Two of a Mind [Original recording reissued]

Gerry Mulligan, Paul Desmond | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 21, 1996)
• Original Release Date: 1962
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003G3J
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #191,616 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Musical telepathy-vol.2, February 22, 2001

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William Gowers (Louisville, KY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Two of a Mind (Audio CD)

See my previous review of regarding the first Desmond/Mulligan collaboration..."Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond Quartet". "Two of a Mind" and "Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond Quartet" should be sold as a set. It would be musical heresy to buy one and not the other. These two CDs represent an uncanny level of telepathy in jazz improvisation that has never since been acheived between two musicians. If there is music in heaven it's being played by Desmond and Mulligan. Enjoy!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb., August 3, 2000

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bruce horner - See all my reviews

This review is from: Two of a Mind (Audio CD)

When Desmond and Mulligan first got together on record it resulted in the 1957 Verve album "Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond Quartet." Worthy as that LP was, this 1962 album for RCA is better, a complete classic from start to finish. Perhaps they'd each simply improved as players in the intervening years, perhaps they listened more closely to each other, but the feel of the album fully justifies the title. If you only want to get one, THIS is the one to get.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Accomplished rather than exciting, September 22, 2001

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Joost Daalder "Joost Daalder" (South Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Two of a Mind (Audio CD)

I did not hear this recording in 1962 when it came out. The booklet accompanying this CD suggests that, comparatively speaking, "Two of a Mind" fell flat among its potential audience because of the Bossa Nova craze, which did, indeed, attract a lot of attention. But many of us were listening intently to jazz at the same time, and I think it is not impossible that this recording just did not fire many people in 1962, and hence never became popular, because it was not judged exciting enough. Hearing it now, that is certainly what I feel myself. Normally, I am a great fan of both Desmond and Mulligan, and the prospect of hearing the two together greatly appealed to me when I bought the CD. The music is affable, pleasant, and competent, but, though the performances are impeccable enough (after all, both saxopohonists were among the really great ones of their period), there is a degree of lifelessness here - a lack of the necessary spark. I tend to listen to the CD as pleasant background music rather than as a strong musical experience, and doubt whether I would buy it again. Ironically, both Desmond and Mulligan played music far more exciting - separately as well as together - when playing with Dave Brubeck. I feel that on this occasion they did not truly inspire each other, even though working harmoniously enough...