The Gerry Mulligan Collection
Image captions: (left) [Mulligan with sax -- 1979], Franca R. Mulligan, photographer. (top to bottom) [Gerry Mulligan in profile with black background], Elena Carminati, photographer; [Gerry Mulligan performing], Bob Willoughby, photographer; [Mulligan in television studio - 1957], Milt Hinton, photographer; [Gerry's portrait for Harper's Bazaar], Franca R. Mulligan, photographer, 1974.
As a saxophonist, composer, arranger and band leader, Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996) is a jazz legend. The Library of Congress serves as the repository for the Gerry Mulligan Collection, which it obtained in the late 1990s. In this initial Web offering, the Library of Congress is making available excerpts from his autobiography and selected scores and sound recordings.
Browse by Format:
ALL Formats Photographs
Scores & Parts Recordings
Discography Written Manuscripts
Special Presentations:
- Jeru: In the Words of Gerry Mulligan (an oral autobiography)
- Gerry Mulligan Biography
- About the Library of Congress Gerry Mulligan Exhibition
Please note: some of the black and white images have been colorized for this presentation.