Gerry Mulligan - Moonlight In Vermont - 1959

[kaferere]

Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Stitt, Tubby Hayes were so, so special, so melodic with their improvisation, just so beautiful. I could listen to him for another 50yrs and still marvel at his take on things. Thanks for posting this.

[purkasz]

Hey Art,! Good to see ya!

[bongloadz4satan]

i need to learn how to play like that

[andromedarr]

Gerry Mulligan: Best Example that Gingers do have souls :)

[cabito2011]

amigos del mundo espero que puedan traducir mi comentario me encantaria que subieran mas videos de este señor que a mi parcer a logrado mas cosas que paul desmond no es por hacer menos a paul si no que es la verdad solo escuchen el nivel interpretativo y eso sonido tan limpio del sax baritono que tiene, exelente video amigo this is greath

[saxbari]

As a bari saxophonist. This man has always been inspiring to me. I also wanted to say that playing his style is about one of the HARDEST things to do. He had a combination of mind and ears that were stellar, and it shows when he ditched the pianist so he could bring on Chet Baker. Also, I find it amusing that even after his DEATH people call him out for being white. He probably doesn't even HAVE skin anymore, ass holes!

[polwit]

5 dislikes from 5 retarded!

[ichigo81195]

Glad to see i'm not the only one that dances when they play an instrument

[davidwaters69]

im glad you made this video

[docnshe]

What Mulligan with that Bari sax is unique he is truly a one off , there can be no argument that he is not the finest White jazz musician that ever was .. and ever will be

[Kevim8]

Every second I'm not listening to Gerry Mulligan, I'm slowly forgetting what a Bari Sax is supposed to sound like. That horn sings eloquence.

[yellabeanblackfish]

Gimme dat ole time religion, gimme dat ole time religion, gimme dat ole time religion! It's good enuff fer me!

[iamalexnotyou]

Watch their faces as their different heritage fires them in different directions but because they are so professional and respectful they work it out. You see Gerry cringe when the trumpet player, sorry, does something unexpected, he has to choose to go along with it, as they go along they find a sound that fits, real slick.

[Sprongles95]

This music is so beautiful it gives me goosebumps

[valvetrom]

Jazz is improvised rhythmical music, the Indians were long time at it, then it migrated with the gypsis.It really got going when the Irish met the Africans in the New Orleans Delta. Then the advent of the 78rpm disks made it possible to learn the music without resorting to written scores. EXPLOSION of JAZZ

[blasterbryan18]

omg why does everyone always try to bring some race bull in to everything. weather it be good or bad coments does theyre race even matter its just a group of people kicking ass. im so sick of, " omg its so good to see cultures come to gether and jazz is a mix of cultures", seriously. come on its good music and thats all it is.

[trumpsahead]

Thank you, that was a great pleasure to hear Gerry Mulligan and Art Farmer in that fantastic quartet. Brings back a lot of old memories. I really dug Mulligan during those early years, he was great. Thanks again.

[kaferere]

Just gorgeous, unbelievably beautiful.

[pezolaman]

@youstinklikecrazy ok I agree with you that pepper adams was a crazy fast bari player and I love his solos ( I'm studying them right now cause they do rock) but Gerry had such an understanding of music that you dont hear too often. he does not play crazy fast but his solos are the best melodic extension of the tune he plays that i have heard. I think thats why he is a Master. It is a shame that not people know about pepper Adams though too. Check out Serge Chaloff too for cool bari playin.

[rlneesam]

He did a few versions of this great song. The words are beautiful but he transcends the words making the instrument speak much more than words can do.

[iPlayBari13]

One of my inspirations. I love to play bari sax. It's my life.

[savadent]

When you close your eyes,do you see the colors?

[bonemack]

Always loved to here Gerry Mulligan, especially when there is no piano. And Art Farmer ... what can I say? I want to play like that when I grow up. So much space. Economy of phrasing. Let the last melodic idea sink in before moving on. Love it!

[charade97]

@bonemack Sounds like you've already grown up!!

[rlneesam]

Music doesn't come greater than this It's up with Bach, Wagner and Vaughan Williams.

[helluvagun]

Lovely interplay between two greats!

[flaggfly]

Smack dab in the middle of cool........

[flaggfly]

Smack dab in the middle of cool......

