Gerry Mulligan - Night Lights

Artist:

Mulligan, Gerry

See Also:

Armstrong, Louis Basie, Count Ross, Annie Stan Getz/Gerry Mulligan - Getz Meets Mulligan In Hi-Fi Billy Taylor (Jazz)/Gerry Mulligan - Live At MCG [8/28] * Various Artists - The Gerry Mulligan Songbook Gerry Mulligan/Jimmy Witherspoon - Live At the Renaissance [4/15] *

Description:

NIGHT LIGHTS isn`t your typical Gerry Mulligan session, the music somewhat warmer than is usually the case for this musician. "Night Lights" itself is a beautiful mood piece with the leader providing the hauntingly simple theme on piano himself. (An added CD bonus is the inclusion of another version from 1965 on which Mulligan takes the lead on clarinet.) The inclusion of "Morning Of The Carnival" from BLACK ORPHEUS also gives the session a Brazilian-cum-classical feeling as does the straightforward adaptation of Chopin`s "Prelude In E Minor." As to be expected, guitarist Jim Hall, trumpeter Art Farmer, and trombonist Bob Brookmeyer all provide sterling support, with the trombonist excelling on the bossa nova numbers. This is Easy Listening with some heft.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Night Lights - (1963 version)
2. Morning of the Carnival - (from "Black Orpheus")
3. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
4. Prelude in E-Minor
5. Festival Minor
6. Tell Me When
7. Night Lights - (1965 version)

Album Information

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Jazz Instrument

Subgenre:

Baritone Sax

Label:

Verve (USA)

Catalog Number:

818 271

Original Release Year:

1963

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

AAD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

33 : 49

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