Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz

Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz
Studio album by Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz
Released	1957
Recorded	October 12, 1957 Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	54:18
Label	Verve MGV 8249
Producer	Norman Granz
Stan Getz chronology
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Gerry Mulligan chronology
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Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi Cover

Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz (also released as Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi) is an album by American jazz saxophonists Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz featuring performances recorded in 1957 released on the Verve label.^[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
Disc	[5]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[7]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 6:25
2. "Anything Goes" (Cole Porter) – 3:35
3. "Too Close for Comfort" (Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss) – 6:54
4. "That Old Feeling" (Sammy Fain, Lew Brown) – 5:55
5. "This Can't Be Love" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 8:44
6. "A Ballad" (Gerry Mulligan) – 5:41
7. "Scrapple from the Apple" (Charlie Parker) – 8:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Rogers, Hart) – 8:59 Bonus track on CD reissue

Tracks 7 and 8 originally appeared on an LP with Oscar Peterson trio tracks comprising Side B (MGV-8348)

Personnel

• Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone (tracks 4-8), tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3)
• Stan Getz - tenor saxophone (tracks 4-8), baritone saxophone (tracks 1-3)
• Lou Levy - piano
• Ray Brown - bass
• Stan Levey - drums

References

1. Verve Records Catalog: 8200 series accessed February 23, 2016
2. Discography of the Verve, Clef and Norgran labels accessed February 23, 2016
3. Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived April 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine accessed February 23, 2016
4. Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
5. Hall, Tony (15 November 1958). "Reviews". Disc. No. 41. pp. 6–7.
6. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
7. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 544. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.