Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard
1961 live album by Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard Released 1961 Recorded December 11, 1960 Venue Village Vanguard , New York CityGenre Jazz Length 40 :51 Label Verve MGV 8396
Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded at the Village Vanguard in late 1960 which were released on the Verve label.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Reception
The contemporaneous DownBeat [ 5] AllMusic awarded the album 5 stars stating: "Of all the recordings made by Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band in the 1960s, this is the definitive one. ...This music is essential".[ 4] All About Jazz Joel Roberts commented: "What sets this ensemble apart isn't so much the compositions (though they're a fine mix of standards and originals) or even the star quality of the soloists (though Mulligan, Clark Terry, Bob Brookmeyer and others provide some memorable solo moments). The key is the cohesiveness of the band as a unit and the crisp, tight arrangements and orchestrations by Mulligan, Brookmeyer and Al Cohn... Mulligan was no avant gardist, but he knew how to push the limits while working within a straight-ahead context, and he knew how to make a band swing".[ 8]
Track listing
"Blueport" (Art Farmer ) - 11:07
"Body and Soul " (Johnny Green , Frank Eyton , Edward Heyman , Robert Sour ) - 5:45
"Black Nightgown" (Johnny Mandel ) - 4:10
"Come Rain or Come Shine " (Harold Arlen , Johnny Mercer ) - 5:35
"Lady Chatterley's Mother" (Al Cohn ) - 6:14
"Let My People Be" (Gerry Mulligan) - 8:00
Personnel
References
^ Verve Records Catalog: 8300 series accessed February 26, 2016^ Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 26, 2016^ Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived April 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine accessed February 29, 2016^ a b Yanow, Scott. Concert Jazz Band Live at the Village Vanguard – ReviewAllMusic . Retrieved February 26, 2016.
^ a b Lees, Gene (August 17, 1961). "Gerry Mulligan: Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard". DownBeat ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music Oxford University Press . ISBN 978-0195313734 ^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Penguin . p. 1054. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 ^ Roberts, J. All About Jazz Review , November 1, 2002
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release. Some of the titles have been shortened.
Albums
Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet Paris Concert Bob Brookmeyer , 1954)California Concerts Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet Mainstream of Jazz At Storyville The Teddy Wilson Trio & Jazz Giants '58 Harry Edison , Stan Getz , 1958)Mulligan Meets Monk Thelonious Monk , 1957)Blues in Time Paul Desmond , 1957)Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz Jazz Concerto Grosso The Gerry Mulligan Songbook Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! What Is There to Say? Meets Johnny Hodges Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster The Concert Jazz Band The Concert Jazz Band on Tour The Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard Holliday with Mulligan Judy Holliday , 1961)Presents a Concert in Jazz The Gerry Mulligan Quartet Jeru Two of a Mind Spring Is Sprung Gerry Mulligan '63 Night Lights Butterfly with Hiccups If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! Feelin' Good Something Borrowed - Something Blue Summit Astor Piazzolla , 1974)Walk on the Water WithChet WithDave With Soundtracks
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As WithDuke WithJohnny WithQuincy WithHerbie WithOliver With
My Kinda Swing Ernestine Anderson , 1959)Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments Soul Summit Vol. 2 Gene Ammons , 1961)Late Hour Special Velvet Soul One Foot in the Gutter Dave Bailey , 1960)Gettin' Into Somethin' Goodies George Benson , 1968)Bobo's Beat Willie Bobo , 1968)Jam Session Clifford Brown , 1954)Ruth Brown '65 Ruth Brown , 1964)Who Is Gary Burton? Byrd at the Gate Charlie Byrd , 1963)Son of Drum Suite Al Cohn , 1960)The Magic Touch Tadd Dameron , 1962)Afro-Jaws Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1960)Trane Whistle Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra Ella Abraça Jobim Ella Fitzgerald , 1980–81)Big Band Bossa Nova Stan Getz , 1962)Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One Gillespiana Dizzy Gillespie , 1960)Carnegie Hall Concert Cookin' Paul Gonsalves , 1957)The Big Soul-Band Johnny Griffin , 1960)White Gardenia Homage to Duke Dave Grusin , 1993)The Further Adventures of El Chico Chico Hamilton , 1966)It's About Time Jimmy Hamilton , 1961)You Better Know It!!! Lionel Hampton , 1964)Really Big! Jimmy Heath , 1960)Friends Old and New John Hicks , 1992)Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness JATP , 1983)Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants J.J.! J.J. Johnson , 1964)Goodies Concepts in Blue Summit Meeting Elvin Jones , 1977)Down Home Sam Jones , 1962)At Newport '63 Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan , 1963)The Centaur and the Phoenix Yusef Lateef , 1960)Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz Mundell Lowe , 1960)Satan in High Heels The Soul of Hollywood Junior Mance , 1962)The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" Gary McFarland , 1961)Tijuana Jazz Mingus Revisited Pre-Bird (Charles Mingus , 1960)The Complete Town Hall Concert Smooth as the Wind Blue Mitchell , 1960–61)A Sure Thing Jazz Dialogue Modern Jazz Quartet , 1965)Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard Gerry Mulligan '63 Gerry Mulligan , 1962)That's How I Love the Blues! Mark Murphy , 1962)Nine Flags Chico O'Farrill , 1966)Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts The Alternate Blues The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 Basically Duke Oscar Pettiford , 1954)The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner Big Joe Turner , 1974)Bossa Nova Carnival Dave Pike , 1962)Jazz for the Jet Set Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass New Fantasy Lalo Schifrin , 1964)Once a Thief and Other Themes Hobo Flats Jimmy Smith , 1963)The Matadors Meet the Bull Sonny Stitt , 1965)I Keep Comin' Back! Taylor Made Jazz Billy Taylor , 1959)New York City R&B Cecil Taylor , 1961)Kwamina Out of the Storm Ed Thigpen , 1966)Devil May Care Teri Thornton , 1960–61)Joyride Stanley Turrentine , 1965)Live at Newport McCoy Tyner , 1963)Dinah Jams Dinah Washington , 1954)Uhuru Afrika Randy Weston , 1960)At Newport '63 Joe Williams , 1963)New York, New Sound Gerald Wilson , 2003)Kai Olé Kai Winding , 1961)The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode Jimmy Woode , 1957)
