I'm Gonna Go Fishing - Gerry Mulligan, Ellington, Duke
Broadway - Gerry Mulligan, Bird
Blueport - Gerry Mulligan, Farmer, Art
Walkin' Shoes [End of Concert] - Gerry Mulligan, Mulligan, Gerry
Spring is Sprung [*] - Gerry Mulligan, Mulligan, Gerry
Five Brothers [*] - Gerry Mulligan, Mulligan, Gerry
Subterranean Blues [*] - Gerry Mulligan, Mulligan, Gerry
Darn That Dream [*] - Gerry Mulligan, De Lange
Blueport [*] - Gerry Mulligan, Farmer, Art
Utter Chaos [*] - Gerry Mulligan, Mulligan, Gerry
Two CD set featuring rare live performances from Paris! Gerry Mulligan?s first trip to Paris took place in 1954, when he presented his legendary piano-less quartet. His success there led him to return many times, with a se... more »xtet in 1955 and 1957, with his Concert Jazz Band (composed of fourteen musicians) in 1960, and again with his quartet in 1962, when he alternated sets with the Horace Silver group featuring Blue Mitchell. The two latter performances are included on this release, which presents the Olympia concerts from November 19, 1960 and October 6, 1962. Featuring Zoot Sims, Bob Brookmeyer, Conte Candoli, Nick Travis, Don Ferrara, Gene Quill, Buddy Clark and Mel Lewis. 21 tracks. Gambit. 2006.« less
Two CD set featuring rare live performances from Paris! Gerry Mulligan?s first trip to Paris took place in 1954, when he presented his legendary piano-less quartet. His success there led him to return many times, with a sextet in 1955 and 1957, with his Concert Jazz Band (composed of fourteen musicians) in 1960, and again with his quartet in 1962, when he alternated sets with the Horace Silver group featuring Blue Mitchell. The two latter performances are included on this release, which presents the Olympia concerts from November 19, 1960 and October 6, 1962. Featuring Zoot Sims, Bob Brookmeyer, Conte Candoli, Nick Travis, Don Ferrara, Gene Quill, Buddy Clark and Mel Lewis. 21 tracks. Gambit. 2006.
CD Reviews
A Happy Surprise
David P. | New York, N.Y. USA | 03/20/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"In the fall of 1960 Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band, with guest
Zoot Sims, toured Europe for the first and only time. For his "On
Tour" LP (1962), Mulligan chose just four tracks from the Berlin and
Milan concerts. His liner notes include the comment that "a small but
very noisy group of youngsters" had made the Olympia concert "a dismal
evening for everybody," but this isn't remotely apparent on the 2 CD
set of the Nov 19 Paris performance. A blurb on back, "The Must Have
companion piece to the Mosaic box set" isn't hype. These CDs are a very
happy surprise: the CJB plays superbly and the sound is nearly always
excellent. (It's certainly up there with the Village Vanguard and Santa
Monica tracks included in the Mosaic package.) Even at 110 minutes, there
are no superfluous tracks or lulls in the high energy level. The test
case is a 21 and a half minute version of Mulligan's "Spring is Sprung"
which, depending on one's mood never quite manages to wear you out with
any of its solos. As a sort of extended encore, there's the bonus of an
additional 45 minutes from a performance of the Mulligan Quartet at the
Olympia in 1962, recorded shortly before the CJB went into a New York studio
one last time. This is a great pair of CDs from Gambit Records. (The liner
notes are not especially informative, but that is its only fault.) The Swiss
Radio Days release of the similar CJB Zurich concert is half as long and not
nearly as exciting or as well recorded; CJB fans will probably want to own both,
but "Live at the Olympia Paris" is the indispensable one."
Track Listings (11) - Disc #1