What Is There to Say?

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What Is There to Say?
Gerry Mulligan-What Is There to Say (album cover).jpg
Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedDec 17, 1958-Jan 15, 1959
Genre Jazz
Length40:41
Label Columbia
Producer Teo Macero
Gerry Mulligan chronology
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(1958)
What Is There to Say?
(1959)
Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges
(1959)

What Is There to Say? is a 1959 album by Gerry Mulligan. [1]

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Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
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Allmusic's Scott Yanow states: "The last of the pianoless quartet albums that Gerry Mulligan recorded in the 1950s is one of the best", and observes that "Virtually every selection is memorable, with 'What Is There to Say,' 'Just in Time,' 'Festive Minor,' 'My Funny Valentine,' and 'Utter Chaos' being the high points". [5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Gerry Mulligan except where indicated

  1. "What Is There to Say?" (Vernon Duke, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 4:03
  2. "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 4:11
  3. "News from Blueport" (Art Farmer) – 5:03
  4. "Festive Minor" – 6:14
  5. "As Catch Can" – 3:54
  6. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:06
  7. "Blueport" (Bill Crow) – 8:47
  8. "Utter Chaos" – 4:23

Recording dates

17 December 1958 (7); 23 December 1958 (5, 6, 8); 15 January 1959 (1, 2, 3, 4)

Personnel

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References

  1. Gerry Mulligan Discography accessed February 29, 2016
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-0857125958.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1053. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. What Is There to Say? review at AllMusic