Age of Steam

Gerry Mulligan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B00000DN7I
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #374,085 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Recording Ever, January 5, 2004

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James Matheson, Jr (Rockton, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Age of Steam (Audio CD)

This was Mulligan's personal favorite. It is by far his best. This CD should be rereleased immediately. This is a must have for any Gerry Mulligan devotee or any one interested in Mulligan's work. His playing is at the top of the game here and the sidemen join him. Get this recording!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Release the CD, March 28, 2006

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Alan Mills (Chicago, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Age of Steam (Audio CD)

I listened to this albumn during my first weeks in College--I was hooked then; I'm hooked now.

Right on the cusp between traditional big band jazz and cutting edge jazz-rock fusion, Mulligan's Age of Steam comes down firmly on the side of traditional jazz, BUT, Age of Steam not only swings, it rocks.

In contrast to Miles' improvisations (Live-Evil; Bitches Brew), or Chick Corea's Return to Forever, Mulligan places electric guitars and bass firmly in the big band tradition. But if you are expecting Fletcher Henderson (or Count Basie, for that matter), prepare to be surprised. This albumn should rank right up there with Birth of theCool (for which Mulligan was also the arranger) as cutting edge jazz. Instead, Age of Steam has been relegated to obscurity.

I have no idea why this ahsn't been released on CD (along with Roger Kelleway's Comme to the Meadow)--related, as Kellaway adds his talents on piano to Age of Steam. If you run accross a copy, buy it. If you work for whoever has the rightst to the tapes of these 1971 sessions--PUT IT OUT!

5.0 out of 5 stars Share The Music!, November 10, 2011

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Julio W. Alano "butchiecola" (Stockton,Ca.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Age Of Steam (Vinyl)

The Age Of Steam is a CLASSIC......so why doesnt those ignorant people at A&M release it?!!......just like Billy Bauer's 'Plectrist'...another classic but some brainless record executive just sits on it....c'mon you A..holes! share the music!!Age of Steam