Actually, it is a fact that I've been doing more writing than playing in recent years.
Gerry Mulligan
Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.
Gerry Mulligan
Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players.
Gerry Mulligan
I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing.
Gerry Mulligan
I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with.
Gerry Mulligan
I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.
Gerry Mulligan
I've appeared on some other people's albums.
Gerry Mulligan
If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.
Gerry Mulligan
In a way, I started out to be a baritone player.
Gerry Mulligan
In fact, I heard Bird first, and had got well into listening to him. You know, it's the kind of accidental thing that awareness of a player is: what's available, what somebody happens to play for you.
Gerry Mulligan
It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.
Gerry Mulligan
Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays.
Gerry Mulligan
New York is still where I live most of the time.
Gerry Mulligan
Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones.
Gerry Mulligan
Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra.
Gerry Mulligan
People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy.
Gerry Mulligan
People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to use all the time.
Gerry Mulligan
So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone.
Gerry Mulligan
The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing.
Gerry Mulligan
The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.
Gerry Mulligan
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