California Concerts

California Concerts
Live album by Gerry Mulligan
Released	1955
Recorded	November 12 and December 14, 1954 Stockton High School, Stockton, CA and Hoover High School, San Diego, CA
Genre	Jazz
Label	Pacific Jazz
Producer	Richard Bock
Gerry Mulligan chronology
Paris Concert (1954) California Concerts (1955) Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955)

California Concerts (also referred to as Jazz Goes to High School) is a live album by saxophonist and bandleader Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded at the Stockton High School and Hoover High School in Claifornia in late 1954 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.^[1][2] The original 12 inch LP was the first to be released on the Pacific Jazz label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow said, "The music, comprised of standards, some blues and a few Mulligan originals, is quite enjoyable, swinging lightly and with plenty of interplay between the horns".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Gerry Mulligan except as indicated

Original LP release:

Side one:

1. "Blues Going Up" - 5:32
2. "Little Girl Blue" (Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:11
3. "Piano Blues" - 5:45
4. "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) - 6:25

• Recorded at Stockton High School on November 12, 1954

Side two:

1. "Western Reunion" - 7:16
2. "I Know, Don't Know How" - 5:28
3. "The Red Door" (Zoot Sims) - 7:14

• Recorded at Hoover High School on December 14, 1954

Subsequent CD reissues split the album into two volumes of separate complete concerts

CD reissue - Volume 1: Stockton High School

1. "Blues Going Up" - 5:32
2. "Little Girl Blues" (Rogers, Hart) - 5:11
3. "Piano Blues" - 5:45
4. "Yardbird Suite" (Parker) - 6:25
5. "Blues for Tiny" (Red Mitchell) - 3:35 Previously released on PJ-8
6. "Soft Shoe" - 3:46 Previously released on JWC-500
7. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 3:14 Previously unreleased
8. "Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange) - 5:31 Previously unreleased
9. "Ontet" - 4:10 Previously unreleased
10. "A Bark for Barksdale" - 8:18 Previously released on WP-1247

CD reissue - Volume 2: Hoover High School

1. "Makin' Whoopee" (Donaldson, Kahn) - 3:14 Previously unreleased
2. "Nights at the Turntable" - 3:06 Previously unreleased
3. "Blues for Tiny" (Mitchell) - 5:20 Previously unreleased
4. "Frenesí" (Alberto Dominguez) - 3:16 Previously unreleased
5. "Limelight" - 3:44 Previously unreleased
6. "People Will Say We're in Love" (Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 4:04 Previously unreleased
7. "Western Reunion" - 7:16
8. "I Know, Don't Know How" - 5:28
9. "The Red Door" (Sims) - 7:14
10. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 6:59 Previously released on PJ-8
11. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 4:20 Previously unreleased
12. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 5:37 Previously unreleased
13. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:50 Previously unreleased
14. "Ellington Medley: In a Sentimental Mood/Flamingo/Moon Mist" (Ellington, Manny Kurtz/Ted Grouya/Mercer Ellington) - 5:50 Previously unreleased in full

Personnel

• Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone, piano
• Jon Eardley - trumpet
• Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone, piano (LP Side Two and Volume 2, tracks 6-14)
• Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone (LP Side Two and Volume 2, tracks 6-14)
• Red Mitchell - bass
• Larry Bunker (LP Side Two and Volume 2, tracks 6-14), Chico Hamilton (LP Side one, Volume 1 and Volume 2, tracks 1-5) - drums

References

1. Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed February 29, 2016
2. Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived April 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. accessed February 29, 2016
3. Yanow, Scott. California Concerts Vol. 1 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 29, 2016.