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Released
  
1957

Release date
  
1957

Genre
  
Jazz

Artist
  
Bob Brookmeyer

Label
  
Vik

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Recorded
  
September 19 and October 9 & 15, 1956 Webster Hall, New York City

Similar
  
Bob Brookmeyer albums, Jazz albums

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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.

Contents

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Reception

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 as indicated

  1. "Oh Jane Snavely – 3:09
  2. "Nature Boy - (eden ahbez) – 7:06
  3. "Just You and Me" (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) – 2:41
  4. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 2:55
  5. "Gone Latin" – 3:07
  6. "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart" (James F. Hanley) – 6:12
  7. "Big City Life" – 4:11
  8. "Confusion Blues" – 4:17
  9. "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

    • Songs

    1Oh Jane Snavely3:12
    2Nature Boy7:09
    3Just You - Just Me2:46

    References

    Brookmeyer Wikipedia
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