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Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Self Titled Album
On Pacific Jazz Records PJLP-5
10" LP


Condition: Cover is VG+. Record is VG-, scuffs
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ABOUT:

Gerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996) was an saxophonist, clarinetist, and . Though Mulligan is primarily known as one of the leading in jazz history – playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of – he was also a notable arranger, working with , , , and others. Mulligan's pianoless quartet of the early 1950s with trumpeter is still regarded as one of the more important groups. Mulligan was also a skilled and played several other reed instruments.

Mulligan reportedly had a relationship with actress until she died in 1965, and with actress from 1965 through 1973. In 1974 Mulligan met his future wife, Countess Franca Rota Borghini Baldovinetti, in Milan, Italy.