[VivaMason199]

El más grande baritonista en el jazz, this is jazz, escuchen ese lenguaje!!

Que discurso Dios mío!! Como fluyen las ideas!! Y bravo por Art Farmer!!

[keefenat000]

It's Gerry

[1234hackmet]

give up to Art!!! =D

[ExtremeWooper]

Mh...Gerry or Jerry Mulligan?^^

The title says Gerry.

The video says Jerry.

[pas3n7]

Gerry, pronounced like Jerry. It screwed me up too, when I first read about him.

[thomasthought]

this is great! i love the sam cooke version as well

[mpcguy]

i think part of gerry's interest in the pianoless quartet is that being the consumate arranger and prolific writer of jazz music that he was he heard all the parts he wanted in his head all the time and without a piano he had more opportunity to express exactly what he wanted to hear in his band

[Standby2o08]

Where can I find a full score to this for a jazz ensemble?

[Jazz1099]

Hey prezels39 I got one album that is pretty close to your request of jazz greats for your road tour. It includes Gerry Mulligan-Bari. Paul Desmond-Alto,Dave Brubeck-Piano,Jack Six-Bass,Alan Dawson-Drums. The name of the album is called We're All Together Again For The Very First Time.

[prezels39]

all jazz is good...it's just that some is better, but all people who make jazz happen are saints in my book. they are writing new music exactly the moment we are hearing it. wow...just brilliant. i would love to put the following jazz greats together for a tour. imagine: mulligan-baritone, getz- tenor, paul desmond-alto, rosolino-trombone, brookmeyer- trombone, jack sheldon, farmer and maynard-trump, ray brown-bass, steve gadd-drums, gene harris-piano. whoa...lets go!!!

[terrryc]

As far as I can tell, Jazz is the alteration and improvement of European musical forms by African inventiveness. However, a lot of White musicians contributed their gifts, too. Can i have my Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology now? I want to be able to teach at the collegiate level and boff admiring co-eds at will....

[sublmbadfish]

Music doesn't belong to anyone.

[coppens]

Fully agree! Music is its own realm, not to be sociologized about!

[Jazz1099]

I agree with you jazzmonster123, in reference to Art Farmer over Chet Baker. Art was more of a be-bop player. Chet was more swing. Chet though was a smooth player in his own venue. I had put together a group like Gerry's called Mulligan's express. Not as easy as it looks, but we made it through.

[jazzchf]

Jazz Music is a mix of several cultures and should not be used as a race divider. It actually brought different cultures together and shouldn't be the cause of a racial disussion. Just listen and appreciate the music and all those great artists that contributed to it. I'm very dissapointed to see this BS discussion of whose the greatest because they were a certain race. They were all great and contributed to create a real American art.

[dethrising]

so true jazzchf.

eric marienthal is a beast. so was michael brecker. In my opinion, for the pros......no pro is better than another. because they all have different styles. like brecker and coltrane. 2 complete styles, but who is to say who is better.

[jazzmonster123]

i don't even like coltrane, but he was a better saxophonist than brecker. technically, there's almost nobody on coltrane's level. if your personal preference is brecker, fine, but otherwise there is no basis for comparison. furthermore, coltrane changed jazz significantly. not just his playing but the modal direction he employed was a game changer for the music. i don't say this because coltrane's black, i say it because it's a fact.

[inverness]

Very true indeed!!

[jazzmonster123]

yeah, but there are an awful lot of people who keep posting here trying to insist that whites have contributed as much if not more to the music than blacks. i don't think that's true and i don't think it should be ignored either. there are simply no white musicians who are as important to the development of jazz as people like louis armstrong, coleman hawkins, duke ellington, bud powell, dizzy gillespie, charlie parker, et al. why pretend otherwise?

[jazzchf]

I'll agree that there are a bunch of ignorant people out there that try and play down the fact that jazz is derived from the african american culthure. I'll also say that there are people out there who refuse to admite ANY European or white influence on the art itself. When I listen to music, and I'll listen to just about anything (but love jazz the best), I don't look at it. I hear it.. I don't see race. I "see" emotion and feel it.. Thanks for your response, Lets keep the art alive!

[jazzmonster123]

well said.

[coosoorlog]

I see race: the human race. And I love it!

