Baritonist
Gerry Mulligan has had few opportunities to record with a big band since his Concert Jazz Band broke up in 1963, a real pity considering how talented a composer and arranger he has been. This DRG release features a strong orchestra (with such soloists as trumpeter
Tom Harrell, altoist
Gerry Niewood, pianist
Mitchel Forman among others) performing several of
Jeru's compositions (including "For an Unfinished Woman," "Song for Strayhorn" and "Walk on the Water"),
Forman's "Angelica" and
Duke Ellington's "Across the Track Blues" along with the standard "I'm Getting Sentimental over You." ~ Scott Yanow