Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan!

1959 studio album by Annie Ross and Gerry Mulligan

Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan!

Studio album by

Annie Ross and Gerry Mulligan

Released| 1959
Recorded| December 11 & 12, 1957 and September 25, 1958
New York City
Genre| Jazz
Length| 59:24
Label| World Pacific WP 1253
Producer| Richard Bock
Annie Ross chronology
| A Gasser!
(1958)  | Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan!
(1959)  | Sings a Handful of Songs
(1963)

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Gerry Mulligan chronology
| I Want to Live!
(1958)  | Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan!
(1959)  | What Is There to Say?
(1959)

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Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! is an album by vocalist Annie Ross with jazz saxophonist and bandleader Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded in 1957 and 1958 which were released on the World Pacific label.[1][2]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Singer Annie Ross' first solo album after joining Lambert, Hendricks & Ross finds her at the peak of her powers. ...all the selections are quite rewarding and her interplay with baritonist Mulligan is consistently memorable."[3]

## Track listing

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1. "I Feel Pretty" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) - 3:32
2. "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) - 3:01
3. "All of You" (Cole Porter) - 2:19
4. "Give Me the Simple Life" (Rube Bloom, Harry Ruby) - 3:35
5. "This Is Always" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 4:21
6. "My Old Flame" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) - 3:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
7. "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 3:23
8. "Let There Be Love" (Lionel Rand, Ian Grant) - 3:43
9. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:41
10. "How About You?" (Burton Lane, Ralph Freed) - 2:50
11. "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) - 2:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
12. "This Is Always" [alternate take] (Warren, Gordon) - 3:59 Bonus track on CD reissue
13. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 2:09
14. "The Lady's in Love with You" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) - 2:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
15. "You Turned the Tables on Me" (Louis Alter, Sidney D. Mitchell) - 3:24 Bonus track on CD reissue
16. "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face" [alternate take] (Loewe, Lerner) - 3:05 Bonus track on CD reissue

* Recorded in New York City on December 11 & 12, 1957 (tracks 7-16) and September 25, 1958 (tracks 1-6).

## Personnel

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* Annie Ross – vocals
* Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
* Art Farmer – trumpet (tracks 1-6)
* Chet Baker – trumpet (tracks 7-16)
* Bill Crow – bass (tracks 1-6)
* Henry Grimes – bass (tracks 7-16)
* Dave Bailey – drums

## References

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1. ^ Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed February 23, 2016
2. ^ Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived April 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine accessed February 29, 2016
3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 29, 2016.

* v
* t
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Gerry Mulligan

Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release. Some of the titles have been shortened.

Albums

leader

co-leader|

* Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1953)
* Paris Concert (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1954)
* California Concerts (1954)
* Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955)
* Mainstream of Jazz (1956)
* At Storyville (1956)
* The Teddy Wilson Trio &
Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer at Newport (split album, 1957)
* Jazz Giants '58 (with Harry Edison, Stan Getz, 1958)
* Mulligan Meets Monk (with Thelonious Monk, 1957)
* Blues in Time (with Paul Desmond, 1957)
* Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz
* Jazz Concerto Grosso (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1957)
* The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (1957)
* Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! (1957–58)
* What Is There to Say? (1958–59)
* Meets Johnny Hodges (1959)
* Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959)
* The Concert Jazz Band (1960)
* The Concert Jazz Band on Tour (1960)
* The Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960)
* Holliday with Mulligan (with Judy Holliday, 1961)
* Presents a Concert in Jazz (1961)
* The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1962)
* Jeru (1962)
* Two of a Mind (with Paul Desmond, 1962)
* Spring Is Sprung (1962)
* Gerry Mulligan '63 (1962)
* Night Lights (1963)
* Butterfly with Hiccups (1963–64)
* If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! (1965)
* Feelin' Good (1965)
* Something Borrowed - Something Blue (1966)
* Summit (with Astor Piazzolla, 1974)
* Walk on the Water (1980)

With
Chet
Baker|

* Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1 (1952)
* Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 2 (1953)
* Gene Norman Presents the
Original Gerry Mulligan Tentet and Quartet (1953)
* Reunion (1957)
* Carnegie Hall Concert (1974)

With
Dave
Brubeck|

* Live at the Berlin Philharmonie (1970)
* The Last Set at Newport (1971)
* We're All Together Again for the First Time (1972)

With
others|

* Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50)
* 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe (Barry Manilow, 1984)
* Pelé (Sérgio Mendes & Pelé, 1977)
* Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972)
* The Classic Concert Live (with Mel Tormé & George Shearing, 1982)

Soundtracks|

* The Sound of Jazz (1957)
* I Want to Live! (1958)
* The Subterraneans (1960)
* The Hot Rock (Quincy Jones, 1971)

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