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29 quotes by Gerry Mulligan

Gerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though Mulligan is primarily known as one of the leading baritone saxophonists in jazz history – playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz – he was also a notable arranger, working with Claude Thornhill, Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, and others. Mulligan's pianoless quartet of the...
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I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.

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You start way down on a low B flat on the tuba and you have a chromatic scale; you can match the colours all the way up, till you get to the top of... →

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Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players.

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I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with.

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If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.

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Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs.

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This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear.

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When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins.

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In fact, I heard Bird first, and had got well into listening to him. You know, it's the kind of accidental thing that awareness of a player is:... →

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It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.

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The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing.

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Actually, it is a fact that I've been doing more writing than playing in recent years.

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Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.

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