Gerry Mulligan
Tenor Sax Solo on
Anything Goes

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Gerry Mulligan leads off the solos with two choruses on tenor sax, the first of three improvisations on the recording. Taken at a brisk swing tempo of 258 BPM over the 32-bar AABA in F, the improvisation requires fleet execution and decisive melodic choices. Mulligan's two-chorus tenor solo swings with infectious energy, his melodic ideas adapting naturally to the higher register while his rhythmic personality remains unmistakable. Recorded for the album Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi in 1957, the performance captures Gerry Mulligan at 29 to 30 years old. Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" is taken at a brisk 258 beats per minute on the 1957 Verve album Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi, with Gerry Mulligan on tenor saxophone and Stan Getz on baritone continuing the album's instrument-swap concept.

Gerry Mulligan was 29 to 30 years old at the time.