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American jazz baritone saxophonist, clarinetist and bass clarinetist

Born : December 05, 1928 in East Chicago, Indiana
Died : February 14, 2008 in New York City, New York

He played with Louis Prima,Claude Thornhill, Tex Beneke, Sauther-Finegan Orchestra, Jimmy & Tommy Dorsey Orchestras, Benny Goodman.

Note: please use Gene Allan for the songwriter/producer.

ALBUMS


APPEARANCES +


Aaron Sachs
Tenor, Clarinet & Co. - Quintet, Sextet And Octet Ensembles
2024, CD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records
Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band*
In Concert '60
2022, CD, Album, SteepleChase
Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band*
Young Blood
2019, CD, Album, Nederlands Jazz Archief
Chet Baker
Eight Classic Albums
2019, ,
Cool Jazz
Dan Terry And His Orchestra
The Swinginest Dance Band 1952-1963
2017, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Fresh Sound Records, ,
Big Band/Swing/Cool Jazz
Billy Ver Planck And His Orchestra*
1957-1958
2017, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Fresh Sound Records,
Chet Baker
Deep In A Dream
2017
Various Featuring Al Cohn, Chuck Wayne, Gerry Mulligan
A Tribute To The Jazz Poetry Of Don Joseph
2016, CD, Comp, RM, Fresh Sound Records, ,
Cool Jazz/Big Band
Bob Zieff
The Music Of Bob Zieff
2016, 2xCD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records,
Hal McKusick
Three Classic Albums
2015, 2xCD, Comp, Avid Jazz
Various
Jazz 100年 23 ジャンピン・アット・ザ・ウッド・サイド~ビッグ・バンドはジャズの華
2015, CD, Comp, Mono, Universal Music,
Thelonious Monk
The Complete Columbia Live Albums Collection
2015, ,
Bop/Post Bop
Various
Jazz Mission To Moscow Plus Soviet Jazz Themes & Jazz At Liberty
2014, 2xCD, Comp, RE, Fresh Sound Records, ,
Post Bop/Cool Jazz
Gerry Mulligan
Vol.2 - Seven Classic Albums
2014, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Real Gone, ,
Cool Jazz
Lee Wiley
Four Classic Albums Plus
2014
Johnny Carisi*
The Music of Johnny Carisi - Israel
2013, CD, Comp, RM, Fresh Sound Records, ,
Cool Jazz/Post Bop
Various
East Coast Jazz Workshops New York 1954-1961
2013
Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band*
Santa Monica 1960
2012, 2xCD, Album, Fresh Sound Records
Gerry Mulligan
The Concert Jazz Band '63 + The Concert Jazz Band
2012, ,
Bop/Cool Jazz/Big Band
Gerry Mulligan
The Concert Jazz Band At Newport 1960
2011, CD, Comp, Solar Records (4), ,
Bop/Big Band/Swing
Benny Goodman
Three Classic Albums Plus
2010, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Avid Jazz, Avid Entertainment, Avid Jazz, Avid Entertainment, ,
Big Band/Dixieland/Easy Listening/Swing
Bob Brookmeyer
Portrait Of The Artist
2010, CD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records
Woody Herman
Mosaic Select
2007, Box + 3xCD, Comp, Ltd, Mosaic Records (2), ,
Big Band/Vocal/Instrumental
Urbie Green Big Band* & Sextet*
The Complete Persuasive Trombone
2007, CD, Comp, Lone Hill Jazz
Oliver Nelson
The Argo, Verve And Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions
2006, 6x CD, Box Set, ,
Big Band/Bop
Hal McKusick Quartet
The Complete Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton And Osie Johnson Recordings
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Lone Hill Jazz, ,
Cool Jazz/Bop
Various
Pop Party 3
2005, CD, Comp + CD, Comp, Enh, Universal Music TV, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, ,
Synth-pop/Dance-pop/Bubblegum
Gerry Mulligan
Concert Jazz
2005, CD, Comp, EmArcy
Akon
Lonely
2005, ,
Pop Rap
Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra
1949 ~ '53 Performances
2004, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Hep Records (3), ,
Big Band/Swing
Chet Baker Sextet
Chet Baker Sextet
2004
Gerry Mulligan Concert Band*
The Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Band Sessions
2003, ,
Cool Jazz/Big Band
Louis Prima And His Orchestra
1944-1945
2002, CD, Comp, Classics (11)
Chet Baker
Deep In A Dream - The Ultimate Chet Baker Collection
2002
Teri Thornton
Teri Thornton Sings Open Highway (The Theme From "Route 66")
2001, ,
Vocal
Thelonious Monk
The Columbia Years / '62-'68
2001, Box Set Slipcase, 3x CD, ,
Bop
Various
The Verve Album
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Verve Records, ,
Bop/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing
John Lewis
Original Sin/ Essence
2000, CD, Comp, RE, Collectables, ,
Post Bop
Joe Mooney
The Happiness Of...The Greatness Of... Joe Mooney
2000, CD, Comp, RM, Koch Jazz, ,
Swing/Vocal/Ballad
Tony Fruscella
Tony's Blues
1999, CD, Comp, The Jazz Factory
Various
Impulsively Ellington (A Tribute To Duke Ellington)
1999, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Impulse!,
Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Big Band* Featuring Zoot Sims
Zürich 1960
1999, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Bob Brookmeyer / Jimmy Giuffre
Portrait Of The Artist / Four Brothers Sound
1999, CD, Comp, Collectables
The Nat Pierce Orchestra
Big Band At The Savoy
1998, ,
Big Band
Various
The Complete Johnny Mercer Songbooks
1998, 3x CD, Box Set, ,
Big Band/Vocal/Bop/Swing
Gerry Mulligan
Mullenium
1998, ,
Cool Jazz/Big Band/Swing
Various
This Is Jazz
1996, 10xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Ltd, Columbia, Columbia, Legacy, Epic, ,
Hard Bop/Fusion/Dixieland/Contemporary Jazz/Swing
Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band* & Sextet*
Concert In The Rain
1996, CD, Album, Jazz Band Records
Woody Herman
Verve Jazz Masters 54
1996, ,
Big Band
Various
The Collection
1996, CD,
Lizzy Borden
Visual Lies
1995
Dizzy Gillespie, Cannonball Adderley, Oscar Peterson, Gerry Mulligan
Four Jazz Legends Live At Newport 1960
1994, CD, ,
Cool Jazz/Big Band/Bop/Soul-Jazz
Gerry Mulligan
Verve Jazz Masters 36
1994, CD, ,
Cool Jazz
Various
Pour Ceux Qui Aiment Le Jazz
1993, 2xCD, Comp, RTE, Une Musique
Billy Ver Planck Orchestra
Jazz For Playgirls
1993,
Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band* Featuring Zoot Sims
Olympia - November 19, 1960
1992, ,
Big Band/Cool Jazz
Various
Verve Jazz Box
1991, 7x CD, Box Set, ,
Soul-Jazz/Cool Jazz/Swing/Bop/Big Band
Various
Gitanes Jazz, Clarinette
1991, CD,
Sarah Vaughan With Woody Herman
1963 Live Guard Sessions
1991, ,
Swing
Various
Be Bop Revisited, Vol. 2
1990, CD, Comp, Xanadu Records, EPM Musique, ,
Bop
Benny Goodman Featuring Jimmy Rushing, Zoot Sims, Roland Hanna
The Benny Goodman Yale Archives • Volume 3 (Big Band In Europe)
1989, CD, ,
Swing/Big Band
Various
Jazz En Verve - Vol. 2
1989,
Bop
Benny Goodman And His Orchestra With Featured Vocalists Jimmy Rushing And Ethel Ennis
Live At The International World Exhibition, Brussels 1958 The Unissued Recordings
1989, ,
Swing/Big Band
Various
Jazz-Club · Big Band
1989, ,
Big Band
Woody Herman
Woody Herman
1988, ,
Big Band
Various
The Best Of The Big Bands
1988, ,
Big Band
Woody Herman
16.5.1913 - 19.10.1987
1988, ,
Swing/Big Band
Various
The Jazz Preferences
1987, LP, Comp, Promo, Jazztone (2), Edito-Service S.A. Genève, ,
Hard Bop/Dixieland/Big Band
The RCA Victor Jazz Workshop
The Arrangers
