Gerry Mulligan News

Verve's admirable, no frills, reissue series, "Originals," includes a mixture of masterpieces and also-rans from its own and its associated labels' archives.

A jazz great is celebrating his 80th birthday at the Eastman School of Music. Trombonist Bob Brookmeyer has played with many of the greats here and in Europe, starting his 60-plus-year career with Stan Getz and Woody Herman in New York City, then producing the "Paris Concerts" for Gerry Mulligan in 1954 and serving as musical director for the Mel ...

Theatrical tremors from the Bay Area of California send shock waves to New York City.

Emerging from the shadow of his hero Charlie Parker, Miles Davis rejected the aggressive tempo of bebop to pioneer a smoother style that became a landmark in jazz evolution Cool-headed ... Miles Davis circa 1950.

Reviewing the Art Farmer Jazz Icons DVD the other day stimulated thoughts of his unique place in the pantheon of major jazz soloists.

There are few musicians who can reach back into their repertoire 60 years to find the right tune.

Miles Davis's first great record as a leader came when he was very young, just 23 years of age.

The Old Lion Tap on Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury, will be posting a sumptuous evening of jazz on Sunday, October 18th, when an exciting new septet comes to the county.

If you could have been at any historic musical event, what would it have been? Woodstock, perhaps? The Beatles at Shea Stadium 1965? The first performance of Verdi's "Aida" in Cairo in 1871? Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall 1961? For me it would have to have been the Newport Jazz Festival of 1958, at least as immortalized in the evocative and ...

FANS of Gerry Mulligan's style of jazz will be clamouring to get to the Under Ground Theatre on September 25 when the Andy Panayi Quartet hit town with their Tribute To Mulligan.

John Surman is arguably the best baritone saxophonist to come into jazz since Gerry Mulligan and one of the most important British jazz musicians of his generation.

ALEX HARDING / "Alex Harding Mixtape" Source: Breath of Life - " 02 Alex Harding Mixtape.mp3 Alex Harding's main instrument is the baritone saxophone.

Dan Block has worked in a variety of musical settings during his long career and has been a sideman in bands led by Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan and Toshiko Akiyoshi, currently working with Jerry Dodgion's Joy of Sax and the Sultans of Swing.

Interview: Howard Rumsey In 1949, when Howard Rumsey began contracting musicians for the Lighthouse, a seaside jazz club in Hermosa Beach, CA, he had more talent to choose from than could squeeze onto his small stage.

A baritone saxophonist who plays like Bird? And harvests more than a half-dozen Grammy awards in the process? That seeming contradiction characterizes the great successes of Gary Smulyan, one of today's most in-demand jazz performers, educators, and recording artists.

SOURCE: NPR Music: Jazz For Dave Samuels, the love of his first two instruments - the drums and then the piano - naturally led him to the vibraphone.

SOURCE: NPR Music: Jazz For Dave Samuels, the love of his first two instruments - the drums and then the piano - naturally led him to the vibraphone.

Bill Charlap waited until almost the last possible moment in "The Gerry Mulligan Songbook," a tribute at the 92nd Street Y on Monday night, before divulging a sentimental piece of trivia.

Larry Bunker's versatile drumming, vibes playing and skill as an all-'round percussionist put him in demand by jazz players, symphony conductors, film and television studios, and singers.

"West Coast Jazz" is a loaded phrase. It likely conjures up the mellow sounds of cool jazz luminaries Gerry Mulligan and Chico Hamilton and images of dog-eared LP covers portraying icons like Shelly Manne , Bud Shank and Art Pepper .