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The Gerry Mulligan 1950s quartets / Alyn Shipton.
- 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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