Two of a Mind

Two of a Mind is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonists Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded in 1962 which were released on the RCA Victor label.^[1]^[2] The album is the second of two albums Mulligan and Desmond recorded in a pianoless quartet setting. The first, recorded in 1957, was Blues in Time (originally titled Gerry Mulligan - Paul Desmond Quartet).

The album's title track is a contrafact based on "Look for the Silver Lining".

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Altoist Paul Desmond and baritonist Gerry Mulligan always made for a perfect team during their infrequent collaborations. Both of the saxophonists had immediately distinctive light tones, strong wits, and the ability to improvise melodically. ... the interplay between Desmond and Mulligan is consistently delightful. Highly recommended".^[3]

Track listing

"All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:51
"Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 8:22
"Two of a Mind" (Paul Desmond) – 5:59
"Blight of the Fumble Bee" (Gerry Mulligan) – 7:02
"The Way You Look Tonight" (Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 7:21
"Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 6:35
"Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 7:29 Bonus track on CD reissue
"All the Things You Are" [alternate take] (Kern, Hammerstein) – 6:58 Bonus track on CD reissue
"The Way You Look Tonight" [alternate take] (Kern, Fields) – 7:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Untitled Blues Waltz" (Desmond, Mulligan) – 9:45 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Untitled Blues Waltz" [breakdown] (Desmond, Mulligan) – 1:38 Bonus track on CD reissue

Note

Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on June 8, 1962 (tracks 10 & 11) and at RCA Studio A in New York City on June 26, 1962 (tracks 4, 5 & 7), July 3, 1962 (tracks 1, 2 & 8) and August 13, 1962 (tracks 3, 6 & 9).

Personnel

Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
Jim Hall – guitar (tracks 10 & 11)
John Beal (tracks 4, 5, 7, 10 & 11), Joe Benjamin (tracks 3, 6 & 9), Wendell Marshall (tracks 1, 2 & 8) – bass
Connie Kay (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8), Mel Lewis (tracks 3, 6 & 9), Ed Shaughnessy (tracks 10 & 11) – drums

References

^ Paul Desmond Catalog accessed February 29, 2016
^ Dugelay, G & Hallqvist, K. Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed February 29, 2016
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Two of a Mind – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 369. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

v t e Paul Desmond
Studio albums	Paul Desmond Quartet Featuring Don Elliott (1956) Blues in Time (1957) First Place Again (1959) Desmond Blue (1961) Two of a Mind (1962) Take Ten (1963) Glad to Be Unhappy (1963) Bossa Antigua (1964) Easy Living (1965) Summertime (1968) From the Hot Afternoon (1969) Bridge over Troubled Water (1969) Skylark (1973) Pure Desmond (1974) 1975: The Duets (1975)
Live albums	Live (1976) Paul Desmond (1978) Like Someone in Love (1992)
Compositions	"Take Five"

v t e Gerry Mulligan
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)

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