January 20, 1996(1996-01-20) (aged 68) Darien, Connecticut, U.S.
Genres
Jazz
cool jazz
third stream
Occupation(s)
Musician
composer
arranger
Instrument(s)
Baritone saxophone
piano
Years active
1946–1996
Spouse(s)
Jeffie Boyd
(m. 1953; ann. 1953)
[1]
Arlyne Brown
(m. 1953; div. 1959)
[2]
Franca Rota
(m. 1982)
[3]
Partner(s)
Judy Holliday (1958–1965; her death)[4]
Sandy Dennis (1965–1974)[5]
Musical artist
Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru,[6] was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger.[7] Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz—Mulligan was also a significant arranger working with Claude Thornhill, Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, and others. His piano-less quartet of the early 1950s with trumpeter Chet Baker is still regarded as one of the best cool jazz ensembles. Mulligan was also a skilled pianist and played several other reed instruments. Several of his compositions including "Walkin' Shoes" and "Five Brothers", have become standards.
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^McDonough, John (April 1996). "Goodbye, Jeru". Down Beat. 63 (4): 26.
^Watrous, Peter (January 21, 1996). "Gerry Mulligan, a Baritone Saxophonist And 'Cool School' Jazz Pioneer, Dies at 68". The New York Times.
Brothers", have become standards. GerryMulligan was born in Queens Village, Queens, New York the son of George and Louise Mulligan. His father was a Wilmington...
band came Lee Konitz, Bill Barber, GerryMulligan, and Gil Evans, Miles Davis calling the Konitz-Barber-Mulligan-Evans incarnation "the greatest band"...
his work with Brubeck, he led several groups and collaborated with GerryMulligan, Chet Baker, Jim Hall, and Ed Bickert. After years of chain smoking...
Cool; the complete works of the Modern Jazz Quartet; the output of GerryMulligan, especially his work with Chet Baker and Bob Brookmeyer; the music of...
Walkin' Shoes (GerryMulligan, 1952) A Walkin' Thing (Benny Carter, 1958) Walkin' Up (Bill Evans, 1964) Walk On By Wallflower (GerryMulligan, 1990) Waltz...
to GerryMulligan ..." but she breaks in, tersely: "I was never married to anybody." I point out that "Who's Who" says she was married to Mulligan. She...
GerryMulligan Quartet Volume 1 is an album by saxophonist and bandleader GerryMulligan featuring performances recorded in 1952 and originally released...
was Chet Baker, for whom it became his signature song. In 2015 the GerryMulligan quartet's 1953 version of the song (featuring Chet Baker) was inducted...
Parker for a series of West Coast engagements. In 1952, Baker joined the GerryMulligan Quartet and attracted considerable attention. Rather than playing identical...
soul, and Latin music are Mina (the most famous Italian pop singer), GerryMulligan, Ástor Piazzolla (with whom he has performed on 24 recordings as a sideman...
precursor of the cool style.: 336 In 1949–1950 baritone saxophonist GerryMulligan participated in the Miles Davis band, contributing arrangements to the...
Tonight! 1965 More Skitch Tonight! With GerryMulligan 1961 GerryMulligan Presents a Concert in Jazz 1963 GerryMulligan '63 With Tito Puente 1957 Night Beat...
Vic Dickenson, and Pee Wee Russell; and modern jazz musicians such as GerryMulligan, Thelonious Monk, and Jimmy Giuffre. These players played separately...
GerryMulligan Meets Ben Webster, also simply called Meets Ben Webster, is a 1960 album featuring the November 3 - December 2 studio sessions of American...
Mulligan Meets Monk is a studio album by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk and baritone saxophonist GerryMulligan, originally released on Riverside...
enjoying a long solo career, often in partnership with fellow saxmen GerryMulligan and Al Cohn. Sims was born in 1925 in Inglewood, California, United...
GerryMulligan Quartet Volume 2 is an album by saxophonist and bandleader GerryMulligan featuring performances recorded in 1953 and originally released...
and GerryMulligan featuring performances recorded in 1962 which were released on the RCA Victor label. The album is the second of two albums Mulligan and...
ISBN 1-56159-284-6. Cook 2007, p. 12. Mulligan, Gerry. "I hear America singing" (PDF). gerrymulligan.com. GerryMulligan. Archived from the original (PDF)...
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