Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet
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| Compilation album by Lee Konitz and the Gerry Mulligan Quartet | ||||
| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | January 23 & 30 and February 1, 1953 | |||
| Studio | The Haig, Hollywood, California unknown studio and Phil Turetsky's House, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:45 | |||
| Label | World Pacific | |||
| Producer | Richard Bock | |||
| Gerry Mulligan chronology | ||||
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| PJLP 2 Cover | ||||
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| PJLP 10 Cover | ||||
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Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (also released as Konitz Meets Mulligan) is a compilation album by saxophonist and bandleader Gerry Mulligan's Quartet with Lee Konitz featuring performances recorded in early-1953. The records on the album were originally released on 10-inch LPs Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet and Lee Konitz and the Gerry Mulligan Quartet on Pacific Jazz Records along with previously unreleased tracks and alternate takes.[1][2][3]
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [5] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [6] |
The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn called it "a simply wonderful pairing of idiosyncratic talents".[4]
Track listing
- "Too Marvelous for Words" (Richard A. Whiting, Johnny Mercer) – 3:36 Originally released on PJLP 10
- "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 3:01 Originally released on PJLP 2
- "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 4:08
- "These Foolish Things" (Jack Strachey, Holt Marvell, Harry Link) – 3:15 Originally released on PJLP 10
- "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:55
- "Bernie's Tune" (Bernie Miller, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 3:32 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Almost Like Being in Love" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – 2:50 Originally released on PJLP 10
- "Sextet" (Gerry Mulligan) – 2:59 Originally released on PJLP 2
- "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henry J. Wood) – 2:54 Originally released on PJLP 10
- "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Clarence Gaskill) – 3:05 Originally released on PJLP 2
- "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:38 Originally released on PJLP 2
- "Oh, Lady Be Good!" [alternate take] (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 1:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded at the Haig club, Los Angeles California on January 23, 1953 (tracks 1–6); at an unidentified studio in Los Angeles, California. on January 30, 1953 (tracks 7–9); and at Phil Turetsky's home studio, Los Angeles, California on February 1, 1953 (tracks 10–12).
Personnel
- Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
- Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone - backgrounds 1–6
- Chet Baker – trumpet - backgrounds 1–6
- Joe Mondragon (tracks 10–12), Carson Smith (tracks 1–9) – bass
- Larry Bunker – drums
Charts
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] | 93 |
References
- ^ Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed March 3, 2016
- ^ Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 3, 2016
- ^ Lee Konitz discography accessed May 29, 2017
- ^ a b Wynn, Ron. Konitz Meets Mulligan – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 835. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Lee Konitz with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet – Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
