Mulligan Meets Monk (LP)

Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan were very different kinds of jazz cats but they shared a gift for penning catchy, witty tunes. Here, Mulligan's rough-hewn baritone sax and Monk's off-kilter piano style come together without a hitch on three Monk originals, one Mulligan number and the standard, "Sweet and Lovely.