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Perfection: Gerry Mulligan - 'Westwood Walk' (1953)

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Marc Myers
Dec 12, 2024
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Every celebrity I've interviewed who lives in the Westwood section of Los Angeles has said the reason they live there is you don't have to take a car to get around the village. You can walk. I'm not sure if that was the meaning behind Gerry Mulligan's song title, but it would certainly make sense. Or he originally entitled the song Westward Walk, in tri…

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