medjuck Posted October 8, 2003 Report Posted October 8, 2003 According to AMG the Lp release of the Village Vanguard recordings had "Utter Chaos" as the last cut. But it's not on the cd, nor is it in the Mosaic box set. Was it really on the Lp? And though the booklet in the Mosaic box contains a listing of unrecorded-by-Verve CJB arrangements, the list doesn't mention "Utter Chaos" even though it obviously existed-- it leads off the "Swiss Radio Days" cd. (It's a very short piece-- Mulligan's theme I think.) Quote
David Ayers Posted October 9, 2003 Report Posted October 9, 2003 According to this source (Mulligan Discography) , and I quote: "Tercinet notes "Utter Chaos" as released on Verve MGV-8567". This may be wrong, of course. Quote
brownie Posted October 9, 2003 Report Posted October 9, 2003 'Utter Chaos' was not on the original LP 'Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at Village Vanguard' (Verve MGV8396). It was included in 'The Essential Gerry Mulligan' LP anthology (Verve MGV8567). And it was also the last track on the French Barclay LP edition of the GMCJB at VV which I foolishly gave away after I bought the Verve original. Quote
David Ayers Posted October 9, 2003 Report Posted October 9, 2003 So the Mosaic claim that this was unissued is wrong then. If the tapes existed to master the French Barclay issue it is possible that some or all of the 'missing' tapes survived in France in some version. Pity this didn't get picked up. Quote
Shrdlu Posted October 19, 2003 Report Posted October 19, 2003 "Utter Chaos" is, at least, in the 2 CD set of live recordings from Paris, France - see my post in the Box Set section. Quote
medjuck Posted October 20, 2003 Author Report Posted October 20, 2003 I have this same concert on an RTE/Europe 1 2 disc cd set. On it Utter Chaos is just identified as "Concert End". Also as on the Delta release Broadway is mistaken for Moten Swing. Quote
DIS Posted October 20, 2003 Report Posted October 20, 2003 Is it possible that Mulligan used "Utter Chaos" only a brief signature piece or theme to signal the end of a set? If it's only a few bars, then the recording may not include the tune among the selections performed. "Utter Chaos" is one of the tunes included in the Mulligan collection of published duets. It's a full-fledged tune, but he may not have always treated it as a performance piece. Quote
brownie Posted October 21, 2003 Report Posted October 21, 2003 Is it possible that Mulligan used "Utter Chaos" only a brief signature piece or theme to signal the end of a set? If it's only a few bars, then the recording may not include the tune among the selections performed. "Utter Chaos" is one of the tunes included in the Mulligan collection of published duets. It's a full-fledged tune, but he may not have always treated it as a performance piece. 'Utter Chaos' was indeed Gerry Mulligan's signature theme. He played it at the end of most of his sets. And this from the very start of his 1952 quartet with Chet Baker. A couple of short versions are in the Gerry Mulligan Pacific Jazz/Capitol Mosaic box. The tune is listed there as being in the public domain. Mulligan would play longer versions if the mood was right. Quote
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