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Table of Contents
Prologue, pp. 9-10
Introduction, pp. 11-29
THE 1940’s: BOP; BIG BANDS; BIRTH OF THE COOL
Chapter 1. Peter Clayton, Insert Notes to Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements. [Verve MGVS 6008] and [World Record Club LP release [TP 351], pp. 30-33
Chapter 2. George T. Simon, Insert Notes to Elliot Lawrence Plays Gerry Mulligan
Arrangements. [Fantasy F-3 206; OJCCD-117-2], pp. 34-38
Chapter 3. Gerry Mulligan with Ken Poston, “Claude Thornhill, Gil Evans and Gerry Mulligan: Three of a Mind - from CLAUDE AND GIL” in Being Gerry Mulligan: My Life in Music. [2023], pp. 39-45
Chapter 4. Ira Gitler, Jeru and Bird, from Swing to Bop to Bop: An Oral History of the Transition of Jazz in the 1940s. [1985], pp. 46-49
Chapter 5. Peter Welding/Gerry Mulligan Insert Notes to CD Reissue Birth of the Cool. [Capitol Jazz CDP 7 92862 2], pp. 50-55
THE 1950s: THE QUARTETS, TENTETTE, AND SEXTETS; THE “MEETS” LPs;
Chapter 6. OVERVIEW: Joe Goldberg, Gerry Mulligan, Jazz Masters of the 1950s. [1965], pp. 56-65
Chapter 7. Steven A. Cerra, Gerry Mulligan and Stan Kenton - Opposites That Didn't Attract Excerpts from the Jazz Literature, pp. 66-71
Chapter 8. Gordon Jack The Gerry Mulligan Quartet 1952-53 Interviews by Gordon Jack, pp. 72- 87
Chapter 9. John Tynan, Mulligan 4 Plus $400 Plus Bock Equals One Success, pp. 88-90
Chapter 10. Will MacFarland, Mulligan - The Sound Alone, Theme Magazine, January, 1954, pp. 91-94
Chapter 11. Herb Kimmel, Mulligan - The Man Behind the Sound [An Unpublished Rejoinder to Will MacFarland, pp. 95-98
Chapter 12. Arlene [Arlyne] Mulligan, Make Mine Mulligan, Theme Magazine, March, 1954, pp. 99-100
Chapter 13. Arlyne Brown Mulligan - The Gordon Jack Interview. [May 16, June 20, July 25, 2019, Jazz Journal], pp. 101-107
Chapter 14. Gerry Mulligan, "Gerry Mulligan Tells - The Importance of Jazz Tradition." [Downbeat, September 21,1955], pp. 108-111
Chapter 15. Peter Welding - The Complete Pacific Jazz and Capitol Recordings of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet and Tentette with Chet Baker. [Excerpts from the Insert Booklet notes to Mosaic Records, MR 5-102], pp. 112-117
Chapter 16.“The Gerry Mulligan Quartet 1952-53” - Matthew Ruddick, in My Funny Valentine: The Story of Chet Baker. [2012], pp. 118-149
Chapter 17. Michael Cuscuna, Konitz Meets Mulligan: Lee Konitz and The Gerry Mulligan Quartet. [Pacific Jazz LP PJM 406 and Capitol CD CDP 7 46847 2], pp. 150-154
Chapter 18. The Fabulous Gerry Mulligan Sextet - Alun Morgan, [Insert Booklet notes Fresh Sound Records FSRCD 418-419], pp. 155-159
Chapter 19, The Gerry Mulligan Sextet -. Gordon Jack, Jazz Journal 3/2016, pp. 160-163
Chapter 20. Michael Cuscuna, Insert Notes to Reunion: Gerry Mulligan with Chet Baker. [Pacific Jazz Series 1957 CDP 7 46857 2], pp. 164-166
Chapter 21. Gordon Jack, Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Newport Rarities from 1957. [intended as sleeve notes for a never released CD; submitted to Jazz Journal, as yet unpublished], pp.167-170
Chapter 22. Raymond Horricks, Gerry Mulligan and the“MEETS” LPs, in Gerry Mulligan: Jazz Masters Series. [1986], pp. 171-176
Chapter 23. Stan and Gerry: Occasional Collaborators, by Gordon Jack, pp. 177-180
THE 1960s: THE BLINDFOLD TESTS; THE CONCERT JAZZ BAND; BRU & JERU - COMPADRES WITH BRUBECK
Chapter 24. OVERVIEW: Nat Hentoff, Gerry Mulligan, The White Mainstreamer, Jazz Is. [1991] and The New Yorker [3/21 and 3/28, 1959], pp. 181-193
Chapter 25. “Gerry Mulligan Before and After, Leonard Feather, Down Beat May 26, 1960 and June 9, 1960, pp. 194-207
Chapter 26. Leonard Feather, “Mulligan Stew,” - Gerry Mulligan Blindfold Test, Down Beat, November 14, 1957, pp. 208-211.
