Mulligan, Gerry

Mulligan, Gerry

 orig. Gerald Joseph Mulligan

(born April 6, 1927, Queens Village, Long Island, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 20, 1996, Darien, Conn.) U.S. jazz saxophonist, pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He worked as staff arranger for Gene Krupa's band in 1946, later writing arrangements and playing for the Miles Davis nonet's Birth of the Cool recordings (1949). Mulligan became one of the best-known exponents of cool jazz (see bebop). In 1952 he formed a pianoless quartet featuring trumpeter Chet Baker.

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Mulligan, (Gerald Joseph) Gerry (1927–  ) jazz musician; born in New York City. An important baritone saxophonist associated with cool jazz, he began as an arranger for Gene Krupa in 1947 and Claude Thornhill in 1948, then played on the historic Miles Davis Nonet recordings in 1949. He gained considerable success with the quartet he formed with Chet Baker in 1952, and he led ensembles of various sizes thereafter.