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Friday, January 15, 2021

The Concert Jazz Band - Gerry Mulligan

 

I'm Gonna Go Fishin'

Gerry Mulligan
The Concert Jazz Band
Verve Records HI-FI MG V-8388
Recorded May, 1960

Personnel:

Saxophones: Gerry Mulligan, Dick Meldonian, Zoot Sims, Gene Allen
Clarinet and Alto Saxophone: Gene Quill
Trumpets: Nick Travis, Don Ferrara, Conte Candoli
Trombones: Bob Brookmeyer, Wayne Andre, Alan Raph
Bass: Buddy Clark
Drums: Mel Lewis

Personnel on I'm Going Fishin'

Saxophones: Gerry Mulligan, Dick Meldonian, Gene Allen, Jim Reider
Clarinet and Saxophone: Gene Quill
Trumpets: Danny Stiles, Don Ferrara, Phil Sunkel
Trombones: Bob Brookmeyer, Wayne Andre, Alan Raph
Drums: Dave Bailey
Bass: Bill Takas

From the back cover: In deciding on the instrumentation for the new band that makes its album debut here, Gerry Mulligan says "I wanted the same clarity of sound and interplay of lines that I had in the smaller groups.

"We have a clarinet in the reed section, not primarily for a clarinet-lead effect but for a sound contributing to the ensemble in general. As for the soloists, I wanted to use just a few men for the bulk of the solo work, so that they would be heard enough for the audience to become familiar with their styles.

What he has built, says Gerry, is essentially a concert band – a jazz band for listening – and it was on this premise that the band's first tour was arranged by Norman Grantz for the fall of 1960.

Further words are unnecessary. The album delivers its own exciting message: that the is the best new jazz orchestra of the year. – Leonard Feather (Author of The New Encyclopedia of Jazz: Horizon)

Sweet And Low
Bweebida Bobbida
Manoir Des Mes Reves (Django's Castle)
You Took Advantage Of Me
Out Of This World
My Funny Valentine
Broadway
I'm Gonna Go Fishin'

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