Mainstream of Jazz
1956 studio album by Gerry Mulligan Sextet
Mainstream of Jazz Released 1956 Recorded January 25 and September 26, 1956 Genre Jazz Length 54 :18 Label EmArcy
Mainstream of Jazz is an album led by American jazz baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan with tracks recorded in 1956 which were released by EmArcy .[ 1] [ 2]
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "this was a classic West Coast style jazz band and each of its recordings are worth acquiring".[ 4]
Track listing
All compositions by Gerry Mulligan except as indicated
"Elevation" (Elliot Lawrence , Mulligan) - 6:51
"Mainstream" - 6:49
"Ain't It the Truth" (Count Basie ) - 5:23
"Igloo" (Jerry Lloyd) - 6:57
"Blue at the Roots" - 5:46
"Lollypop" (Chico Hamilton , Gerald Wiggins ) - 5:48
Recorded in New York City on January 25, 1956 (tracks 2 & 3) and September 26, 1956 (tracks 1 & 4-6)
Personnel
References
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release. Some of the titles have been shortened.
Albums as leader or co-leader
Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1953)
Paris Concert (with Bob Brookmeyer , 1954)
California Concerts (1954)
Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955)
Mainstream of Jazz (1956)
At Storyville (1956)
The Teddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer at Newport (split album, 1957)
Jazz Giants '58 (with Harry Edison , Stan Getz , 1958)
Mulligan Meets Monk (with Thelonious Monk , 1957)
Blues in Time (with Paul Desmond , 1957)
Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz
Jazz Concerto Grosso (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1957)
The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (1957)
Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! (1957–58)
What Is There to Say? (1958–59)
Meets Johnny Hodges (1959)
Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959)
The Concert Jazz Band (1960)
The Concert Jazz Band on Tour (1960)
The Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960)
Holliday with Mulligan (with Judy Holliday , 1961)
Presents a Concert in Jazz (1961)
The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1962)
Jeru (1962)
Two of a Mind (with Paul Desmond, 1962)
Spring Is Sprung (1962)
Gerry Mulligan '63 (1962)
Night Lights (1963)
Butterfly with Hiccups (1963–64)
If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! (1965)
Feelin' Good (1965)
Something Borrowed - Something Blue (1966)
Summit (with Astor Piazzolla , 1974)
Walk on the Water (1980)
WithChet Baker WithDave Brubeck With others Soundtracks
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader
The Brothers (and Stan Getz , 1949–52)
Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims (1956)
The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims (1956)
Tonite's Music Today (and Bob Brookmeyer , 1956)
Whooeeee (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1956)
Zoot! (1956)
Locking Horns (and Joe Newman , 1957)
Stretching Out (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1958)
Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (and Al Cohn, Phil Woods , 1959)
Down Home (1960)
Two Jims and Zoot /Otra Vez (Jimmy Raney and Jim Hall , 1964)
Inter-Action (and Sonny Stitt , 1965)
Waiting Game (1966)
The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967)
Nirvana (and Bucky Pizzarelli , Buddy Rich , 1974)
Basie & Zoot (and Count Basie , 1975)
The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975)
Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (and Joe Pass , Oscar Peterson , 1975)
Soprano Sax (1976)
Hawthorne Nights (1976)
If I'm Lucky (and Jimmy Rowles , 1977)
For Lady Day (1978)
Warm Tenor (and Jimmy Rowles , 1979)
The Sweetest Sounds (and Rune Gustafsson , 1979)
Just Friends (and Harry Edison , 1980)
Art 'n' Zoot (and Art Pepper , 1981)
Recordings withAl Cohn
From A to...Z (1956)
The Sax Section (Cohn led, 1956)
Tenor Conclave (and Hank Mobley , John Coltrane , 1957)
The Four Brothers... Together Again! (and Herbie Steward , Serge Chaloff , 1957)
Al and Zoot (1957)
Blues and Haikus (Jack Kerouac , 1959)
SteveIreneo! (and Irene Kral , Steve Allen , 1959)
Son of Drum Suite (Cohn, 1960)
You 'n' Me (1960)
Either Way (1961)
Jazz Mission to Moscow (Cohn, 1962)
Body and Soul (1973)
Motoring Along (1974)
WithQuincy Jones WithGerry Mulligan With others
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963)
Encounter! (Pepper Adams , 1968)
Trigger Happy! /East Coast Sounds (Trigger Alpert /Sims, Cohn, Tony Scott , 1956)
Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54)
Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959)
The Bosses (Count Basie and "Big Joe" Turner , 1973)
Louis Bellson Quintet (1954)
The Genius of Ray Charles (1959)
Jazz Is Universal (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band , 1961)
Chris Connor (1956)
The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin , 1960)
Loose Blues (Bill Evans , 1962)
The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer , 1959)
South American Cookin' (Curtis Fuller , 1961)
Creole Cookin' (Bobby Hackett , 1967)
The Hawk in Hi Fi (Coleman Hawkins , 1956)
Portraits on Standards (Stan Kenton , 1953)
The Kenton Era (Stan Kenton, 1953)
The Manhattan Transfer (released 1975)
Profiles (Gary McFarland , 1966)
Something to Swing About (Carmen McRae , 1959)
Ms. Jazz (Carmen McRae, 1973)
Metronome All-Stars 1956 (1956)
The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus , 1962)
Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose , 1954)
Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson , 1966)
The Sound of Feeling (Oliver Nelson, 1966)
Jazzhattan Suite (Oliver Nelson/Jazz Interactions Orchestra, 1967)
All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day , 1962)
Transition (Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton , 1974)
Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954)
Samba Para Dos (Lalo Schifrin , Bob Brookmeyer, 1963)
Moonlight in Vermont (Johnny Smith , 1952)
Phoebe Snow (1974)
Broadway Soul (Sonny Stitt , 1965)
Vaughan and Violins (Sarah Vaughan , 1958)
The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (Sarah Vaughan, 1979)
Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More (Sarah Vaughan, 1979)
The Jazz Guitarist (Chuck Wayne, 1953)
At Newport '63 (Joe Williams , 1963)