1987, ,
Big Band
Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan Meets The Saxophonists
1985, ,
Cool Jazz
Various
The Wild Bunch (18 Metal Masters)
1985
Phil Sunkel's Jazz Band
Every Morning I Listen To.... Phil Sunkel's Jazz Band
1985, ,
Big Band
Benny Goodman
The Swing Era The King In Person
1984, 3x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Big Band/Swing
Various
Newport Jazz Festival: Live (Unreleased Highlights From 1956, 1958, 1963)
1982, 2x Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Dixieland/Swing/Big Band/Stride/Cool Jazz/Bop
Various
Bebop Revisited, Vol. 3
1981, LP, Comp, Xanadu Records, ,
Bop
Claude Thornhill
In Disco Order Volume 10
1981, LP, Comp, Ajaz Records, ,
Big Band
Benny Goodman Big Band*, Taft Jordan, Zoot Sims, Billy Bauer
I Giganti Del Jazz 38
1981, ,
Big Band/Swing
Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra
1948 - The Song Is You
1980, LP, Mono, HEP Records (3), ,
Swing
Jimmy Rushing
Mr. Five By Five
1980, 2x Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Swing/Big Band/Jump Blues
Judy Holliday With Gerry Mulligan
Holliday With Mulligan
1980, ,
Vocal
Thelonious Monk
Always Know
1979, ,
Bop/Post Bop
Various
History Of Jazz
1978, 10x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Swing/Bop/Big Band/Ragtime
Gerry Mulligan
The Arranger
1977, ,
Big Band/Cool Jazz
Various
Jazz Power - The Power In Music
1976, ,
Swing/Bossa Nova/Bop
Benny Goodman
Orchestra & Groups
1975, LP, Comp, Rarities (2),
Gerry Mulligan
New-York December 1960
1975, ,
Cool Jazz/Big Band
Gerry Mulligan
Felicitas
1974, Vinyl,
Thelonious Monk
Who's Afraid Of The Big Band Monk?
1974, ,
Bop/Big Band
George Russell And His Orchestra*
New York, N.Y. And Jazz In The Space Age
1973, ,
Space-Age/Modal/Big Band
Pee Wee Russell And Oliver Nelson And His Orchestra
The Spirit Of '67
1972, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Benny Goodman
This Is Benny Goodman Vol. 2
1972, 2x Vinyl, ,
Big Band
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk's Greatest Hits Vol.1
1970, LP, Comp, CBS
Jack Six
Bacharach Revisited: Bacharach For Instrumentalists
1969
Music Minus One Orchestra*
Bacharach For Pianists (Music Minus One Piano)
1969, ,
Instrumental/Education
Thelonious Monk
Monk's Greatest Hits
1969, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Various
80 Biggest Hits 'By The Stars Who Made Them Famous'
1965, 4xLP, Comp, Mono + Box, Columbia Record Club, Columbia Record Club, Roulette, Roulette, Roulette, ,
Rockabilly/Rock & Roll/Doo Wop/Rhythm & Blues/Folk Rock/Vocal
John Lewis
Essence
1964, ,
Post Bop
Joe Mooney
The Greatness Of Joe Mooney
1964, ,
Swing
Monk*
Big Band And Quartet In Concert
1964, ,
Bop
Gerry Mulligan
The Essential Gerry Mulligan
1963, ,
Hard Bop/Big Band
Woody Herman
1963 – The Swingin’est Big Band Ever
1963
The Concert Jazz Band*
Gerry Mulligan '63
1963
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman In Moscow
1963,
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman In Moscow
1962
Zoot Sims, Phil Woods, Bill Crow, Willie Dennis, Mel Lewis
Jazz Mission To Moscow (Featuring Top Jazz Artists On Their Return From Tour Of Soviet Union 1962)
1962, ,
Bop/Cool Jazz
Mundell Lowe
Blues For A Stripper
1962, Vinyl,
Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band* Guest Soloist: Zoot Sims
Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band On Tour
1962, ,
Cool Jazz
Various
Who's Who In The Swinging Sixties
1962,
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman In Moscow - Record 2
1962, ,
Big Band
Saxes, Inc.
