Night Lights (Gerry Mulligan album)

Night Lights
Studio album by Gerry "Jeru" Mulligan
Released	1963
Recorded	September 12 and October 3, 1963
Studio	Nola Penthouse Studios, New York City
Genre	Cool jazz
Length	31:31
Label	Philips PMH 600-108
Producer	Hal Mooney
Gerry Mulligan chronology
Gerry Mulligan '63 (1963) Night Lights (1963) Butterfly with Hiccups (1963)

Night Lights is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded in 1963 and first released on the Philips label. The album's re-release on the Verve Label, includes the bonus track "The Lonely Night (Night Lights 1965 Version)" which originally only appeared on Mulligan's 1965 album "Feelin' Good" with vocals by his partner, Judy Holliday. ^{[1] [2]}

The album was re-released on vinyl by New Land in 2022. ^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

Writing in the Oakland Tribune , Russ Wilson described the album as "Done with a lights-out, after-hours feel[;] it is high caliber jazz that is played with a marvelously pervasive pulse." ^[6]

AllMusic awarded the album three stars stating, "This is a rather relaxed recording featuring baritonist Gerry Mulligan and some of his top alumni... The emphasis is on ballads and nothing too innovative occurs, but the results are pleasing and laid-back". ^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Gerry Mulligan except as indicated

1. "Night Lights" – 4:53
2. "Morning of the Carnival" (Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria) – 5:27
3. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (David Mann, Bob Hilliard) – 5:34
4. "Prelude in E Minor" (Frédéric Chopin) – 4:11
5. "Festival Minor" – 6:45
6. "Tell Me When" – 4:06
7. "The Lonely Night (Night Lights 1965 Instrumental Version)" – 2:54 – Bonus track on Verve label re-release

Personnel

• Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone, piano on track 1 only
• Art Farmer – flugelhorn
• Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
• Jim Hall – guitar
• Bill Crow – bass
• Dave Bailey – drums

Charts

Chart performance for Night Lights

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Croatian International Albums (HDU) [7]	18

References

1. Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived April 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine accessed February 22, 2016
2. Philips Records Discography accessed February 22, 2016
3. "Old Gems from New Land". Down Beat . Vol. 82, no. 12. December 2022. p. 78. ProQuest   2738230034.
4. Yanow, Scott. Night Lights – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved February 22, 2016.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1054. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
6. Wilson, Russ (January 12, 1964). "Gerry Mulligan Scores on New Phillips Disc". Oakland Tribune . p. 6-EL.
7. "Lista prodaje 25. tjedan 2024" (in Croatian). HDU. June 10, 2024. Archived from the original on June 29, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.