Author Description

Using Original Scores And Detailed Transcriptions Of Mulligan's Early Work, 'the Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets' Offers An Intimate Look At Mulligan's Musical Development From His Teenage Years To Adulthood, Analysing The Ways In Which His Compositions And Arrangements Evolved Through Collaborations With Elliot Lawrence, Gene Krupa, And Claude Thornhill, Culminating With Miles Davis's Birth Of The Cool Nonet. Alyn Shipton. Also Issued In Print: 2023. Includes Bibliographical References, Discography And Index.