

Beyond his signature cool-jazz classics, Gerry Mulligan's saxophone chops come through just as clearly in his collaborations with other players. You can hear his direction as he leads his ensemble through the hairpin turns of a Village Vanguard version of "Lady Chatterley's Mother,” or in the way his warm, billowing sax tone curls around the angular sounds of Thelonious Monk's piano on "I Mean You."