Something Borrowed - Something Blue

Something Borrowed - Something Blue
Something Borrowed - Something Blue
Studio album by Gerry Mulligan
Released	1966
Recorded	July 19, 1966
Studio	Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre	Jazz
Label	Limelight LS 86040
Producer	Hal Mooney
Gerry Mulligan chronology

Something Borrowed - Something Blue is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded in 1966 and first released on the Limelight label.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "This unusual quintet set finds Gerry Mulligan playing alto rather than baritone on four of the six selections. ...swinging music with plenty of fine moments".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Gerry Mulligan except as indicated

"Davenport Blues" (Bix Beiderbecke) - 7:29
"Sometime Ago" (Sergio Mihánovich) - 5:36
"Take Tea and See" - 7:02
"Spring Is Sprung" - 6:38
"New Orleans" (Hoagy Carmichael) - 5:30
"Decidedly" - 7:34

Personnel

Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone (tracks 1 & 2), alto saxophone (tracks 3-6)
Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone
Warren Bernhardt - piano
Eddie Gomez - bass
Dave Bailey - drums

References

^ Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed February 22, 2016
^ Mercury Records Catalog: Limelight series accessed February 22, 2016
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Something Borrowed - Something Blue – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 22, 2016.

[Mulligan_discography-1] Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed February 22, 2016

[2] Mercury Records Catalog: Limelight series accessed February 22, 2016

[Allmusic-3] Yanow, Scott. Something Borrowed - Something Blue – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 22, 2016.

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v t e Gerry Mulligan
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release. Some of the titles have been shortened.
Albums 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)
With 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)
With Dave Brubeck	Live at the Berlin Philharmonie (1970) The Last Set at Newport (1971) We're All Together Again for the First Time (1972)
With 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)
Soundtracks	The Sound of Jazz (1957) I Want to Live! (1958) The Subterraneans (1960) The Hot Rock (Quincy Jones, 1971)