Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard


Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard is a live album recorded by American jazz saxophonist and bandleader Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded at the Village Vanguard in late 1960 which were released on the Verve label.

Reception

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". On All About Jazz Joel Roberts commented: "What sets this ensemble apart isn't so much the compositions or even the star quality of the soloists. 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".

Track listing

  1. "Blueport" - 11:07
  2. "Body and Soul" - 5:45
  3. "Black Nightgown" - 4:10
  4. "Come Rain or Come Shine" - 5:35
  5. "Lady Chatterley's Mother" - 6:14
  6. "Let My People Be" - 8:00

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