GERRY MULLIGAN - The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker (1996) 4CD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Baritonist Gerry Mulligan's pianoless quartet of 1952-1953 with trumpeter Chet Baker was one of the most popular groups of the period and an influential force on West Coast Jazz. Mulligan's interplay with Baker looked back toward the collective improvisation of Dixieland but utilized up-to-date harmonies. This four-CD set overlaps with a previous (and now out-of-print) five-LP Mosaic box. In addition to all of the Pacific Jazz (as opposed to Fantasy and GNP/Crescendo) recordings of the Mulligan Quartet (including the hit version of "My Funny Valentine"), this box has a few slightly earlier titles that find Mulligan gradually forming the group (even utilizing pianist Jimmie Rowles on two songs), tunes from live sessions in which altoist Lee Konitz made the band a quintet, the 1957 Mulligan-Baker set called Reunion, and an Annie Ross date from the same period (leaving out the numbers that have Art Farmer in Baker's place). Despite both musicians remaining active for over 30 years, Mulligan and Baker only teamed up again on one occasion, for a 1970s Carnegie Hall concert released by CTI. The consistently delightful music on this box (much of which is classic) is highly recommended for all jazz collections. by Scott Yanow  
Tracklist 1 :
The Original Sessions
1     Get Happy 2:30
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
2     'S Wonderful 3:32
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
3     Godchild 2:49
George Wallington
4     Dinah 2:55
Harry Akst / Sam M. Lewis / Joe Young
5     She Didn't Say Yes, She Didn't Say No 2:33
Otto Harbach / Jerome Kern
6     Bernie's Tune 2:51
Jerry Leiber / Bernard Miller / Mike Stoller
7     Lullaby of the Leaves 3:09
Bernice Petkere / Joe Young
8     Utter Chaos, No. 1 0:32
Gerry Mulligan
9     Aren't You Glad You're You 3:58
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
10     Frenesi 3:05
Alberto Dominguez / Leonard Whitcup
11    Nights at the Turntable 2:52
Gerry Mulligan
12     Freeway 2:42
Chet Baker
13     Soft Shoe 2:36
Gerry Mulligan
14     Walking Shoes 3:10
Gerry Mulligan
15     Aren't You Glad You're You 3:36
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
16     Get Happy 5:50
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
17     Poinciana 3:49
Buddy Bernier / Nat Simon
18     Godchild 3:55
George Wallington
19     Makin' Whoopee 3:26
Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn
20     Cherry 2:55
Charlie Daniels / Dizzy Gillespie
21     Motel 2:33
Gerry Mulligan
22     Carson City Stage 2:30
Carson Smith
Tracklist 2 :
The Original Sessions
1     My Old Flame 3:11
Sam Coslow / Arthur Johnston
2     All the Things You Are 5:06
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
3     Love Me or Leave Me 2:47
Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn
4     Love Me or Leave Me 2:41
Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn
5     Swinghouse 2:53
Gerry Mulligan
6     Swinghouse 2:52
Gerry Mulligan
7     Jeru 2:30
Gerry Mulligan
8     Utter Chaos, No .2 0:30
Gerry Mulligan
9     Darn That Dream 3:49
Eddie DeLange / James Van Heusen
10     Darn That Dream 3:20
Eddie DeLange / James Van Heusen
11     I May Be Wrong 2:37
Harry Ruskin / Henry Sullivan
12     I May Be Wrong 2:50
Harry Ruskin / Henry Sullivan
13     I'm Beginning to See the Light 3:35
Duke Ellington / Don George / Johnny Hodges / Harry James
14     I'm Beginning to See the Light 3:06
Duke Ellington / Don George / Johnny Hodges / Harry James
15     The Nearness of You 2:50
Hoagy Carmichael / Ned Washington
16     Tea for Two 2:46
Irving Caesar / Vincent Youmans
17     Five Brothers 2:57
Gerry Mulligan
18     I Can't Get Started 4:00
Vernon Duke / Ira Gershwin
19     Ide's Side 4:21
Gerry Mulligan
20     Funhouse 3:26
Gerry Mulligan
21     My Funny Valentine 5:16
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
Tracklist 3 :   
The Reunion
1     People Will Say We're in Love 3:40
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers
2     Reunion 4:03
Gerry Mulligan
3     When Your Lover Has Gone 5:06
Einar A. Swan
4     Stardust 4:42
Hoagy Carmichael / Mitchell Parish
5     My Heart Belongs to Daddy 4:12
Cole Porter
6     Jersey Bounde 4:27
Tiny Bradshaw / Buddy Feyne / Edward Johnson / Bobby Plater / Robert Wright
7     The Surrey With the Fringe on Top 4:42
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers
8     Ornithology 5:09
Benny Harris / Charlie Parker
9     Trav'lin' Light 3:39
Johnny Mercer / Jimmy Mundy / Trummy Young
10     Trav'lin' Light 4:32
Johnny Mercer / Jimmy Mundy / Trummy Young
11     The Song Is You 3:21
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
12     Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You 3:35
Andy Razaf / Don Redman
13     Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You 3:31
Andy Razaf / Don Redman
14     I Got Rhythm 5:59
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
15     All the Things You Are 6:45
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
16     Festive Minor 4:08
Gerry Mulligan
Tracklist 4 :    
The Collaborations
1     Too Marvelous for Words 3:36
Johnny Mercer / Richard A. Whiting
2     Lover Man 3:01
Jimmy Davis / Roger "Ram" Ramirez / Jimmy Sherman
3     I'll Remember April 4:11
Gene DePaul / Patricia Johnston / Don Raye
4     These Foolish Things 3:20
Harry Link / Holt Marvell / Jack Strachey
5     All the Things You Are 3:55
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
6     Bernie's Tune 3:32
Jerry Leiber / Bernard Miller / Mike Stoller
7     Almost Like Being in Love 2:55
Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe
8     Sextet 2:59
Gerry Mulligan
9     Broadway 2:53
Billy Bird / Teddy McRae / Henry J. Wood
10     I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me 3:06
Clarence Gaskill / Jimmy McHugh
11     Oh, Lady Be Good 2:29
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
12     Oh, Lady Be Good 1:52
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
13     Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 3:38
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
14     This Time the Dream's on Me 3:22
Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer
15     Let There Be Love 3:41
Ian Grant / Lionel Rand
16     How About You? 2:50
Ralph Freed / Burton Lane
17     I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans 2:23
Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz
18     This Is Always 3:58
Mack Gordon / Harry Warren
19     My Old Flame 3:47
Sam Coslow / Arthur Johnston
20     It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 2:08
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
21     The Lady's in Love With You 2:24
Burton Lane / Frank Loesser
22     I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face 3:03
Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe
23     You Turned the Tables on Me 3:23
Louis Alter / Sidney Mitchell