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When Gerry Mulligan was 14, his family moved to Detroit and then to Reading, Pennsylvania.

While in Reading, Mulligan began studying clarinet with dance-band musician Sammy Correnti, who also encouraged Mulligan's interest in arranging.

Mulligan also began playing saxophone professionally in dance bands in Philadelphia, an hour and a half or so away.

Mulligan also studied the blues with Corey Lynn Carter at this point.