Larry Kart Posted July 5, 2015 Report Posted July 5, 2015 Original bassist with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet and the one who introduced Mulligan to Chet Baker.Fine interview with him from a few years back by Doug Ramsey:http://www.jazzwax.com/2015/07/bob-whitlock-1931-2015.html Quote
GA Russell Posted July 5, 2015 Report Posted July 5, 2015 RIP. I first heard his work with the Mulligan/Baker Mosaic box, and still connect him in my mind with it. Quote
mikeweil Posted July 5, 2015 Report Posted July 5, 2015 R.I.P. This kind of news rarely inspires me to have a listen, but in this case I pulled out the Mulligan-Baker Mosaic. The right man at the right place at the right time, for sure. Quote
mjzee Posted July 5, 2015 Report Posted July 5, 2015 Derek & The Dominoes, anyone? Joe Cocker, Leon Russell? Talk about second acts. RIP. Quote
Larry Kart Posted July 6, 2015 Author Report Posted July 6, 2015 Oops -- That Whitlock interview was the work of Marc Myers. Quote
Jim R Posted July 6, 2015 Report Posted July 6, 2015 Derek & The Dominoes, anyone? Joe Cocker, Leon Russell? Talk about second acts. RIP.Huh? Quote
mjzee Posted July 6, 2015 Report Posted July 6, 2015 Derek & The Dominoes, anyone? Joe Cocker, Leon Russell? Talk about second acts. RIP.Huh?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_and_the_DominosIf it's not the same Bobby Whitlock, please ignore. Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted July 6, 2015 Report Posted July 6, 2015 mjzee: Do the math, the Bobby Whitlock who played on D & the Ds was born in 1948, he would have been kneehigh to a grasshopper when the Mulligan Quartet sides were recorded. Quote
Justin V Posted July 7, 2015 Report Posted July 7, 2015 Inexplicably and indefensibly, despite being a Baker and Mulligan fan, I still don't have the original Mulligan quartet sides (yet I have two later reunion discs). I do like Whitlock's playing with Chet Baker's quartet, and that Marc Meyers interview was an interesting read. Rest in peace, Mr. Whitlock, and thank you for the music. Quote
BillF Posted July 7, 2015 Report Posted July 7, 2015 This EP (with Whitlock pictured on the right) loomed large in my final year at school (1957-58) when we didn't have much money to buy records and there weren't many to buy anyway. There was also a significant time lapse between American recording and availabilty in Britain, so that these 1952 tracks were still hot stuff at the time. Quote
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