Tag: Gus Johnson
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Gerry Mulligan Quartet, self-titled, 1962 on Verve
The Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer, Bill Crow, and Gus Johnson – mostly recorded at Tom Nola’s studio in New York in May 1962, with one live track from The Village Vanguard, February 1962. Love how full of character liner notes on old jazz records are – on this one Willis Conover describes Mulligan: [Mulligan]…
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Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Spring is Spring, 1963 on Philips
I’m a huge fan of Gerry Mulligan, from his days with Miles Davis and Chet Baker and all the various quartets and orchestras. This is Mulligan with Bob Brookmeyer (valve trombone), Bill Crow (bass), and Gus Johnson (drums), recorded in 1962. Philips as a label (you may know them more from health care technology) was…