Blues in Time

Blues in Time
Blues in Time
Studio album by Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond
Released	Late November/early December 1957
Recorded	August 2, 27, 1957
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood); Fine Sound (New York City);
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:48
Label	Verve; MGV 8246
Producer	Norman Granz
Alternative cover
	Verve V 8478 edition

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AllMusic	^[2]
Disc	^[3]
DownBeat	^[4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[6]

Gerry Mulligan - Paul Desmond Quartet (later retitled Blues in Time) is a jazz album by Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan released in 1957 on the Verve label.^[7]^[8] The idea for this album was born in 1954, then postponed till summer of 1957 when Desmond suggested to record some pieces together. Producer Norman Granz managed to set up the recording date for the first session in August.^[9] Blues in Time was also reissued on Verve V 8478 with a different cover (see below). The album is the first of two albums Mulligan and Desmond recorded in a pianoless quartet setting. The second, recorded in 1962, was Two of a Mind.

Contrafacts

Four of the original compositions on the album are contrafacts. They are:

"Stand Still" (based on "My Heart Stood Still")
"Wintersong" (based on "These Foolish Things")
"Battle Hymn of the Republican" (based on "Tea for Two")
"Fall Out" (based on "Let's Fall in Love")

Track listing

Original LP

"Blues in Time" (Paul Desmond) – 9:01
"Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) – 9:38
"Standstill" (Gerry Mulligan) – 3:30
"Line for Lyons" (Mulligan) – 3:08
"Wintersong" (Desmond) – 6:58
"Battle Hymn of the Republican" (Desmond) – 7:45
"Fall Out" (Mulligan) – 5:45

Bonus tracks released on 1993 U.S. Verve CD

"Tea for Two" (Vincent Youmans) - 7:56
"Wintersong (take 2) - 8:08
"Lover" (Richard Rodgers) - 6:43

Personnel

^[10]

Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
Dave Bailey – drums
Joe Benjamin – bass

References

^ "Review Spotlight on..." Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 2, 1957. p. 26 – via Google Books.
^ Allmusic review
^ Hall, Tony (July 26, 1958). "The New Reviews". Disc. No. 25. pp. 18–19.
^ Feather, Leonard (January 9, 1958). "Review of Gerry Mulligan-Paul Desmond Quartet" (PDF). DownBeat. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1053. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed February 23, 2016
^ Tesser, Neil. "Gerry Mulligan and the Paul Desmond Quartet: Blues in Time". JazzTimes.
^ Original liner notes by Nat Hentoff
^ "Gerry Mulligan Paul Desmond Quartet". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

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[1] "Review Spotlight on..." Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 2, 1957. p. 26 – via Google Books.

[2] Allmusic review

[Disc-3] Hall, Tony (July 26, 1958). "The New Reviews". Disc. No. 25. pp. 18–19.

[Feather-4] Feather, Leonard (January 9, 1958). "Review of Gerry Mulligan-Paul Desmond Quartet" (PDF). DownBeat. Retrieved December 5, 2023.

[5] Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[Penguin-6] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1053. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Mulligan_discography-7] Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed February 23, 2016

[8] Tesser, Neil. "Gerry Mulligan and the Paul Desmond Quartet: Blues in Time". JazzTimes.

[9] Original liner notes by Nat Hentoff

[10] "Gerry Mulligan Paul Desmond Quartet". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

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v t e Paul Desmond
Studio albums	Paul Desmond Quartet Featuring Don Elliott (1956) Blues in Time (1957) First Place Again (1959) Desmond Blue (1961) Two of a Mind (1962) Take Ten (1963) Glad to Be Unhappy (1963) Bossa Antigua (1964) Easy Living (1965) Summertime (1968) From the Hot Afternoon (1969) Bridge over Troubled Water (1969) Skylark (1973) Pure Desmond (1974) 1975: The Duets (1975)
Live albums	Live (1976) Paul Desmond (1978) Like Someone in Love (1992)
Compositions	"Take Five"

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)

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Studio album by Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond
Released	Late November/early December 1957^[1]
Recorded	August 2, 27, 1957
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood) Fine Sound (New York City)
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:48
Label	Verve MGV 8246
Producer	Norman Granz

Alternative cover

Verve V 8478 edition