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Gerry Mulligan - Paul Desmond Quartet

Recorded	Aug 2-27, 1957
Label	Verve Records
Released	1957
Personnel	4 credited players
Discogs	master 287687

The record

Desmond's dry, almost weightless alto meets Mulligan's woody low end on this 1957 Verve pairing, two cool-toned melodists working without a net. No piano, no clutter -- just Benjamin and Bailey keeping quiet time underneath.

Session personnel

Paul Desmond — alto saxophone
Gerry Mulligan — baritone saxophone
Joe Benjamin — bass
Dave Bailey — drums

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 24 pressings on file.

1957	Verve Records · MGV-8246 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1958	Verve Records · MGV-8246 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove; laminated sleeve
1957	Verve Records — MONO
1957	Verve Records · MGV-8246 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1958	Columbia · 33CX 10113 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1958	Verve Records · MGV-8246 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1958	Verve Records · MGV-8246 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1960	Verve Records · VL-1003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Flipback · laminated sleeve
1962	La Voz De Su Amo · MGV 8246 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1989	Verve Records · J25J-25151 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono
1993	Verve Records · 314 519 850-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1995	Jazz Heritage · 514094K — CD, Album, Reissue
2007	Verve Records · UCCU-9583 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2007	Verve Records · UCCU-9583 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue, Remastered