| Brookmeyer | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | September 19 and October 9 & 15, 1956 | |||
| Studio | Webster Hall, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Vik LX 1071 | |||
| Bob Brookmeyer chronology | ||||
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Brookmeyer (also released as Bob Brookmeyer and his Orchestra) is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger Bob Brookmeyer recorded in 1956 for the RCA Records subsidiary Vik label.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated "Brookmeyer shines whenever he takes an opportunity to solo, as do his fellow musicians."
Track listing
All compositions by Bob Brookmeyer, except where noted.
- "Oh Jane Snavely – 3:09
- "Nature Boy – (eden ahbez) – 7:06
- "Just You and Me" (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) – 2:41
- "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 2:55
- "Gone Latin" – 3:07
- "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart" (James F. Hanley) – 6:12
- "Big City Life" – 4:11
- "Confusion Blues" – 4:17
- "Open Country" – 6:12
Personnel
- Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
- Al DeRisi (tracks 1, 3 & 9), Joe Ferrante (tracks 1, 3 & 9), Bernie Glow (tracks 1–4, 6 & 9), Louis Oles (tracks 1, 3 & 9), Nick Travis (tracks 2 & 4-8)- trumpet
- Joe Singer – French horn (tracks 1, 3 & 9)
- Al Epstein – bassoon, English horn (tracks 5, 6 & 8)
- Don Butterfield – tuba (tracks 2, 6 & 8)
- Gene Quill – alto saxophone (tracks 5, 6 & 8)
- Al Cohn – tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Ed Wasserman – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 9)
- Al Epstein (tracks 1-4 & 9), Sol Schlinger (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9) – baritone saxophone
- Hank Jones – piano (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9)
- Milt Hinton (tracks 2, 4 & 5-8), Buddy Jones (tracks 1, 3 & 9) – bass
- Osie Johnson – drums
References
- ^ RCA Vik Record Label Discography accessed November 29, 2015
- ^ he RCA Victor Sessions of Bob Brookmeyer, accessed November 29, 2015
- ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Bob Brookmeyer and His Orchestra – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved FNovember 29, 2015.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.