I discovered Gerry Mulligan because of a customer I had back in 2002 where i worked. He was a really old guy and he said he was Gerry Mulligan and that he played on Broadway. I was interested to see him play so i looked up Gerry Mulligan only to find out that he died in 1996 and the old guy was lying to me! lol. ah well, well worth the discovery!
I saw him twice. The first time was in '63 at Royce Hall at UCLA. Bob Brookmeyer, on valve trombone, was the second horn. Before the show started, I observed a piano off to one side of the stage. I thought that someone had really screwed up, because of Mulligan's famous pianoless quartets. After the show started, and several tunes had been played, Gerry put his horn in a stand, walked over to the piano, sat down, and played the piano for about three songs, then he went back to where he had left his horn and continued without an explanation. Then, Brookmeyer put HIS horn in a stand, walked over to the piano, sat down, and played for about three more tunes. A magical night: A Gerry Mulligan pianoless quartet with a fugging PIANO (Actually, there were TWO pianos, just not at the same time.) The second time was in '74 at Howard Rumsey's Concerts by the Sea.
Such a unique sound. Wonderfully "stuffy", "throaty", "sweet", and full of beautiful overtones. I have never heard any other baritone saxophonist with such an exquisite sound as Gerry Mulligan. We are so fortunate to have access to his many audio and video recordings.
my sax teacher /mentor is always telling me stories about him. he's 90 this year and he once played with GM himself , and both of them are true legends. I recently sold my conn bari and got a new jupiter 900 series and theres an amazing ease to play it and the sound is fantastic and louder than the old conn i had.
@@fatalbasshd7987 lol you're funny, Leo P has mastered a flashy trick, but can only use the same handful of licks in improvising. Take time to listen to 5+ of his recordings, you'll realise how little he really knows. The reason why he seems like the only one who can do that overtone trick is because many people, including college student friends of mine, can do it but it doesn't add anything to being able to improvise.
@@fatalbasshd7987 Umm...Doc Kupka? Dennis DiBlasio? Ronnie Cuber? Bruce Jonstone? That's just a few who are ten times better than Leo. He's good, but not "the best".
cmon guys, let's just say that any baritone sax player is best baritone sax player no doubt [well, from the artists that i've heard so far, though it's been a long time lol]
honsetly.....who doesnt want to be like mulligan. lol. he's the undisputed master of baritone sax. i dont want to get you down on your dream, but now-a-days, its really hard to make it as a solo artist like mulligan. most people now-a-days, play gigs for hire. and occasionally their own gig. few people in this day and age make it as a solo artist.
Broadcast from the Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) “Jazz Club,” Stuttgart, West Germany, 01 MAR 1987 (West Germany at the time, for reunification of Germany was on 03 OCT 1990) The “club” was merely an audience in the TV studio at the time, probable invited guests. TV 3sat rebroadcast this Jazz on Tour program later on as All That Jazz in 2001. :I:
Most pictures we see of him are with a Conn New wonder II, more a Chu Berry than a naked lady 10M. I think he played mostly a Chu. The neck is larger than french horns.
I saw my dad struggle with the weight of the Tenor in his later years ( he had arthritis in the neck) You would want to be in tip-top shape to play a bari as you get older! but then, you could always switch to alto, they are both Eb horns. ;-)
@@hirokokueh3541 Gerry started the pianoless quartets for ONE reason: He felt that a piano was a whole orchestra, by itself, thus making it too easy to craft a sound.
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I discovered Gerry Mulligan because of a customer I had back in 2002 where i worked. He was a really old guy and he said he was Gerry Mulligan and that he played on Broadway. I was interested to see him play so i looked up Gerry Mulligan only to find out that he died in 1996 and the old guy was lying to me! lol. ah well, well worth the discovery!
Hah
People are MFs sometimes huh?
I'm not an envious person but how I envy those who heard Gerry Mulligan live!
I saw him twice. The first time was in '63 at Royce Hall at UCLA. Bob Brookmeyer, on valve trombone, was the second horn. Before the show started, I observed a piano off to one side of the stage. I thought that someone had really screwed up, because of Mulligan's famous pianoless quartets. After the show started, and several tunes had been played, Gerry put his horn in a stand, walked over to the piano, sat down, and played the piano for about three songs, then he went back to where he had left his horn and continued without an explanation. Then, Brookmeyer put HIS horn in a stand, walked over to the piano, sat down, and played for about three more tunes. A magical night: A Gerry Mulligan pianoless quartet with a fugging PIANO (Actually, there were TWO pianos, just not at the same time.) The second time was in '74 at Howard Rumsey's Concerts by the Sea.
Such a unique sound. Wonderfully "stuffy", "throaty", "sweet", and full of beautiful overtones.
I have never heard any other baritone saxophonist with such an exquisite sound as Gerry Mulligan. We are so fortunate to have access to his many audio and video recordings.
The greatest baritone saxophonist of all times Gerry mulligan
I love Gerry Mulligan's improvising. He deserves the accolades he received in his long career.
One doesn't appreciate Great Music until it's Gone,,,,,,, Smooth as Silk
my sax teacher /mentor is always telling me stories about him. he's 90 this year and he once played with GM himself , and both of them are true legends. I recently sold my conn bari and got a new jupiter 900 series and theres an amazing ease to play it and the sound is fantastic and louder than the old conn i had.
Oh my what a musician
i... love... the BARITONE! such a rich full sound. i hope i can play like this man one day
Wow, a baritone taking the lead part sounds strangely natural. Definitely works.
