Mulligan Plays Mulligan

by Gerry Mulligan

Mulligan Plays Mulligan cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1951
  • Label: Prestige
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:55
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Mulligan's first album under his own name, recorded for Prestige in September 1951, presents a tentet playing his own compositions, every one arranged by him. Tenor saxophonist Allen Eager takes some of his finest recorded solos, and Mulligan's girlfriend Gail Madden is credited on maracas.

Genres

Descriptors: ensemble, improvisational, intricate, melodic, piano

Tracklist

  1. Funhouse (3:12)
  2. Ide's Side (3:19)
  3. Roundhouse (3:32)
  4. Kaper (3:09)
  5. Bweebida Bobbida (2:59)
  6. Mullenium (4:04)
  7. Mulligan's Too (17:37)

Credits

  • Gerry Mulligan - primary artist, baritone saxophone, written-by
  • Max McElroy - baritone saxophone, soloist [2nd baritone solo]
  • Bob Parent - cover
  • Bob Weinstock - supervised by
  • Jerry Hurwitz - trumpet, soloist [trumpet solo]
  • Ira Gitler - liner notes

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