Gerry Mulligan

Musician

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Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs.

People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy.

When we've finished the current tour I'm going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing.

The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.

New York is still where I live most of the time.

I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.

This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear.

The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing.

I've appeared on some other people's albums.

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