Miscellaneous Captivating Blues from Mulligan and Desmond.

[Saxlicker]

On one of my frequent hunts for as much Paul Desmond as I can find I came across this video.
After a while I grew tired of so much Mulligan. Now let me clarify that at times I have Baritone firmly in my sights and could listen to him all day long but this just wasn't one of those occasions thats all.
Then as I was about to click to move on this happened and I was totally engaged once again. Enjoy.

View: https://youtu.be/KWlBSXSjuyY?si=GicaHk4CWXVXIXeZ&t=2847

 

[Joe from New Orleans]

On one of my frequent hunts for as much Paul Desmond as I can find I came across this video.
After a while I grew tired of so much Mulligan. Now let me clarify that at times I have Baritone firmly in my sights and could listen to him all day long but this just wasn't one of those occasions thats all.
Then as I was about to click to move on this happened and I was totally engaged once again. Enjoy.

View: https://youtu.be/KWlBSXSjuyY?si=GicaHk4CWXVXIXeZ&t=2847

Thanks for sharing this. As a lifelong bari player my musical preferences lean toward Soul and Funk by way of Doc Kupka of Tower of Power and Floyd Newman and James Mitchell of The Memphis Horns. But when I OD on soul/funk I find myself going back to the coolness, purity and soulful expression of Mulligan. He just plays so cool...

He did do a live LP with Brubeck called The Last Set at Newport in 1971 but my favorite is Jeru. Thanks again.

 

[Colin the Bear]

Two of a mind is a lovely album. Quartet. Bari, Alto drums and bass.

 

[rhysonsax]

Great playing from Mulligan on this live performance - he really had a fine blues feeling. But I found it very difficult to listen to Brubeck bashing away and Desmond plays well but is too restrained to be a natural blues player.

Here's a famous live recording where Mulligan is in the company of really fine jazz-blues players. Ben Webster blows up a storm, the wonderful Jimmy Witherspoon is on top form and it is an excellent rhythm section.

View: https://youtu.be/siF-mgUXfnU?si=OrXYAHQOWB5SIh6O


I hadn't noticed before that on the 10 album tracks the saxophone solos are basically divided up, so Ben and Gerry (!) don't really trade and interact much.

Rhys

 

[turf3]

More of the low energy Desmond thang. Many people dig him. I'd rather listen to Sonny Stitt, Sonny Criss, Arthur Blythe, Johnny Hodges, Bird, Pete Brown... This just sounds like exercises.

Mulligan? Meh. Same deal, rather listen to Carney, Caceres, Temperley, James Carter...