Aren't You Glad You're You?

Gerry Mulligan Quartet · 1952 · Standard de Van Heusen et Burke

Context

Standard by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke, cut in October 1952 by the Mulligan-Baker quartet. Appears on Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to West Coast, Cool (Birth of the Cool). Among the origins and influences of West Coast: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Cool (Birth of the Cool), Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• Bernie's Tune (1952)
• Walkin' Shoes (1952)
• Frenesí (Gerry Mulligan Quartet) (1952)
• Freeway (1952)
• Soft Shoe (1952)
• Nights at the Turntable (1952)

Sources

• EN: Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1

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