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[JamesAHarrod]

Many forum members know Steve Cerra through his Jazz Profiles column and recent substack debut. Steve has been working on amassing a collection of writings that celebrate the genius of Gerry Mulligan. Those efforts were crystallized yesterday with the publication of A Gerry Mulligan Reader : Writings on a Jazz Original.

https://www.amazon.com/Gerry-Mulligan-Reader-Writings-Original-ebook/dp/B0CKQBJ95B/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3VFSVP9MD6JSZ&keywords=Cerra&qid=1696955880&s=books&sprefix=cera%2Cstripbooks%2C212&sr=1-2

It is a cornucopia of essential writings concerning Mulligan, a resource that is long overdue.

Jim

[Ken Dryden]

I am interested but given what a disaster Klinkowitz’s book on Gerry Mulligan was, I think that there were better writers available to contribute a blurb. When I interviewed Mulligan in 1995, he expressed dissatisfaction with Klinkowitz’s book.

[jlhoots]

I didn't like the Klinkowitz book either.

[adh1907]

Alyn Shipton’s recent book on Mulligan looks more interesting. An original piece, not cut and paste: http://www.alynshipton.co.uk/writing/the-gerry-mulligan-1950s-quartets/