Spring Is Sprung
1963 studio album by Gerry Mulligan Quartet
| Spring Is Sprung | ||||
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| Studio album by Gerry Mulligan Quartet | ||||
| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | December 11 & 12, 1962 | |||
| Studio | A&R Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:12 | |||
| Label | Philips PHS 600-077 | |||
| Producer | Quincy Jones | |||
| Gerry Mulligan chronology | ||||
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Spring Is Sprung is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gerry Mulligan's Quartet featuring performances recorded in late 1962 and first released on the Philips label.[1][2]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating: "Mulligan and Brookmeyer always seem to stimulate one another's playing to a high level, and this album is no exception".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Gerry Mulligan except as indicated
- "Jive at Five" (Count Basie, Harry Edison) - 6:24
- "Four for Three" - 4:58
- "17 Mile Drive" - 4:57
- "Subterranean Blues" - 9:41
- "Spring Is Sprung" - 6:42
- "Open Country" (Bob Brookmeyer) - 4:30
Personnel
- Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone, piano, track 5
- Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone, piano, track 4
- Bill Crow - bass
- Gus Johnson - drums
References
- ^ Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed February 22, 2016
- ^ Philips Records Discography accessed February 22, 2016
- ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Spring Is Sprung – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- v
- t
- e
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release. Some of the titles have been shortened.
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)
Chet
Baker
- Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1 (1952)
- Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 2 (1953)
- Gene Norman Presents the
Original Gerry Mulligan Tentet and Quartet (1953) - Reunion (1957)
- Carnegie Hall Concert (1974)
Dave
Brubeck
others
- Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50)
- 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe (Barry Manilow, 1984)
- Pelé (Sérgio Mendes & Pelé, 1977)
- Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972)
- The Classic Concert Live (with Mel Tormé & George Shearing, 1982)
- The Sound of Jazz (1957)
- I Want to Live! (1958)
- The Subterraneans (1960)
- The Hot Rock (Quincy Jones, 1971)
