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![]() Mulligan Soup is a piano-less jazz quartet, formed in tribute to the music of Gerry Mulligan's famous 1950's recordings with Chet Baker, Bob Brookmeyer, Art Farmer and many others. The 'Cool' West Coast style was kick-started by Mulligan and Baker with the famous quartet concerts at The Haig, and recordings for Pacific Jazz. Nick Smith has diligently transcribed many of these recordings to put together a programme to authentically recreate those concerts, and recreate the ambience of those post-war boom times. Mulligan Soup is made up of four talented professional musicians, with a wealth of experience of many different musical genres:
To make enquiries or to book Mulligan Soup for your jazz festival or event, please contact Nick Smith by clicking here.
Testimonial from a recent jazz club gig in Bradford: "New to the role of Organiser at Jazz at The Priestley, I confess to booking Mulligan Soup provisionally by recommendation then, having heard their demo disc, confirming eagerly. In tribute to Gerry Mulligan's piano-free Quartet of the early 50's, Mulligan Soup should not be mis-interpreted as your average 'tribute' band, they are so much more than that. 'Cool' is their music, 'red hot' is their presentation and delivery of it. Classics such as Bernie's Tune, Walking Shoes, Line for Lyons and Jeru are not only faithfully re-presented but the virtuosity of Mulligan Soup's art gives a whole new currency even 50-odd years on. |
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