 1 [10-16] & CD 2 [1-7]: Stockholm, Sweden, May 17, 1957.BONUS TRACKS (CD 2 [8-15])Studio versions of songs from the concerts by different formations of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet.Recorded in Los Angeles 1952-62. Featuring Bob Brookmeyer, Art Farmer, Chet Baker,Carson Smith, and Chico Hamilton, among others.INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOLETCD 1: Total Time: 74:50 Min.01 MY FUNNY VALENTINE02 UTTER CHAOS03 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN04 Introduction by Norman Granz05 COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE06 BAUBLES, BANGLES AND BEADS07 LAURA08 BWEEBIDA BOBBIDA09 UTTER CHAOS10 COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE11 THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES12 MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT13 LULLABY OF THE LEAVES14 OPEN COUNTRY15 I CAN’T GET STARTED16 FRENESICD 2: Total Time: 74:5201 BAUBLES, BANGLES AND BEADS02 YARDBIRD SUITE03 WALKIN’ SHOES04 MY FUNNY VALENTINE05 BLUE AT THE ROOTS [aka BLUES AT THE ROOTS]06 Gerry Mulligan announcement07 BERNIE’S TUNE08 OPEN COUNTRY (*)09 MY FUNNY VALENTINE (*)10 WALKIN’ SHOES (*)11 LULLABY OF THE LEAVES (*)12 I CAN’T GET STARTED (*)13 MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT (*)14 MY FUNNY VALENTINE (*)15 UTTER CHAOS (*)(*) BONUS TRACKSFor the first time on CD!