saxtraordinary

Saxtraordinary

  1. Maytag
  2. Black Nightgown
  3. Song For Billy Strayhorn
  4. K-4 Pacific
  5. Satin Doll

Concert Jazz Band Live at Newport 1979

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Live from the most prestegious stage in jazz, The Newport Jazz Festival, it's GERRY MULLIGAN and his orchestra. At the peak of his form, leading what may be the best big band of his career, Mulligan and his hig baritone sax deliver swinging, stinging performances to delight longtime fans and to turn on newcomers.

Mulligan shows every bit of the intensity and thrilling melodic style that have made him a legend in jazz for almost four decades. Whether he's belting out numbers like "K-4 Pacific," making gentle magic with ballads such as "Black Nightgown," or bringing down the house with his classic version of "Satin Doll," Mulligan's lyric virtuosity never fail to astound.

See and hear him at his best.

Concert is LIVE from the NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL, where the world's best jazz players perform each year!
Outdoor concert before wildly enthusiastic audience, with a beautiful Newport, R.I. sunset forming the backdrop.
MULLIGAN and his band are in rare form, in a performance as powerful as it is beautiful.