Night Lights (Gerry Mulligan album)

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Night Lights
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Studio album by
Gerry Mulligan
Released1963
RecordedSeptember 12 and October 3, 1963
Nola Penthouse Studios in NYC
GenreCool jazz, latin jazz
Length33:49
LabelPhilips PMH 600-108
ProducerHal Mooney
Gerry Mulligan chronology
Gerry Mulligan '63
(1963) 		Night Lights
(1963) 		Butterfly with Hiccups
(1963)

Night Lights is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded in 1963 and first released on the Philips label.[1][2]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars[4]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating: "This is a rather relaxed recording featuring baritonist Gerry Mulligan and some of his top alumni... The emphasis is on ballads and nothing too innovative occurs, but the results are pleasing and laid-back".[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Gerry Mulligan except as indicated

  1. "Night Lights" - 4:53
  2. "Morning of the Carnival" (Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria) - 5:27
  3. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (David Mann, Bob Hilliard) - 5:34
  4. "Prelude in E Minor" (Frédéric Chopin) - 4:11
  5. "Festival Minor" - 6:45
  6. "Tell Me When" - 4:06

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived April 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine accessed February 22, 2016
  2. ^ Philips Records Discography accessed February 22, 2016
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Yanow, Scott. Night Lights – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1054. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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