Live at Mcg

Billy Taylor | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 28, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mcg Jazz
• ASIN: B000U1XIW6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,720 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful performance, October 8, 2007

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Bomojaz (South Central PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at Mcg (Audio CD)

Beautiful, impeccable playing by two jazz masters. Recorded live before an audience at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild in Pittsburgh in 1993, pianist Billy Taylor and baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan (with Chip Jackson on bass and Carl Allen on drums) perform a program of chestnuts that show off the melodic and harmonic inventions of the group. Gorgeous ballad interpretations include DARN THAT DREAM, BODY AND SOUL, and especially COME SUNDAY, where there's no question we've been taken to church but where the sermon is uplifting, not damning. ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE pit Billy and Gerry in a friendly counterpoint battle from the git-go, and LINE FOR LYONS proves once again no matter how many times Mulligan plays the tune (and I wish I had a nickel for every time) he finds something fresh and exciting to express in it. It's a totally enjoyable CD - definitely worth getting.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite, March 10, 2008

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Howard Wexler (White Plains, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live at Mcg (Audio CD)

Just absolutely beautiful work by the two of them. Excellent recording, Mulligan's sax sounds stunning. In some recording, Mulligan steamrolls his accompaniment, not here.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Understated elegance, April 9, 2011

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Larry Boden - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live at Mcg (Audio CD)

This is a live recording done in Pittsburgh, but the audio quality is first rate. Classic Mulligan, and surely one of the gems of his later career. This label is apparently gone, so this might soon be a hard to get item. An excellent purchase for anyone .