The Classic Concert Live
2005 live album by Mel Tormé, Gerry Mulligan, George Shearing
The Classic Concert Live is a live album by Mel Tormé , Gerry Mulligan , and George Shearing , recorded at Carnegie Hall in 1982 and released in 2005.
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Shearing and Tormé would go on to make six albums together for Concord Records , this is the only recorded performance of Shearing and Tormé with Gerry Mulligan.
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [ 1]
The Allmusic review by Matt Collar said that the trio of Tormé, Mulligan and Shearing sounded "terrific", with Shearing "in fine form with his urbane keyboard style adding dramatic punch throughout the night".[ 1]
Track listing
"I've Heard That Song Before " (Sammy Cahn , Jule Styne ) – 2:53
"I Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today" (Count Basie , Eddie Durham , Jimmy Rushing ) – 4:55
"Jeru" (Gerry Mulligan ) – 4:05
Duke Ellington medley: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore "/"Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me) " (Duke Ellington , Bob Russell )/(Ellington, Lee Gaines) – 5:24
"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? " (Alan and Marilyn Bergman , Michel Legrand ) – 6:20
"Walkin' Shoes" (Mulligan) – 3:58
"'Round Midnight " (Cootie Williams , Bernie Hanighen , Thelonious Monk ) – 5:56
"Line for Lyons" (Mulligan) – 5:22
Talk – 0:52
"Wave "/"Water to Drink (Agua de Beber) " (Antonio Carlos Jobim )/(Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes , Norman Gimbel ) – 6:03
"Blues in the Night " (Harold Arlen , Johnny Mercer ) – 11:28
"The Song is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On) " (Irving Berlin ) – 3:05
"Oh, Lady Be Good! " (George Gershwin , Ira Gershwin ) – 4:47
Personnel
Performance
Production
Abbey Anna – art direction
Dale Sheets – associate producer
Barry Hatcher – author
Tim Owens – engineer
John Burk – executive producer
Ken Dryden – liner notes
Seth Presant – mastering, mixing
Andrew Pham – package design
Franca Rota Mulligan – photography
Marc Perlman
Christian Steiner
Chris Dunn – producer
References
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release. Some of the titles have been shortened.
Albums as leader or co-leader
Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1953)
Paris Concert (with Bob Brookmeyer , 1954)
California Concerts (1954)
Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955)
Mainstream of Jazz (1956)
At Storyville (1956)
The Teddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer at Newport (split album, 1957)
Jazz Giants '58 (with Harry Edison , Stan Getz , 1958)
Mulligan Meets Monk (with Thelonious Monk , 1957)
Blues in Time (with Paul Desmond , 1957)
Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz
Jazz Concerto Grosso (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1957)
The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (1957)
Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! (1957–58)
What Is There to Say? (1958–59)
Meets Johnny Hodges (1959)
Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959)
The Concert Jazz Band (1960)
The Concert Jazz Band on Tour (1960)
The Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960)
Holliday with Mulligan (with Judy Holliday , 1961)
Presents a Concert in Jazz (1961)
The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1962)
Jeru (1962)
Two of a Mind (with Paul Desmond, 1962)
Spring Is Sprung (1962)
Gerry Mulligan '63 (1962)
Night Lights (1963)
Butterfly with Hiccups (1963–64)
If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! (1965)
Feelin' Good (1965)
Something Borrowed - Something Blue (1966)
Summit (with Astor Piazzolla , 1974)
Walk on the Water (1980)
WithChet Baker WithDave Brubeck With others Soundtracks
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums Live albums Selected singles