Jeru (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Jeru
| type = Album
| artist = Gerry Mulligan
| cover = Jeru (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1962
| recorded = June 30, 1962
Nola Penthouse Studio, NYC
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 36:23
| label = Columbia CL-1932/CS-8732
| producer = Jazztime Productions Inc.
| chronology = Gerry Mulligan
| prev_title = The Gerry Mulligan Quartet
| prev_year = 1962
| next_title = Two of a Mind
| next_year = 1962
}}
Jeru is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist and bandleader Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded in 1962 which were released on the Columbia label.Watts, R., Callahan, M., Eyries, P. & Edwards, D. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/columbia/columbia12/columbia1900.html Columbia Main Series, Part 15: CL 1900-1999/CS 8700-8799 (1962-1963)] accessed February 29, 2016Dugelay, G & Hallqvist, K. [http://www.gerrymulligan.com/wp-content/uploads/GMD-2011.pdf Gerry Mulligan Discography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422151434/http://www.gerrymulligan.com/wp-content/uploads/GMD-2011.pdf |date=2012-04-22 }} accessed February 29, 2016
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1054}}
}}
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Mulligan is in fine form and, even if the music on this LP is not all that essential, it is quite enjoyable".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000487432 |title=Jeru – Review |access-date=February 29, 2016}}
Track listing
- "Capricious" (Billy Taylor) - 5:47
- "Here I'll Stay" (Kurt Weill, Alan Jay Lerner) - 5:00
- "Inside Impromptu" (Taylor) - 5:32
- "You've Come Home" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) - 5:40
- "Get Out of Town" (Cole Porter) - 4:12
- "Blue Boy" (Gerry Mulligan) - 4:38
- "Lonely Town" (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) - 5:34
Personnel
- Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone
- Tommy Flanagan - piano
- Ben Tucker - bass
- Dave Bailey - drums
- Alec Dorsey - congas
References
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