Midas Touch: Live In Berlin
Gerry Mulligan
A pioneer of the cool, West Coast style of jazz, Gerry Mulligan's unique ability to play and improvise on the baritone saxophone with dexterity, fluidity, inventiveness and a beautiful, light tone, made him arguably the greatest jazz artist ever to lay hands on the big, difficult-to-master instrument. In this never-before-released recording, the saxophonist with the Midas touch is captured live in Berlin, in what would be the last European tour of his life. It's an inspired concert that finds the indefatigable Mulligan swinging in his own, inimitable way throughout. An added special treat is the appearance of fellow West Coast Jazz legend, Dave Brubeck, who joins Mulligan in a rare, intimate, duet performance of "These Foolish Things."
TRACKLISTING
- 1. Out Back Of The Barn
- 2. Intro & Comments By Gerry Mulligan
- 3. Wallflower
- 4. Midas Lives
- 5. Noblesse
- 6. Sun On The Stairs
- 7. Curtains
- 8. Walkin’ Shoes
- 9. These Foolish Things
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