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The Gerry Mulligan 1950s quartets / Alyn Shipton.

Oxford Scholarship Online: Music Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Shipton, Alyn, author.
Series:
Oxford studies in recorded jazz.
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford studies in recorded jazz
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mulligan, Gerry.
Gerry Mulligan Quartet.
Jazz musicians--United States.
Jazz musicians.
Composers--United States.
Composers.
Saxophonists--United States.
Saxophonists.
Jazz--1951-1960--History and criticism.
Jazz.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (265 pages)
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Summary:
Using original scores and detailed transcriptions of Mulligan's early work, 'The Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets' offers an intimate look at Mulligan's musical development from his teenage years to adulthood, analysing the ways in which his compositions and arrangements evolved through collaborations with Elliot Lawrence, Gene Krupa, and Claude Thornhill, culminating with Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool nonet.
Contents:
Cover
Series
The Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets
Copyright
Contents
1 Antecedents
2 The First Quartet
3 The Second Quartet
4 The Quartet with Art Farmer
5 The Aftermath and Legacy
Acknowledgments
Discography 1952-​1962
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 19, 2023).
Other Format:
Print version: Shipton, Alyn The Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets
ISBN:
0-19-757979-5
0-19-757977-9
OCLC:
1379478850

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