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): Anita Pallenberg • April 6 • Celestina Cordero • David Woodard • Dilip Vengsarkar • Erwin Komenda • Helen Berman • Herb Thomas • Homero Aridjis • Horst Ludwig Störmer • Joi Lansing • Levon Shant • Louis de Cahusac • Marco Schällibaum • Nicolas Chamfort • Oscar Piastri • Paul Beresford • Paul Daniels • Peter Hill (journalist) • Peter Jackson (footballer, born 1961) • Rafael Correa • Robert Glasper • Rory Bremner • Siboniso Gaxa

Born in the same month (April 1927): Ahmed Arif • Alvin Sargent • Amos Milburn • Anne McLaren • Arne Hoel • Billy Pierce • Bo Callaway • Corín Tellado • Granny Hamner • Harry Gallatin • Norma Candal • Ollie Mitchell • Rosemary Haughton • Samuel P. Huntington • Tadeusz Mazowiecki • Tilly Armstrong • Walter Bahr