Gerry Mulligan

Gerald Joseph Mulligan, also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz—Mulligan was also a significant arranger working with Claude Thornhill, Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, and others. His piano-less quartet of the early 1950s with trumpeter Chet Baker is still regarded as one of the best cool jazz ensembles. Mulligan was also a skilled pianist and played several other reed instruments. Several of his compositions including "Walkin' Shoes" and "Five Brothers", have become standards.

6 April 1927

Born on the same birth day (6 April): Andy Phillips (baseball) • Arvid Horn • Celestina Cordero • Charlie McDermott • Gil Kane • Heidi Mount • Jean-Baptiste Rousseau • Johann Kuhnau • John Pizzarelli • Joi Lansing • Marilu Henner • Martín Méndez • Mickey Cochrane • Ng Ser Miang • Paolo Nespoli • Spencer List • Vince Flynn

Born in the same month (April 1927): Alan MacDiarmid • Alvin Sargent • Babatunde Olatunji • Jack Douglas (actor) • Kenneth Tynan • Lokesh Chandra • Phil Hill • Rita Gam • Robert Mills (physicist) • Rolf Schult • Samuel P. Huntington • Thomas Hemsley • Tilly Armstrong • Walter Bahr