Gerry Mulligan Player Quotations

Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players.

Actually, when I was very young, first starting to play, I think I probably listened more to clarinet players than to saxophones.

A very talented player and all around excellent musician. I love hearing his records on radio!

In a way, I started out to be a baritone player.

In fact, I heard Bird first, and had got well into listening to him. You know, it's the kind of accidental thing that awareness of a player is: what's available, what somebody happens to play for you.