Pleyel Concert

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Pleyel Concerts 1954 (Volume 1 & Volume 2)
Studio album by Gerry Mulligan

Publication
(s)

1954

Label (s) Disques Vogue , Pacific, Blue Bird / BMG

Format (s)

LP, 2 CD

Genre (s)

jazz

occupation

Studio (s)

Salle Pleyel , Paris

chronology
The Original Quartet
(1952) 		Pleyel Concerts 1954 (Volume 1 & Volume 2) Californian Concerts
(1954)
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Pleyel Concert (also published as Paris Concert and Pleyel Concerts 1954 ) is a jazz album by Gerry Mulligan , recorded at five concerts in Paris' Salle Pleyel from June 1 to 7, 1954 as part of the Troisième Salon du Jazz . The concert recordings were initially published excerpts on Disques Vogue and Pacific Records . In 1993, two CDs, Volume 1 and Volume 2, appeared in full in the Vogue series American Jazz in Paris .

The album

His piano- less quartet was the first regular formation in modern jazz without a chordal instrument such as piano or guitar . After first records with the trumpeter Chet Baker in 1952 and a stay in prison (for drug possession), the baritone saxophonist had reorganized his band; he now played with valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer instead of Baker . His titles "Walkin 'Shoes" or "Line for Lyons" were great successes during this time.

In the summer of 1954 the Gerry Mulligan Quartet performed in Paris for several days: Henri Renaud had invited him to the Festival Le Troisieme Salon du Jazz when he played at the Blue Note in Philadelphia in the winter of 1953/54 . The event took place from June 1 to 7, 1954; the Gerry Mulligan Quartet played a total of five times in the Salle Pleyel . The quartet had an extremely grueling journey to Europe behind them; the band leader had to be carried out of the plane on a stretcher and given medical care. However, the quartet had the opportunity to play a concert in Switzerland beforehand.

In addition to the Mulligan Quartet, Thelonious Monk , Martial Solal , Don Byas , Michel de Villers , Mary Lou Williams and the orchestras of Jack Diéval , Henri Renaud and Kurt Edelhagen also performed . Four of the Mulligan appearances were recorded by Disques Vogues .

Rating of the album

Sometimes the titles are repeated; however, Mulligan played - according to Richard Cook and Brian Morton in the second edition of the Penguin Guide to Jazz - so subtly that you can hear the various solos over and over again. They played the swing classic Makin 'Whoopee with particular relish , as did Jimmy Giuffres “ Four Brothers ”. Cook and Morton give the album the second highest rating. The jazz critic Charles Delaunay wrote at the time: "In contrast to many modern musicians who perform with bored pose, which pleasantly surprises the audience at the pleasure the four musicians had while playing". Delaunay also highlights the seldom good communication between the band and the audience. The critic P. Steder wrote in the specialist magazine STEREO on the occasion of the new edition in 1993: "The surprising interplay, depth and wit of the solos as well as the immensely swinging rhythm section make this recording the highlight of Mulligan's record career."

The titles

Pleyel Concerts, Volume 1

  1. "Bernie's Tune" (Lieber / Miller / Stoller) 4:50
  2. "Presentation of the Musicians": 51
  3. "Walkin 'Shoes" (Mulligan) 4:50
  4. "The Nearness of You" ( Hoagy Carmichael / Washington) 4:34
  5. "Motel" / "Utter Chaos" (Mulligan) 5:48
  6. "Love Me or Leave Me" ( Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn) 5:52
  7. "Soft Shoe" (Mulligan) 4:16
  8. "Bark For Barksdale" (Mulligan) 5:29
  9. " My Funny Valentine " (Hart / Rodgers) 4:52
  10. "Turnstile / Utter Chaos" (Mulligan) 4:52
  11. "I May Be Wrong" (Ruskin / Sullivan) 4:40
  12. "Five Brothers" (Mulligan) 4:39
  13. "Gold Rush" (Mulligan) 6:27
  14. "Makin 'Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn) 3:43
  • Titles 1-10 were recorded on June 1, 1954, titles 11-14 on June 3, 1954.

Pleyel Concerts, Volume 2

  1. " The Lady Is a Tramp " (Rodgers / Hart) 3:45
  2. "Laura" (Mercer / Raksin) 4:52
  3. "Soft Shoe" / "Utter Chaos" (Mulligan) 4:49
  4. "Five Brothers" (Mulligan) 5:07
  5. " Lullaby of the Leaves " (Rether / Young) 3:28
  6. "The Nearness of You" ( Hoagy Carmichael / Washington) 4:39
  7. "Limelight"
  8. "Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are" (Cahn / Jule Styne ) 4:08
  9. "Makin 'Whoopee" ( Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn ) 2:49
  10. "Love Me or Leave Me" (Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn) 4:38
  11. "Laura" 4:15
  12. "Line for Lyons" (Mulligan) 4:20
  13. "Moonlight in Vermont" (Blackburn / Suessdorf) 3:15
  14. "Motel" / "Utter Chaos" (Mulligan) 5:38

Titles 1–3 were recorded on June 3, 1954, titles 4–7 on June 5, and titles 8–14 on June 7, 1954.

Edition history

The recorded material has also been published under various other titles and in other compilations.

literature

Web links

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ cf. Priestley, Jazz Rough Guide, S ,. 462.
  2. ↑ a b after Charles Fox, (Liner Notes zu) Jazz Legacy Vol. 2
  3. ↑ cit. after Carrière, liner notes.
  4. ↑ Overview of the various editions with the concert recordings ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and Mulligan discography @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gerrymulligan.info