Gerry Mulligan, Mulligan Plays Mulligan - 38m 15s

Tracks & Durations

1. Funhouse	3:15
2. Ide's Side	3:22
3. Roundhouse	3:35
4. Kaper	3:13
5. Bweebida Bobbida	3:02
6. Mullenium	4:06
7. Mulligan's Too	17:36

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Review

These 1951 recordings were Gerry Mulligan's first as a leader, and they're testimony to his skills as both a composer and an improvising soloist. Five charts for a nine-piece group expand on the kind of work Mulligan had done on the Birth of the Cool sessions two years earlier, though here he develops some darker ensemble textures with the use of two baritone saxophones. As a composer, Mulligan was already a master of subtle voicings, and he coupled them with tunes that could generate an easy swing. The concluding "Mulligan's Too" is a 17-minute blowing tune with strong solos by Mulligan and Allen Eager, the latter making positive use of the influence of Lester Young on the era's younger tenor players. --Stuart Broomer

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