Mulligan, Gerry

orig. Gerald Joseph Mulligan

(born April 6, 1927, Queens Village, Long Island, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 20, 1996, Darien, Conn.) U.S. jazz saxophonist, pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He worked as staff arranger for Gene Krupa's band in 1946, later writing arrangements and playing for the Miles Davis nonet's recordings (1949). Mulligan became one of the best-known exponents of cool jazz (see bebop). In 1952 he formed a pianoless quartet featuring trumpeter Chet Baker.

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