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  • Artist: Gerry Mulligan
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1959 11 03-1959 12 02
  • Genre: Jazz

Review

The swing and bop start right here on this legendary 1959 session between baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan and tenor man Ben Webster. The opening track, Billy Strayhorn's "Chelsea Bridge," is lush and emotional and truly sets the tone for this album. With Jimmy Rowles on piano (his intro on "Sunday" sounds like a ragtimer like Willie "The Lion" Smith just pushed him off the stool before the band came in), Mel Lewis on drums, and always superb Leroy Vinnegar on bass present and accounted for, the rhythm section is superbly swinging with just the right amount of bop lines and chords in the mix to spice things up. The ghost of Duke Ellington hovers over every note on this record (Billy Strayhorn was one of his main arrangers), and that is a very good thing indeed. There's a beautiful understated quality to the music on this session that makes it the perfect "relaxing around the house on a rainy day" disc to pop in the player. File this one under cool, very smooth, and supple. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Chelsea Bridge Billy Strayhorn Gerry Mulligan (7:22)
The Cat Walk Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster Gerry Mulligan (5:47)
Sunday Gerry Mulligan Gerry Mulligan (7:25)
Who's Got Rhythm Gerry Mulligan Gerry Mulligan (7:42)
Tell Me When Gerry Mulligan (5:06)
Go Home Ned Miller, Benny Krueger, Jule Styne, Chester Conn Gerry Mulligan (10:04)
In a Mellotone [#] Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler Gerry Mulligan (6:57)
What Is This Thing Called Love? [#] Cole Porter Gerry Mulligan (7:28)
For Bessie [#] Ben Webster Gerry Mulligan (5:41)
Fajista [#] Ben Webster Gerry Mulligan (5:50)
Blues in B Flat [#] Gerry Mulligan Gerry Mulligan (7:22)

Credits

Mel Lewis (Drums), Gerry Mulligan (Sax (Baritone)), Gerry Mulligan (Main Performer), Jimmy Rowles (Piano), Ben Webster (Sax (Tenor)), Leroy Vinnegar (Bass)
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Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster
Studio album by Gerry Mulligan
Released 1959
Recorded Nov 3 -Dec 2, 1959
Genre Jazz
Label Verve
Professional reviews
Gerry Mulligan chronology
The New Gerry Mulligan Quartet (May 19, 1959)
(1959)		 Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster
(1959)		 Night Watch
(1960)

Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster, also simply called Meets Ben Webster, is a 1959 album featuring the November 3 - December 2 studio sessions of American jazz musicians Gerry Mulligan and Ben Webster. In a 2003 review, All That Jazz described this album as the most notable example of Gerry Mulligan's work partnering other legendary figures of jazz.[1] The album, as a "classic album from two giants", is featured in NPR's "Basic Jazz Record Library".[2] Originally released on the Verve label, the album was reissued by Verve, Mobile Fidelity and Polygram many times before being re-released in an expanded edition called Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (Complete) by Verve in 1997.

Contents

1959 track listing

Except where otherwise noted, all songs composed by Gerry Mulligan.

  1. "Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) – 7:22
  2. "The Cat Walk" (Mulligan, Ben Webster) – 5:47
  3. "Sunday" – 7:25
  4. "Who's Got Rhythm" – 7:42
  5. "Tell Me When" – 5:06
  6. "Go Home" (Chester Conn, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne) – 10:04

CD bonus tracks

  1. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 6:57
  2. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 7:28
  3. "For Bessie" (Webster) – 5:41
  4. "Fajista" (Webster) – 5:50
  5. "Blues in B Flat" – 7:22

1997 "Complete" track listing"

Except where otherwise noted, all songs composed by Gerry Mulligan.

  1. "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Gabler) – 7:20
  2. "In a Mellow Tone (alternate take)" (Ellington, Gabler) – 5:44
  3. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Porter) – 7:22
  4. "Chelsea Bridge (original LP master take)" (Strayhorn) – 7:39
  5. "Chelsea Bridge (alterate take)" (Strayhorn) – 5:03
  6. "Go Home (alternate take)" – 10:01
  7. "Go Home (original LP master take)" – 6:54
  8. "Who's Got Rhythm? (original LP master take)" – 7:26
  9. "For Bessie" (Webster) – 5:38
  10. "Go Home" (Mulligan, Webster) – 1:44
  11. "Go Home" (Mulligan, Webster) – 1:30
  12. "Fajista (alternate take)" (Webster) – 1:34
  13. "Fajista (alternate take)" (Webster) – 6:21
  14. "Fajista (alternate take)" (Webster) – 1:37
  15. "Fajista" (Webster) – 5:58
  16. "Tell Me When" – 5:02
  17. "Tell Me When (alternate take)" – 5:29
  18. "Blues in B Flat (alternate take)" – 2:46
  19. "Blues in B Flat" – 8:38
  20. "Blues in B Flat (alternate take)" – 7:23
  21. "The Catwalk (alternate take)" – 3:26
  22. "The Catwalk (alternate take)" – 5:45
  23. "The Catwalk (original LP master take)" – 2:13
  24. "The Catwalk (alterate take)" – 6:19
  25. "Sunday" (Conn, Krueger, Miller, Styne) – 5:32
  26. "Sunday" (Conn, Krueger, Miller, Styne) – 7:21

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Rickert, David. (October 9, 2003). New Verve LPRs: Klemmer, Getz, Giuffre, Hodges & Mulligan All That Jazz website. Accessed November 18, 2007.
  2. ^ Horwitz, Murray. (June 18, 2005). Gerry Mulligan: 'Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster' NPR. Accessed November 18, 2007.

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