[birdflew377]

@coosoorlog Amen to that, and God Bless your caring Heart. My dad was in a band, starting in the 40's, we were brought up that we all bleed the same color blood. And we all have Hearts. That's all we really do need. Caryl McD

[jmsaxmantha2nd]

Oh my god I love the way he played that low note on 7:45

[traderik]

Anybody got the Maynard Ferguson arrangement with Irene Kraal as the vocalist. That's awesome. It's on his "Boy With Lots of Brass" album. Total.

[dkeymer]

If you think a bari looks big you should look at a pic of Adrian Rollini playing bass sax in the 20s! I saw Mulligan live three times, all good --Brookmeyer twice, Sims once, Jon Eardley on trumpet once, and Lee Konitz one time. Mulligan always played well, and lyrically. And Art Farmer was the King of Lyricism, a fantastic trumpeter and fluegelhorn player.

[adiclm29]

every time i listen to a saxophonists i feel depressed because i will never play so well.

i play baritone. it's fun because i'm 4 ft 11.5 in. i don't have as good a tone as Mulligan.

[dethrising]

dont get yourself down.....at one point every feels like that.

also, not a lot of people have as good as tone as mulligan. he was the undisputed master of the baritone sax.

[MorganPolander]

You have a right to feel the blues. Do you have as good a tone as you can do is the question.

[dethrising]

his tone on bari is beautiful!

[shesau1]

Bings back memories, when I was 16yrs old I sneaked into a club in Chicago to hear this fabulous saxophonist. Whoops my English teacher was there. She did not blow the whistle on me. this was in Chicago at the Plugged Nickle

[Babs22h]

what kind of sax is that its so big in comparison to that guy!

[proctor940]

That is the king of all saxes. It is a baritone saxophone. AKA Bari Sax or The Bari. This guy Mulligan is known for playing it in the altissimo range. Which means the instrument high-pitched range. However, the instrument is known for it's powerful lower register. In horn sections is normally substitutes for Tuba or Bass Trombone though it is not as low-pitched as a Tuba. It has a nasal quality, as opposed to the smaller Tenor Saxes pure quality. The Alto known for a solid cutting sound

[ExistentiaDementia]

this is so sexy and hot.

[wwwdotme]

Mulligan is top tier, he has "IT" not a great fan of that Cali Cool scene, but no doubt Gerry Mulligan is king of the baritone sax, "black, white, brown or yellow"

[kyow99]

I Loove it!

[Noren1260]

Whoa dudes, just chill. Listen to the music.

[terrryc]

Ken Burns' documentary enabled a much wider audience access to a form of Music which baffles most of them at first. It is not without its' flaws. To write off both Stan Getz and Sonny stitt as drug addicts is like saying Babe Ruth was just a drunk. Burns is another overeducated White weenie on a dumbshit apologist trip to assuage whatever guilt trip that has been pounded into his head by phony Liberals. Ever hear of Helen Forrest?

[chekere420]

hey mojavej, stan kenton twice the composer Duke ellington was? you must be smoking crack!!was stan kenton the "great white hope " of jazz? next you're gonna say jazz was invented by white people! DUMBASS

[chekere420]

hey mojavej, you must be smoking crack to say stan kenton was twice the composer duke ellington was! was he the "great white hope" of jazz?next you're gonna say jazz was invented by white people! DUMBASS

[jazzmonster123]

the album mulligan made with art farmer is fantastic. it's terrific to hear mulligan with someone who can actually play a song from start to finish without blowing any clams like baker frequently did.

[mojavej]

"Raymantico" .......""' That craptastic Ken Burns "Jazz" doc wore dark glasses so it wouldn't see too many white jazz greats""""

Das stimmt. Think not only of Gerry M., Chet, Getz, Brubeck-Desmond, Evans, etc., but great arrangers and jazz composer: like Stan Kenton, five times the composer that thug Mingus was (and 2 times Duke E). Or Johnny Green, who wrote most of the stuff the bop school mastered ("out of nowhere" a better tune than about any modern jazz), or Ray Noble, Riddle, etc

[kedzyav]

This cat is tuff enuff. His Pacific recordings at the Lighthouse with Chet,Kai and Bobby were the reasons I have been listening to jazz since the 50s. Also wigged on Norman Granz's JATP. Stay cool my brothers!

