Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Reunion With Chet Baker Volume One flac album

Reunion with Chet Baker is an album recorded in 1957 by saxophonist Gerry Mulligan's Quartet with trumpeter Chet Baker which was originally released on the World Pacific label. It was also Chet's first recording in New York where he relocated

Mulligan and Baker had very few reunions after 1953 but this particular CD from 1957 is an exception. Although not quite possessing the magic of the earlier group, the music is quite enjoyable and the interplay between the two horns is still special. With expert backup by bassist Henry Grimes and drummer Dave Bailey, these 13 selections (plus two new alternate takes) should please fans of both Mulligan and Baker.

This CD gives us 14 relatively short tunes, featuring the baritone sax of Mulligan and the trumpet (sans vocals) of Baker, recorded in 1952-53, and one reunion effort from 1957. The first five, from '52, are the least interesting. It seems to me it took Gerry and Chet a half-year to figure out how to play together and separately, what arrangements worked best for their piano-less quartet, and what songs inspired both of them to blow their best.

Songs from Reunion with Chet Baker by Chet Baker, Chet BakerGerry Mulligan. Free download and listen Reunion with Chet Baker. Gerry Mulligan Quartet. Gerry Mulligan, Gerry Mulligan Quartet - My Heart Belongs To Daddy 04:14. Gerry Mulligan, Chet BakerGerry Mulligan - People Will Say We're in Love 03:41. Gerry Mulligan - The Surrey with the Fringe on Top 04:44. Gerry Mulligan - People Will Say We're in Love 03:43. Gerry Mulligan - Ornithology 05:14.