
More than a decade after his death, Gerry Mulligan is still considered the greatest baritone saxophonist in the history of jazz. But before he rose to fame he was preceded by another talented instrumentalist, one who starred in the bop era but had his career slowed by drug addiction and cut short by a fatal illness. Serge Chaloff was raised in a rich musical environment, with a father who was a pianist for the Boston Symphony and a mother who taught at the Boston Conservatory. Serge himself began as a pianist, then branched off into wind [...]

01. Stanley Turrentine - "Journey Into Melody" 02. Sonny Rollins - "Where Are You" 03. Dexter Gordon - "I'm a Fool to Want You" 04. Lee Morgan - "Melancholee" 05. Hank Mobley - "Fin de L'Affaire" 06. Lucky Thompson - "I Forgot to Remember" 07. Serge Chaloff - "What's New" 08. Miles Davis - "Blue in Green" 09. Blue Mitchell - "Park Avenue Petite" [...]
Body and Soul FluJames Moody, Body and Soul (1949).Serge Chaloff, Body and Soul (1956).Billie Holiday, Body and Soul (1957).Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond, Body and Soul (1957).Benny Carter, Body and Soul (1961).Art Pepper, Body and Soul (1989).We're guest-starring at Ted Barron's Boogie Woogie Flu (which you should be reading anyhow) with a long ramble on "Body and Soul." Here are a few