Gerry Mulligan
Biography
Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz—Mulligan was also a significant arranger, working with Claude Thornhill, Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, and others. His pianoless quartet of the early 1950s with trumpeter Chet Baker is still regarded as one of the best cool jazz groups. Mulligan was also a skilled pianist and played several other reed instruments. Several of his compositions, such as "Walkin' Shoes" and "Five Brothers", have become standards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gerry Mulligan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Drama Series - 1961, 16 episodes • as Self
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
Drama Series - 1968, 16 episodes • as Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
Movie - 1958, 2h 15m • as Jazz Combo Member
Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.
Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • as Ella's Blind Date
Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.
Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • as Gerry
An aspiring musician arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi dancer, moves in with her, and before too long a romance develops.
Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • as Self
Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day to night and from improvisational music to Gospel. It's a concert film that suggests peace and leisure, jazz at a particular time and place.
Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • as Joshua Hoskins
A disillusioned writer explores the subterranean depths of San Francisco's North Beach district.
Movie - 2005, 2h 15m • as Self (archive footage)
Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Self (archive footage)
Elis & Tom is considered one of the most important albums in the history of Brazilian music. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1974, it was all captured by a team of filmmakers led by director Roberto de Oliveira, who arranged for the duo to meet. The original footage was kept for 45 years until restored and remastered in 2018. The film is also an exciting reunion of the director with the artists and the material he filmed nearly five decades ago.
Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • as Self - Baritone Saxophone
This DVD showcases Mulligan fronting a jazz quartet which includes Don Trenner on piano, Peter Axelsson on bass, and Ronnie Gardener on drums, in a live performance in Stockholm, Sweden on June 13, 1980. All of the tunes performed (with the exception of the beautiful standard "Bernie's Tune") are Gerry Mulligan's compositions.
Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • as Self - Baritone Sax
Recorded at Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin, November 4, 1972. A DVD has been issued of the concert by "Standing Ovation" - "Gerry Mulligan, Paul Desmond & The Dave Brubeck Trio. Live In Berlin 1972". It does not include the non Brubeck tracks. Tracks 5-11 on CD 2, are from a rare live performance by Mulligan and Desmond playing together along with Jaki Byard, in New Orleans in 1969.