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Gerry Mulligan

Recorded	Jun 1954
Label	Inner City Records
Released	1954
Personnel	4 credited players
Discogs	master 695715

The record

Brookmeyer's valve trombone steps into the role Chet Baker once filled, and the pianoless writing turns even more conversational as a result. Open space and interlocking lines carry the session rather than chords.

Session personnel

Gerry Mulligan — baritone saxophone
Red Mitchell — bass
Frank Isola — drums
Bob Brookmeyer — valve trombone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 44 pressings on file.

1969	Fratelli Fabbri Editori · SdMJ-036 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1970	Fratelli Fabbri Editori · SdMJ-074 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1976	AMIGA · 8 55 489 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Red Labels
1976	AMIGA · 0 55 489 — Cassette, Album, Stereo
1980	Inner City Records
1980	Fabbri Editori · GdJ 38 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1980	Inner City Records · TIC 7017 — Cassette, Compilation
1980	Phonic · DRL.6304 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1981	Who's Who In Jazz · WW 7000 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo
1981	Fabbri Editori · GdJ 38 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
1987	Musica Jazz · 2MJP 1049 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1987	Mercury · 90.095 — Cassette, Compilation
1987	Mercury · 830 697-2 — CD, Compilation
1987	Mercury · 830 697-4 — Cassette, Compilation, Stereo, CrO2