Holliday with Mulligan is an album by American singer Judy Holliday with jazz saxophonist and bandleader Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded in 1961 which were first released on the DRG label in 1980.Dugelay, G & Hallqvist, K. Gerry Mulligan Discography accessed February 29, 2016
Reception
Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, stated: "Baritone-saxophonist Gerry Mulligan and actress Judy Holliday were an 'item' around the time of this recording. Their one meeting on record features Holliday doing some effective singing on eleven songs, mostly lesser-known standards plus four songs co-written by the two leaders. Unfortunately Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band is largely wasted, being restricted to anonymous accompaniment of Holliday, making this CD of greater historical value than of interest to jazz listeners".
Track listing "What's the Rush" (Mulligan, Holliday) – 3:26 "Loving You" (Mulligan, Holliday) – 2:13 "Lazy" (Irving Berlin) – 2:27 "It Must Be Christmas" (Mulligan, Holliday) – 3:02 "The Party's Over" (Jule Styne, Adolph Green, Betty Comden) – 2:26 "It's Bad For Me" (Cole Porter) – 2:09 "Supper Time" (Berlin) – 4:14 "Pass That Peace Pipe" (Roger Edens, Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) – 2:59 "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:52 "Summer's Over" (Mulligan, Holliday) – 3:47 "Blue Prelude" (Gordon Jenkins, Joe Bishop) – 3:17
Personnel Judy Holliday – vocals Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone Alex De Risi, Don Ferrara, Nick Travis – trumpet Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone, arranger Alan Raph – bass trombone Earl Chapin, Fred Klein, Gunther Schuller – French horn Walter Levinsky – alto saxophone, clarinet Al Klink – tenor saxophone, flute Donald Ashworth – saxophone, oboe Gene Allen – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet Bernie Leighton – piano Bill Crow – bass Mel Lewis – drums Ralph Burns, Al Cohn, Bill Finegan – arranger
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