Walk on the Water (album)

Walk on the Water
Walk on the Water
Studio album by Gerry Mulligan and His Orchestra
Released	1980
Recorded	September 1980
Studio	Downtown Sound Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:33
Label	DRG
Producer	Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan chronology

Walk on the Water is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gerry Mulligan and His Orchestra featuring performances recorded in 1980 and first released on the DRG label.^[1]^[2] In 1982, the album received the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.^[3]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "Baritonist Gerry Mulligan has had few opportunities to record with a big band since his Concert Jazz Band broke up in 1963, a real pity considering how talented a composer and arranger he has been. This DRG release features a strong orchestra performing several of Jeru's compositions".^[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Gerry Mulligan except where noted.

"For an Unfinished Woman" – 7:13
"Song for Strayhorn" – 6:08
"Forty Second and Broadway" – 5:07
"Angelica" (Mitchel Forman) – 6:25
"Walk on the Water" – 4:24
"Across the Track Blues" (Duke Ellington) – 3:10
"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) – 6:06

Personnel[]

Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6 & 7), soprano saxophone (tracks 3 & 5), arranger
Laurie Frink, Barry Ries, Tom Harrell, Mike Davis, Danny Hayes – trumpet
Keith O'Quinn, Dave Glenn, Alan Raph – trombone
Eric Turkel, Gerry Niewood, Ken Hitchcock – alto saxophone
Gary Keller, Ralph Olson, Seth Brody – tenor saxophone
Joe Temperley – baritone saxophone
Mitchel Forman – piano
Jay Leonhart, Mike Bocchicchio (track 1) – double bass
Richard DeRosa – drums
Tom Fay – arranger (track 1)

References[]

^ Gerry Mulligan Discography accessed September 8, 2016
^ DRG Records album entry accessed September 8, 2016
^ Gerry Mulligan website: Awards, accessed September 8, 2016
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Walk on the Water – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1055. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Mulligan_discography-1] Gerry Mulligan Discography accessed September 8, 2016

[2] DRG Records album entry accessed September 8, 2016

[3] Gerry Mulligan website: Awards, accessed September 8, 2016

[Allmusic-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Walk on the Water – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 8, 2016.

[Penguin-5] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1055. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release. Some of the titles have been shortened.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1953) Paris Concert (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1954) California Concerts (1954) Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955) Mainstream of Jazz (1956) At Storyville (1956) The Teddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer at Newport (split album, 1957) Jazz Giants '58 (with Harry Edison, Stan Getz, 1958) Mulligan Meets Monk (with Thelonious Monk, 1957) Blues in Time (with Paul Desmond, 1957) Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz Jazz Concerto Grosso (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1957) The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (1957) Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! (1957–58) What Is There to Say? (1958–59) Meets Johnny Hodges (1959) Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959) The Concert Jazz Band (1960) The Concert Jazz Band on Tour (1960) The Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960) Holliday with Mulligan (with Judy Holliday, 1961) Presents a Concert in Jazz (1961) The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (with Bob Brookmeyer, 1962) Jeru (1962) Two of a Mind (with Paul Desmond, 1962) Spring Is Sprung (1962) Gerry Mulligan '63 (1962) Night Lights (1963) Butterfly with Hiccups (1963–64) If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! (1965) Feelin' Good (1965) Something Borrowed - Something Blue (1966) Summit (with Astor Piazzolla, 1974) Walk on the Water (1980)
With Chet Baker	Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1 (1952) Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 2 (1953) Gene Norman Presents the Original Gerry Mulligan Tentet and Quartet (1953) Reunion (1957) Carnegie Hall Concert (1974)
With Dave Brubeck	Live at the Berlin Philharmonie (1970) The Last Set at Newport (1971) We're All Together Again for the First Time (1972)
With others	Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50) 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe (Barry Manilow, 1984) Pelé (Sérgio Mendes & Pelé, 1977) Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972) The Classic Concert Live (with Mel Tormé & George Shearing, 1982)
Soundtracks	The Sound of Jazz (1957) I Want to Live! (1958) The Subterraneans (1960) The Hot Rock (Quincy Jones, 1971)