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An All Star Tribute to Gerry Mulligan and His Musical Legacy Presents MULLIGANESQUE AN ALL STAR TRIBUTE TO GERRY MULLIgaN AND HIS MUSICAL LEgaCY 18 CONCERTS, RARE FILMS & SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS Featuring Bill Holman • Scott Robinson • Bobby Shew • Scott Whitfield Michael Berkowitz • Andy Martin • Roger Neumann • Adam Schroeder Carl Saunders • Bob Efford • Doug Webb • Pinky Winters • Ron Stout & many more! October 27-30, 2017 Tickets 562-200-5477 Four Points by Sheraton at LAX 9750 Airport Boulevard www.lajazzinstitute.org Los Angeles, California 90045 Thursday, October 26 • 7:30pm • $30 Festival Details Pre-Festival Event Dates October 27-30, 2017 Pre-Festival Event Oct. 26 Pre-Concert Discussion Place New Hotel Venue! Screening of Clips Four Points by Sheraton at LAX from the film 9750 Airport Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90045 Concert - Music from the Jazz Combo The special rate for festival attendees Featuring Scott Robinson, Doug Webb, Andy Martin, and Bobby Shew is $115 per night. How to purchase tickets This special rate available until A celebration of Johnny Mandel’s groundbreaking score to the 1958 film I Want to Live. Gerry There are three ticket choices to attend Mulligan and the Jazz Combo appear in the opening club sequence and Mandel’s score, featuring Bill October 11, 2017. the festival Subject to availability. Holman set a new standard for how jazz could be used as a film soundtrack. In addition to the PLATINUM original score, United Artists recorded an album by Gerry Mulligan and the Jazz Combo from I Want Reserve your room now by calling: to Live performing themes from the film. This concert features an all-star combo in a rare live $475 VIP Registration ($450 for performance of the music from this album. 1-800-368-7764 members) includes priority reserved or to reserve on line seating GOLD CLICK HERE! $450 ($425 for members) includes Friday, October 27 The Sheraton has a free shuttle to and reserved seating. FILM Friday, October 27 • 10:30-11:30am • $10 from LAX. INDIVIDUAL EVENT TICKETS San Diego Room Hotel stay not included in registration fee. Individual tickets range from $10-$25. See order form on inside back page. How High the Moon 1 Rare Films from the Los Angeles Jazz Institute Archive including clips of Elliot Lawrence, Vendors Gene Krupa, Claude Thornhill, Gerry Mulligan and more. Tables are available. Call (562) 200-5477 for more information. CONCERT Friday, October 27 • 1-2pm • $20 MULLIGANESQUE 1 California Ballroom ulliganesque is a five day celebration an emotional level. of the musical legacy of Gerry Mulligan. M y using the full range of the instrument, Gerry was one of handful of giants who was EL EVATION he developed a very personal sound that has extremely influential as both a composer / B been widely imitated but never duplicated. Gerry arranger and as an instrumentalist. Brochure Design: Kurt Reichenbach Mulligan single-handedly established the baritone ELLIOT LAWRENCE plays s a composer, his music was distinct saxophone as a solo voice. and original. His melodies were A s one of the great jazz innovators, his masterpieces, logically structured and filled with Gerry Mulligan Arrangements writing and playing influenced entire wit and humor. As an arranger, his linear A stylistic movements, including both “cool jazz” approach and clever use of counterpoint helped All-Star Big Band and “bossa nova.” define the standard for modern jazz orchestration. Directed by Michael Berkowitz t’s another unique event not to be missed and I Gerry Mulligan started working with Elliot Lawrence while still a teenager in the mid 1940s. He wrote a s an instrumentalist, he was the hope you will be able to join us. Amost significant baritone saxophonist in the I number of compositions for the band including some titles that became Mulligan classics. This concert history of jazz. He was a brilliant soloist, able Ken Poston will feature Mulligan’s original music for the band including Rocker, Elevation, Bweebida Bwobbida, to communicate on both an intellectual and Festival Director Apple Core and more. This music is rarely heard in a live setting making this a must see event. PRESENTATION Friday, October 27 • 2:30-3:30pm • $10 CONCERT Friday, October 27 • 9 -10pm • $20 San San Diego Room California Ballroom 1 Disc Jockey Jump 4 Gerry Mulligan & The Gene Krupa Orchestra Mullenium Presented by Michael Berkowitz After fine-tuning his craft with Elliot Lawrence, Mulligan became an arranger and Themes Written for some time saxophonist for Gene Krupa. It was with Krupa that he first started to gain national prominence with his arrangement of How High the Moon and his the Gerry Mulligan New York Tentet original Disc Jockey Jump. Michael Berkowitz, leader of the current Gene Krupa After the Birth of the Cool, Gerry formed a mid size ensemble of his own. Orchestra, discusses Gerry Mulligans time with the band and his musical contributions. They used to rehearse in Central Park until the police would run them off. The ensemble made one album for Prestige in 1951. CONCERT Friday, October 27 • 4-5pm • $20 California Ballroom Saturday, October 28 