Saxes, Inc.
1962,
Mundell Lowe
Satan In High Heels (Original Soundtrack)
1962, ,
Soundtrack/Bop/Big Band/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz
Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band*
At The Village Vanguard
1961, ,
Cool Jazz
The Bob Brookmeyer Orchestra*
Gloomy Sunday And Other Bright Moments
1961, ,
Big Band/Cool Jazz
The Concert Jazz Band*
Gerry Mulligan Presents A Concert In Jazz
1961, ,
Cool Jazz
Bob Brookmeyer
Portrait Of The Artist: Bob Brookmeyer
1961, ,
Cool Jazz
Dick Caruso
Yes Sir That's My Baby / If I
1960, 7", MGM Records,
Woody Herman
The Fourth Herd
1960, Vinyl, ,
Swing/Big Band
Gerry Mulligan
The Concert Jazz Band
1960, ,
Big Band
Various
The Playboy Jazz All-Stars, Volume 3
1960, ,
Cool Jazz/Dixieland/Swing/Hard Bop/Big Band/Bop
Eva Nelson
Cabaret
1960
Bob Brookmeyer
Portrait Of The Artist
1960,
George Russell And His Orchestra*
New York, N.Y.
1959
Saxes, Inc.
Saxes, Inc.
1959,
Various
The Playboy Jazz All-Stars Vol. 2
1958, 2xLP, Comp, Playboy Records, ,
Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing/Big Band/Dixieland
The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra* Starring Warren Covington
The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
1958, Vinyl, ,
Big Band
Benny Goodman And His Orchestra Featuring Jimmy Rushing
Benny In Brussels
1958, ,
Big Band
Benny Goodman And His Orchestra Featuring Jimmy Rushing
Benny In Brussels
1958,
Lee Wiley With Billy Butterfield And His Orchestra
A Touch Of The Blues
1958, Vinyl, ,
Swing
Benny Goodman And His Orchestra Featuring Jimmy Rushing
Benny In Brussels Vol. II
1958
Larry Sonn And His Orchestra*
Jazz Band Having A Ball!
1958, Vinyl, ,
Big Band
Louis "Sabu" Martinez*
Safari With Sabu
1958, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Latin Jazz
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman Plays World Favorites In High-Fidelity
1958,
Billy Ver Planck And His Orchestra*
Dancing Jazz
1957, ,
Bop/Big Band
Aaron Sachs
Clarinet And Co.
1957
Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer
Gerry Mulligan Bob Brookmeyer Play Phil Sunkel's Jazz Concerto Grosso
1957
The Westchester Workshop
Unique Jazz From The Westchester Workshop
1956
Various
Jazz For People Who Hate Jazz
1955, Vinyl, ,
Swing/Big Band/Stride
The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra*
Inside Sauter-Finegan
1954, ,
Space-Age
Louis Prima And His Orchestra
Bell Bottom Trousers / Caldonia
1945, Shellac, 10", Majestic
Gerry Mulligan
Concert Jazz Band
7", Mono, Verve Records
Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band*
Live
2xLP, Comp, Verve Records, ,
Cool Jazz/Big Band
Benny Goodman
Masters Of Jazz
2xLP, Comp, I Giganti Del Jazz, ,
Swing
Rusty Dedrick
The Many Facets Of Rusty Dedrick
LP, Album, Monmouth Evergreen,
Rusty Dedrick And The Winds Of Change
Harold Arlen In Hollywood
LP, Monmouth Evergreen
Larry Sonn And His Orchestra*
East Coast Jazz
7", EP, Dot Records,
George Russell
Seven Classic Albums
4xCD, Comp, Real Gone, ,
Cool Jazz/Big Band/Space-Age
Woody Herman
25th Anniversary 1963
LP, RE, Fontana, ,
Big Band
Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band*
Live
2xLP, Comp, Verve Records, ,
Cool Jazz/Big Band
Lee Castle & The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
Lee Castle & The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Play The Big Band Beatles Bag!
Woody Herman
The New World Of Woody Herman
,
Big Band/Cool Jazz
Various
The Blues
Various
Hot Tracks For Cool Cats Vol. 2
2x Vinyl Gatefold,