Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben

Description: Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Add The Pom Shop to your Favorites and receive our email newsletters about new items and special promotions. General Interest Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Although this wasn t the only recorded collaboration between Gerry Mulligan and Ben Webster, it was clearly the best, and the only one to capture their combined magic without the interruption of other frontline soloists. Their first recorded encounters took place in 1957, and consist of large band sessions: a concert at the Hollywood Bowl from August 22, 1957 with a Jazz at the Philharmonic style line-up including various reeds (this performance, although listed in discographies, is still unissued) and the celebrated recordings for the live TV Show The Sound of Jazz and its subsequent studio album, which also present Ben and Gerry playing along with various other horns. This was followed by the Gerry Mulligan meets Ben Webster sessions. Photographer William Claxton was present at the studio and took various pictures, among them, the one used for the cover of this LP. Years later Claxton would remember the following: Gerry knew that Ben liked booze around when he recorded and he very much wanted to please him to make him comfortable. But Ben got so caught up in the spirit of what was happening that the bottle just sat there. He had maybe one shot ordinarily he would have drunk the whole bottle. Gerry told me, 'I'm finally recording with one of my childhood heroes.' He was thrilled. He was pretty much in awe of Ben and very much trying to please him with his solos and arranging ideas. After these splendid recordings, Webster and Mulligan s paths would only cross on a live recording made at the Renaissance Room, in Los Angeles, on the night of December 2, 1959 the same day that the second session from Gerry Mulligan meets Ben Webster was recorded. Even though they were the only horns featured in this performance, and the rhythm section of Rowles, Vinnegar and Lewis was the same as it was on the studio album, the band was backing singer Jimmy Witherspoon here, so Ben and Gerry didn t have the space to showcase their superb chemistry as fully as they had done earlier that day in the studio. In any case, this would be their last collaborative recording ever. Shipping Shipping is free for all customers in Australia. Your package will be safely taken care of & posted from England by means of Priority Airmail, which is air freighted to your nearest Australia Post Distribution Center (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, or Perth), from where they are delivered to your address by Australia Post. Returns and refunds We operate a 30 day money back guarantee. If you are unhappy with the product for whatever reason, please contact us to arrange a return and refund. As shipping costs are not retrievable, we are unable to refund shipping costs. Feedback We use an automated eBay feedback response system. If you are happy with the product, please leave positive feedback and we will automatically leave positive feedback for you. If you are unhappy with the transaction for any reason, please contact us first to resolve. If you do leave negative or neutral feedback you waive your rights for support regarding any problems with us and open yourself up for possible retaliatory negative feedback. Please avoid making negative feedback remarks, contact us first if you have any problems! We are here to help! Contact Us Please contact us via eBay messages if you have any questions and our Customer Service team will be happy to assist you with any queries. Thank you. Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Copyright © 2017 - 2024 The Pom Shop. All rights reserved.

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