[tissi53]

Gerry Mulligan col suo inconfondibile unico sax baritono mi ha sempre affascinata sin da quando, bambina, ascoltavo un disco di mio padre in cui c'era questo pezzo davvero eccezionale per atmosfera, motivo e interpretazione.

[Raymantico]

That craptastic Ken Burns "Jazz" doc wore dark glasses so it wouldn't see too many white jazz greats. The first and maybe only time you hear Mulligan's name is when they rattle off a list of white musicians with "drug problems" in an effort to downplay the habits of Miles, Bird & fellow black jazz players.

[cavaleer]

Now that's funny. lol How in the hell can someone downplay a drug addiction?? Especially when an entire segment of the show was devoted to Miles' struggle with heroin??

Come on dude, relax whatever's eating away at you. Mulligan's alright but shouldn't be mentioned as a top-tier saxophonist, like a whole lot of so-called "black" saxophonists.

[daysteppin]

im a black saxophonist who loves this cat. he's not trying to show off with fancy technique, he's all about melody and nuance, which burning catz(which has its place) rarely display with any degree of maturity worth listening to. some need pot others need coffee, why even compare.

[the3lk]

Ugh... they spelt his name wrong in the opening credits...

GERRY is awesome.

[the3lk]

Ugh... they spelt his name wrong in the opening credits...

GERRY is awesome.

[the3lk]

Ugh... they spelt his name wrong in the opening credits...

GERRY is awesome.

[7Phrontisterion7]

almeno ogni tanto davano schegge interessanti.

Fantastico, Gerry Mulligan

[domnozes]

Give me Chet Baker on the trumpet, please!...

[jazzmonster123]

you must actually LIKE bum notes.

art farmer is a much better trumpeter than baker. i thought this was a terrific band for mulligan. at last he had someone on his level musically instead of an inspired amateur like ol' chet.

[rlneesam]

@jazzmonster123

Seems like he carried Farmer in this version of Moonlight in Vermont. At least Chet Baker did his bit. What is noticeable in this piece is the absence of trumpet but then that left more room for the master.

[youstinklikecrazy]

@rlneesam

baker was an inspired amateur, nothing more. i don't hear mulligan "carrying" farmer and mulligan isn't by any stretch of the imagination a "master" on the b-sax. you want GREAT baritone sax playing, try pepper adams. that guy'd blow damn near anybody off the stage.

[KarsaViktor]

@youstinklikecrazy Baker was an amateur? You're ridicoulus, man!

[valvetrom]

@youstinklikecrazy The absolute greatness of Gerry Mulligan is(can't you hear it) his musician -and composer ship, out of each solo you could make another tune. His music touches my heart, I don't care if you name other Bariton players who could run rings around him, like circus artist. No Its a matter of greatness in spirit. Music is not a field for winning

[iamalexnotyou]

@valvetrom Musics not a field for winning, i like that

[IJG26]

I remember the first time I heard his quartet in the early 50s. It was on a Pacific Jazz label I believe...and he had no piano! I thought what was this going to soundl like? Listened to him ever since and caught him shortly before he died playing with Bob Brookmeyer..What a loss to the music world. A class artist.

[rippercrystal]

No one ever was one with an instrument as Gerry was with the bari sax. In one tune he'll use it as a bass, percussion, soloist, so gifted. Effortless, consummate musician,I marvel at his sense of phrasing everytime I hear him. Thank you for this video. It's the way I'll always remember him.

[Anarkam]

Waw, Mulligan is incredible !

For me, One of the most great, with Davis, Webster and Brubeck...

Joyeux Noël =)

[gioxyza]

I just love Mulligan.

Thanks for this video.  Per caso non avresti anche "My funny Valentine" ?

Auguri di Buon Natale.

[flylooper]

Funny about this instrumentation. Gerry invented the piano-less 4tet and you can see his incredible harmonic ability with that sax. He does the fills that hte piano wold normally do. Amazing. AMAZING

[jazzmonster123]

he "invented" it because there was no room on stage at the haig for a piano and because he was a big fan of the dixieland tradition of walking/strolling bands that had no piano either.

[matinee3]

Gorgeous. Just class! Thx for uploading

[RimedWords]

Masterful. One of my heroes.

[RevsFanDan]

Gerry...you were one of the greats!!!