Mulligan, Gerry

By early 1952 Mulligan had moved to California and begun writing for Stan KENTON . Mulligan's arrangements gave the Kenton band a streamlined, modern feel without completely abandoning the swing idiom. He became a leading light in the “West Coast Jazz” movement that was developing out of the New Yorkbased cool jazz style of the late 1940s. At this time Mulligan was also beginning to consider the possibility of a small-group jazz harmony without a piano. His first...