A New Jersey Jazz Society article on Gerry Mulligan’s 2022 Jazz Challenge Contest: NJJS Gerry’s Jazz Challenge The New Jersey Jazz Society (NJJS) is a non-profit organization of business and professional people, musicians, teachers, students and listeners …
Continue ReadingGerry Mulligan’s 2022 Jazz Challenge Contest
ANNOUNCING THE GERRY MULLIGAN 2022 JAZZ CHALLENGE CONTEST We’re inviting all High School musicians, grades (9-12) to participate in the Gerry Mulligan 2022 Jazz Challenge Contest! This High School performance competition is one in which …
Continue ReadingChad Smith, Charlie Watts and Gerry
Chad Smith recalls meeting Charlie Watts and talking about jazz and Gerry: Chad Smith Meets Charlie Watts
Continue ReadingNight Lights Reissued on Vinyl
We are excited to announce that Gerry’s 1962 masterwork ‘Night Lights’ will be reissued on December 3, 2021 by New Land Records. Mastered by Kevin Gray from the analog tape transfers, this audiophile reissue …
Continue ReadingNew Gerry Mulligan Autobiography
We are delighted to announce that Gerry’s autobiography will be released by Backbeat Publishing on May 1, 2022. The book will be available in hardcover, paperback, and as an audiobook. You can read all about …
Continue ReadingDrummer Charlie Watts Dies At 80
Rolling Stones drummer and Gerry Mulligan fan Charlie Watts passed away on August 24, 2021. What many Rolling Stones fans may not know is that Charlie was a jazz aficionado and accomplished jazz drummer. He …
Continue ReadingPrizewinners of the 2021 Gerry’s Jazz Challenge
It is with great pleasure that we announce the winners of the 2021 Gerry’s Jazz Challenge video contest. From Tate H., Grand Prize Winner of a Selmer Saxophone, of Fairview, PA: “I feel so honored …
Continue Reading2021 Contest Deadline Extended
Because of COVID, the contest deadline has been extended as many students are just returning to in-person learning. Contest submission period begins at 11:59 p.m. PDT on March 15, 2021, and now ends at 11:59 p.m. …
Continue ReadingAlexa Tarantino on Gerry’s Jazz Challenge
A Dream That Continues
It is with immense joy that the Gerry & Franca Mulligan Foundation shares with you A Dream That Continues: a video montage of Gerry’s life accompanied by one of our favorite pieces Etude for Franca. We …
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