Mainstream of Jazz
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{{Infobox album
| name = Mainstream of Jazz
| type = studio
| artist = Gerry Mulligan Sextet
| cover = Mainstream of Jazz.jpg
| released = 1956
| recorded = January 25 and September 26, 1956
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 54:18
| label = EmArcy
| producer =
| chronology = Gerry Mulligan
| prev_title = Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet
| prev_year = 1955
| next_title = Recorded in Boston at Storyville
| next_year = 1956
}}
Mainstream of Jazz is an album led by American jazz baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan with tracks recorded in 1956 which were released by EmArcy.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/mercury-records/catalog-emarcy-36100-series/#mg-36101 EmArcy Records discography] accessed October 4, 2012[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 23, 2016
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Down Beat
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5}}Down Beat: May 2, 1957 Vol. 24, No. 9
| rev2 = Allmusic
}}
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "this was a classic West Coast style jazz band and each of its recordings are worth acquiring".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/mainstream-of-jazz-mw0000188582 Allmusic Review] accessed October 4, 2012
Track listing
All compositions by Gerry Mulligan except as indicated
- "Elevation" (Elliot Lawrence, Mulligan) - 6:51
- "Mainstream" - 6:49
- "Ain't It the Truth" (Count Basie) - 5:23
- "Igloo" (Jerry Lloyd) - 6:57
- "Blue at the Roots" - 5:46
- "Lollypop" (Chico Hamilton, Gerald Wiggins) - 5:48
- Recorded in New York City on January 25, 1956 (tracks 2 & 3) and September 26, 1956 (tracks 1 & 4-6)
Personnel
- Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone, piano
- Jon Eardley – trumpet (2,3)
- Don Ferrara – trumpet (1,4-6)
- Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
- Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
- Bill Crow – double bass (1-4,6)
- Peck Morrison - double bass (5)
- Dave Bailey – drums