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Spring Is Sprung by Gerry Mulligan (CD, 1963)

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Product Identifiers

Record LabelHallmark Recordings (Uk)

UPC5050457176228

eBay Product ID (ePID)11050176995

Product Key Features

FormatCD

Release Year1963

InstrumentSaxophone

GenreJazz

ArtistGerry Mulligan

Release TitleSpring Is Sprung

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

Additional informationThis obscure Phillips LP features Gerry Mulligan leading a quartet with his frequent collaborator Bob Brookmeyer, bassist Bill Crow, and drummer Gus Johnson. Mulligan and Brookmeyer always seem to stimulate one another's playing to a high level, and this album is no exception. The group gets into a swinging groove right away with its updated treatment of a Count Basie favorite, "Jive at Five," followed by Mulligan's brisk yet intricate jazz waltz "Four for Three." Brookmeyer switches to piano for the leader's loping "Subterranean Blues." Mulligan takes his place at the keyboard for "Spring Is Sprung," a brisk blues that showcases the valve trombonist extensively, though Mulligan's piano chops shouldn't be discounted. The session wraps with yet another look at Brookmeyer's "Open Country," a great piece of which Mulligan was very fond. This long out of print record is overdue to be reissued on CD. ~ Ken Dryden