Blues in Time

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Blues in Time
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Studio album by
ReleasedLate November/early December 1957 [1]
RecordedAugust 2, 27, 1957
Studio
  • Capitol (Hollywood)
  • Fine Sound (New York City)
Genre Jazz
Length45:48
Label Verve
MGV 8246
Producer Norman Granz
Alternative cover
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Verve V 8478 edition
Professional ratings
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Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
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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. [6] [7] 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. [8] 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.

Contents

Contrafacts

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

Track listing

Original LP

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

Bonus tracks released on 1993 U.S. Verve CD

Personnel

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References

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  2. Allmusic review
  3. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1053. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Feather, Leonard (9 January 1958). "Review of Gerry Mulligan-Paul Desmond Quartet" (PDF). DownBeat. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  6. Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed February 23, 2016
  7. Tesser, Neil. "Gerry Mulligan and the Paul Desmond Quartet: Blues in Time". JazzTimes.
  8. Original liner notes by Nat Hentoff
  9. "Gerry Mulligan Paul Desmond Quartet". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved March 10, 2023.