He mostly played only in the upper 1/3 of the range of the Baritone.
Gerry Mulligan = the best sax bariton of the world
I say 2nd but still over 9000x better than me
Nah... Leo P. Has that's title no doubt
@@fatalbasshd7987 lol you're funny, Leo P has mastered a flashy trick, but can only use the same handful of licks in improvising. Take time to listen to 5+ of his recordings, you'll realise how little he really knows. The reason why he seems like the only one who can do that overtone trick is because many people, including college student friends of mine, can do it but it doesn't add anything to being able to improvise.
@@fatalbasshd7987 Umm...Doc Kupka? Dennis DiBlasio? Ronnie Cuber? Bruce Jonstone? That's just a few who are ten times better than Leo. He's good, but not "the best".
cmon guys, let's just say that any baritone sax player is best baritone sax player no doubt [well, from the artists that i've heard so far, though it's been a long time lol]
I wish I could have seen Mulligan live.
I'm diggin' the bass player!
I really want to play like him. THIS IS AWESOME!
Muy buena música. Un gran compositor, una bella melodía y un gran intérprete. Saludos desde México.
un grande,Genio Gerry Mulligan.vino a Buenos Aires en 1978 y otra vez más al poco tiempo. llenó el Teatro Ópera. Maravilloso. Inolvidable❤
The bari is da bomb! This is wicked good stuff!
i love playing the bari!!!! my school played this song for jazz band and we sounded nothing like this!!!!
These day's I listen to Ronnie Cuber.
Gerry from West Catholic in Philly rocks!
Sublime ❤️
Grandissimo ed indimenticabile Gerry ...... come ci manchi!
Gerry fantastic sound has also dueto the fact that he tunes the horn just a slightly bit sharp, never flat, he is floating.
I just realized something about Gerry's sound. It's not edgy, at all. There's no "make-the-audience's stomach rumble" sound from him. It's smooth.
Cool Jazz,
really cool
Tu me lo presentastes cuando yo estaba muy triste y desde entonces es mi protector.
fantastic!!!
Love it!!
i miss playin the bari
I know what I'm playing on my bari for the next jazz festival...
Woah !! 🎶👏🎵🙏
He looks like if colonel sanders got into jazz
THE GIANT!
Mi Saxofonista Favorito
so cool!
honsetly.....who doesnt want to be like mulligan. lol. he's the undisputed master of baritone sax.
i dont want to get you down on your dream, but now-a-days, its really hard to make it as a solo artist like mulligan. most people now-a-days, play gigs for hire. and occasionally their own gig. few people in this day and age make it as a solo artist.
I enjoy playing both Bari and Alto, it all depends on what I'm in the mood for. But that's just me...
WWOOOoOoOOUUu ..♥
Hi... I'm Gerry Mulligan
Im going to play this song on saturday
good way to get some advice =]
you might consider playing it again then!!
Broadcast from the Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) “Jazz Club,” Stuttgart, West Germany, 01 MAR 1987 (West Germany at the time, for reunification of Germany was on 03 OCT 1990) The “club” was merely an audience in the TV studio at the time, probable invited guests.
TV 3sat rebroadcast this Jazz on Tour program later on as All That Jazz in 2001. :I:
same here :))) Enjoy the Bari more though, personally..
Favorited the F*ck outta this
Jazz makes me brain go bzzzzz
Going to try to learn this solo for my jazz class wish me luck ;)
I hear Stan Getz influence.
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Most pictures we see of him are with a Conn New wonder II, more a Chu Berry than a naked lady 10M. I think he played mostly a Chu. The neck is larger than french horns.
I saw my dad struggle with the weight of the Tenor in his later years ( he had arthritis in the neck)
You would want to be in tip-top shape to play a bari as you get older! but then, you could always switch to alto, they are both Eb horns. ;-)
Bill Ramsay is almost 90, and plays bari on what appears to be a tenor neck strap
Switch to an alto.....nevah! I'm old and still rockin' my bari. (King of the aound pyramid)
@Deftones202 oh darn i woulda said that u saw his ghost.. that would have been cool... we all miss mulligan
They a buncha squares.
sax's are so sexy..candy dulfer one of my lovely fave..sax player...
Gerry was also a fine piano player. Check out "davidwri..." in the video responses above and you'll see!
i did a death metal remix of this song on my selmer bari sax. I renamed it SATAN DOLL!!!
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I had thought that captain Nemo was an organist.
((A W E S O M E ))
What type of saxophone did he use (brand)
Daniel Johnson, a conn 12m
Any idea what kind of mouthpiece he's using?
is the a selmer mark XI ?
@Deftones202 did he look like mulligan?
@WhiteBlazingLight mine also
Jezz didn't know Richard Branson played the sax
@rf1308 Maybe a little bit, but not a lot.
He used a conn crossbar
solo jazz
is that the actual mulligan?
Yes?
this crowd is sooo dead and he's awesome...it doesn't make any sense!
Mulligan with piano, no thanks
haw vl You're welcome to listen to something else!
you don't get the joke.
Mulligan in 1950s started some "pianoless" stuff, because the sound of piano is not suite for the "lead baritone sax"
@@hirokokueh3541 Gerry started the pianoless quartets for ONE reason: He felt that a piano was a whole orchestra, by itself, thus making it too easy to craft a sound.
Nah, alto sucks. I'd find a way to play the bari ;D
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