Jeru's journey
Subtitle: the life and music of Gerry Mulligan
By: Sanford Josephson ; with a foreword by TK
Publisher: Hal Leonard Books; Hal Leonard
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Montclair, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9781480360242
Subjects: Composers; Saxophonists; Biography; Jazz musicians
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 'A great guy, a born genius'; title: 'A band totally unlike others I had written for'; title: 'Out of the basement and... into a rehearsal hall'; title: 'He would play fantastically'; title: 'That rare kind of jazz that appeals to everyone'; title: 'It was much like playing with Bach might have been'; title: 'We were all in love with Judy'; title: 'We couldn't believe how good the band was'; title: 'The saxophonist who came to dinner'; title: 'Oh, you want me to be the magic flute player?'; title: 'One of the most important arrangers in the history of the music'; title: 'I forgot he was famous for a reason'; title: 'Schubert! Beethoven! Mulligan'; title: 'He heard every part in his head'; title: 'Kings of the baritone sax'; title: 'A baritone saxophone sounding like a cello'; title: 'Acceptance of jazz as a serious music'; title: 'Everybody's a film critic'; title: 'One of the most brilliant performances ever'; title: 'Nobody played like him'; title: 'Love for melody in everything he did'.