2 FILM Saturday, October 28 • 10:30-11:30am • $10 Godchild San Diego Room Gerry Mulligan’s Arrangements for 2 Swinghouse The Claude Thornhill Orchestra Rare Films from the Los Angeles Jazz Institute Archive including Gerry Mulligan in a variety of settings including an All Star Big Band appearance on Camera 3, The Timex Jazz Show, The Sound of Jazz, After Krupa, Gerry Mulligan joined Claude Thornhill’s arranging The Newport Jazz Festival, an appearance in Rome, and more. staff which included Gil Evans. Evans became an important mentor and Gerry contributed many arrangements to the CONCERT Saturday, October 28 • 1-2pm • $20 Thornhill book. Unfortunately not many were recorded but this California Ballroom concert will feature a wide variety of the Mulligan-Thornhill charts including such titles as Jeru, Joost at the Roost, Brew’s Tune, Broadway, Elevation and many more. Another unique 5 Youngblood concert not to be missed. Gerry Mulligan’s Compositions and Arrangements for The Stan Kenton Orchestra CONCERT Friday, October 27 • 7:30-8:30pm • $20 All-Star Big Band featuring Stan Kenton Alumni California Ballroom Directed by Carl Saunders In late 1951 Gerry Mulligan hitchhiked from New York to Los 3 Angeles with the promise of work writing for Stan Kenton. Once in Jeru L.A. Kenton commissioned a number of dance arrangements as well as a few originals. This concert features all the music that Gerry The Original Arrangements wrote for Kenton including classics such as Swinghouse, from the legendary Youngblood, Limelight, Walking Shoes, and more. Birth of the Cool PRESENTATION Saturday, October 28 • 2:30-3:30pm • $10 Featuring Bobby Shew San Diego Room Gerry Mulligan was one of several young arrangers that began hanging out at Gil Evans apartment in California Concerts New York. Together they conceived of an ensemble 2 Gerry Mulligan on the West Coast approach modeled after the Thornhill Orchestra. Miles Davis was part of the group and became the Presented by Ken Poston lead voice of the ensemble. Gil Evans, John Lewis Once in Los Angeles Gerry Mulligan started sitting in on as many jam and Johnny Carisi all contributed but Gerry wrote sessions as possible including The Showtime, The Lighthouse, The the bulk of the arrangements that were premiered at a two week engagement at The Royal Roost. The Tradewinds, and The Haig. Ken Poston traces Gerry’s time in Los Angeles Mulligan arrangements are presented here in their entirety. including photos, memorabilia and rare unheard recordings. Saturday, October 28 • 4-5:30pm • $20 CONCERT California Ballroom Sunday, October 29 6 FILM Sunday, October 29 • 9-10am • $10 Walking Shoes San Diego Room Music of the Gerry Mulligan 3 News from Blueport Piano-less Quartet with Chet Baker Rare Films from the Los Angeles Jazz Institute Archive including clips of Gerry Mulligan’s Sextet, Concert Jazz Band The Doug Webb-Ron Stout Quartet and appearances on feature films and various televisions programs. The jam sessions at The Haig led to an offer to work the off night with his own group. The Haig was so small that the piano was put in storage while Red Norvo’s Trio headlined. This led to the CONCERT Sunday, October 29 • 10:30am -1pm formation of the piano-less quartet which introduced Chet Baker California Ballroom and created one of the most important jazz groups of all time. The Pacific Jazz record company was formed to record the group and Optional Sunday Brunch (not included in full registration) West Coast Jazz was born. 9 $100 concerts with Brunch • $75 concerts only CONCERT Saturday, October 28 • 7:30-8:30pm • $20 Musical Tributes to Gerry Mulligan by two of his California Ballroom closest friends and collaborators The Bill Holman Band performing 7 “The Missing Man” Plus WESTWOOD The L.A. Jazz Orchestra performing WALK Bob Brookmeyer’s “Celebration” Music of Gerry Mulligan’s Brookmeyer and Holman both wrote extended works in tribute to Gerry Mulligan. Brookmeyer’s piece “Celebration” was actually written for Gerry as a featured West Coast Tentet soloist while Holman’s work was commissioned as a tribute after Featuring Bob Efford and Bobby Shew Mulligan’s death. Hearing both works back to back promises to be a very Gerry wanted to continue exploring the concepts that had special musical event. been created with the Birth of the Cool Ensemble. The Sapsed Gordon Photo: Tentet did one live performance and one record date. Bob Efford and Bobby Shew headline an all-star tenet to PRESENTATION Sunday, October 29 • 1:30-2:30pm • $10 perform the original charts. San Diego Room CONCERT Saturday, October 28 3 Bill Holman Remembers Gerry Mulligan 9-10pm • $20 Bill Holman with Kirk Silsbee California Ballroom 8 CONCERT Sunday, October 29 • 3-4pm • $20 California Ballroom Open Country 10 Western eunion Music of the Gerry MulliganR Sextet The Gerry Mulligan-Bob Brookmeyer Collaborations Featuring Scott Robinson, Bobby Shew, Featuring The Scott Whitfield Quartet Andy Martin, and Roger Neumann After Gerry and Chet went their separate ways, Gerry went back to the east coast and formed a In the mid 1950s Gerry Mulligan decided he wanted a four horn new quartet with Bob Brookmeyer replacing Chet.
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