Chapter 27. Leonard Feather, “Gerry Mulligan - The May 26,1960 Down Beat Blindfold Test,” pp. 212-215.
Chapter 28. Robert Gordon, The Gerry Mulligan Quartet in Concert -[1957 and 1962]. [Insert notes to Pablo PACD-5309-2], PP. 216-218.
Chapter 29. Leonard Feather, Harry Carney and Gerry Mulligan - Two of a Kind, Blindfold Test, Down Beat, November 18, 1965, PP. 219-221
Chapter 30. Bill Crow, Gerry Mulligan, From Birdland to Broadway: Scene from a Jazz Life. [1992], PP. 222-224
Chapter 31. Bill Kirchner, Booklet Notes to Mosaic Records “The Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Band Sessions. [MD4-221], PP. 225-235
Chapter 32. Bert Vuijsje, Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band: Young Blood Live in Amsterdam 1960. [Netherlands National Jazz Archives NJA CD - 1902], PP. 236-239
Chapter 33. Gordon Jack, Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band, JazzJournal September 7, 2021, 240-243
Chapter 34. Gerry Mulligan and Judy Holliday as Told By Gene Lees from Meet Me at Jim and Andy’s. [1988], pp. 244-248
Chapter 35. Jerome Klinkowitz, Compadres with Gerry Mulligan, Listen Gerry Mulligan: An Aural Narrative. [1991], pp. 249-259
THE 1970s: THE AGE OF STEAM; THE 1974 REUNION WITH CHET BAKER; THE RECONSTITUTED CONCERT JAZZ BAND
Chapter 36. Steven A. Cerra, “Gerry Mulligan at Mid-Career, The 1970's and Onward,” pp. 260-263
Chapter 37. Gerry Mulligan with Ken Poston- “The Age of Steam: A Turning Point.” Being Gerry Mulligan: My Life in Music. [2023], pp. 264-266
Chapter 38. Michael Cuscuna, Booklet Notes to The Age of Steam, A&M CD, Artist House Music DVD, pp. 267-271
Chapter 39. Steven A. Cerra, “Gerry Mulligan - Chet Baker 1974 Carnegie Hall Concert: Some Personal and Professional Perspectives,” pp. 272-287
Chapter 40. Steven A. Cerra, Gerry Mulligan’s European Period aka The Mulligan Renaissance, pp.279-285
Chapter 41. Richard Cook, “Gerry Mulligan - The Elusive Giant,” Jazz Review, October, 2001, pp. 286-291.
Chapter 42. Richard Brown, “Gerry Mulligan, Cool Charts Bearish Tone, Down Beat, June 7, 1979, pp. 292-298.
THE 1980s: WALK ON WATER; LITTLE BIG HORN; SYMPHONIC MULLIGAN; MORE CJB; QUARTETS WITH PIANO
Chapter 43. Steven A. Cerra, Mulligan in the 1980’s, Busier than Ever, Meeting New Challenges, pp. 299-304
Chapter 44. Les Tomkins, “Gerry Mulligan: My Approach to the Orchestra,” Crescendo International, June/July, 1985, pp. 305-311
Chapter 45. Richard Cook, “Gerry Mulligan, Big Band, Baritone and Beard, The Wire, No. 25, 1986, pp. 312-315.
Chapter 46. Michael Bourne, Gerry Mulligan, Singing a Song of Mulligan, Down Beat, January 1989, pp. 316-321
THE 1990s: REBIRTH OF THE COOL; DOWN BEAT HALL OF FAME; OBITUARY
Chapter 47. Steven A. Cerra, “Gerry Mulligan, 'Rebirth of the Cool' - 1991 - A Collective Overview,” pp. 322-327
Chapter 48. Steven A. Cerra, “Into the 1990s - Gerry Mulligan and the Piano Quartets,” pp. 328-332
Chapter 49. Gordon Jack, After You Jeru, [On the 50th Anniversary of the Original Gerry Mulligan Quartet], March 22, 2002, JazzJournal, pp. 333-339
Chapter 50. Mitchell Seidel, “Mulligan Enters the Hall of Fame,” Down Beat, January, 1994, pp. 340-344
Chapter 51. Gerry Mulligan 1927-1996 - The Obituaries, pp. 345-353
RECAPITULATION:
Chapter 52. Gene Lees, “Gerry Mulligan: I Hear The Shadows Dancing,” Arranging the Score: Portraits of Great Arrangers. [2000], pp. 354-382
Epilogue
Chapter 53. Franca R. Mulligan 6.12. 2023 Phone Interview, pp. 383-384
Selected Discographies, p. 385
Selected Writings, pp. 386-390
