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Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan - Two Of A Mind - Speakers Corner LP
Sold Date:
October 20, 2022
Start Date:
December 4, 2021
Final Price:
$37.99
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Although the beautiful sound, mutual understanding and harmonic balance mostly predominate, the music of alto saxophonist Paul Desmond performing together with baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan is far from what one calls "easy listening." The recording in the RCA Victor Studio took place over several days in 1962, and this is why different bass players and percussionists are heard — Wendell Marshall, Joe Benjamin and John Beal each take their turn on the bass, while Connie Kay and Mel Lewis change places behind the drum set.
These musicians form a brilliant team, and that there is no piano is both deliberate and inevitable for Gerry Mulligan recordings of the day. By the way, the second saxophonist in "The Way You Look Tonight" is Paul Desmond — by means of over-dubbing in the middle of the stereo recording!
