"Jeru" is a nickname Miles Davis came up with for baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan in the late 1940s when they were rehearsing the Miles Davis Nonet. The recordings they made between 1949 and 1950 ...

In an attempt to reconstruct nearly lost, illegible and unpublished jazz scores, University of Idaho music professor Al Gemberling will work with the Library of Congress on the library’s “I Hear ...

The hot music topic in Los Angeles last week was the cool jazz of a gaunt, hungry-looking young (25) fellow named Gerry Mulligan, who plays the baritone saxophone. For the past three months, ...

Pianist Andrew Hill (1931-2007) and saxophonist Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996) were revered figures in their time, but as jazz in the 21st century progresses, their influence has grown—albeit in ...

Carioca; Line For Lyons; Moonlight In Vermont; Bark For Barksdale; Turnstile; The Lady Is A Tramp; My Funny Valentine; Funhouse; Ide's Side; Roundhouse; Kaper ...

Though it wasn’t the first time the Torme-dubbed “terrible trio” performed together, nor would it be the last, this legendary meeting of giants in 1982, organized with typical elan by George Wein, is ...

On October 20, 21 and 22 of 1958, drummer Gene Krupa assembled a crack New York big band to record Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements for Verve. The idea was brilliant. The personnel on this ...

November 17, 1960, was a good night for Mulligan’s 13-piece band and a triumphal one for his guest soloist, Zoot Sims. Two nights later in Paris, as captured on a Europe 1 CD (RTE 1505-2), Sims had a ...

Welcome to a full hour dedicated to the genius of Bob Brookmeyer—one of jazz's most inventive, soulful, and influential voices. Born in Kansas City, he carried the city's musical spirit across the ...

Mulligan once raised the idea of programming a season ‘where we just take all the segregation out of it, and just play the music the way we envisioned it when we were playing it.’ ...