Frisco Club (below top) is the opening sequence from the 1958 film “I Want To Live.” The film score, composed by Johnny Mandel, features the Gerry Mulligan Jazz Combo and has become a classic, grab your socks, soundtrack album … in fact two Grammy Award nominated albums! The players on those recordings include Gerry Mulligan on baritone sax, Shelly Manne playing drums, Art Farmer on trumpet, Red Mitchell on bass, Pete Jolly at the piano, Bud Shank playing flute, and Frank Rosolino on trombone. (Below that) Chet Baker joins Gerry for the 1927 Hoagy Carmichael standard Stardust, a blend of heart-felt sound that only these two jazz icons could have created. Henry Grimes on bass and Dave Bailey on drums round out the quartet.
Stardust
To the left (Top) Duke Ellington’s Satin Doll is from the quartet’s 1993 Japan concert, with Gerry (bs), Ted Rosenthal (p), Dean Johnson (b), and Ron Vincent (d). (Bottom left) is a Mulligan original, Walkin’ Shoes … cited as one of his most popular compositions. His tentet includes Lee Konitz (as), Art Farmer (t), Rob McConnell (tb), Mike Mossman (t), Ken Soderblom (c), Bob Routch (frh), Ted Rosenthal (p), Dean Johnson (b), and Ron Vincent (d).
