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Portrait of the Artist (album)

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Released
  
1960

Artist
  
Bob Brookmeyer

Producer
  
Nesuhi Ertegun

Genre
  
Jazz

Portrait of the Artist (1959)
  
Jazz Is a Kick (1960)

Release date
  
1960

Label
  
Fresh Sound Records

Portrait of the Artist (album) wwwfreshsoundrecordscom9439portraitoftheart

Recorded
  
March 9 and April 6 & 9, 1959 Atlantic Studios, New York City

Similar
  
Jazz Is a Kick, The Dual Role of Bob Broo, Gloomy Sunday and Other, Kansas City Revisited, 7 x Wilder

Portrait of the Artist is an album by American jazz trombonist Bob Brookmeyer recorded in 1959 for the Atlantic label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Bob Brookmeyer except as indicated

  1. "Blues Suite: Introduction & First Movement" - 7:18
  2. "Blues Suite: Second Movement" - 3:53
  3. "Blues Suite: Third Movement" - 4:58
  4. "Blues Suite: Fourth Movement" - 5:18
  5. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 6:15
  6. "Mellowdrama" - 5:50
  7. "Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) - 4:55
  8. "Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange) - 4:26
  • Recorded in NYC on March 9 (tracks 7 & 8), April 6 (tracks 1, 3 & 4) and April 9 (tracks 2, 5 & 6), 1959

    • Personnel

  • Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone, piano, arranger
  • Ray Copeland (tracks 7 & 8), Bernie Glow (tracks 1, 3 & 4), Marky Markowitz (tracks 7 & 8) Ernie Royal (tracks 1 & 3-6), Nick Travis (tracks 2, 5 & 6) - trumpet
  • Frank Rehak - trombone
  • John Barrows (tracks 2 & 5-8), Earl Chapin (tracks 1, 3 & 4) - French horn
  • Bill Barber (tracks 2 & 5-8), Don Butterfield (tracks 1, 3 & 4) - tuba
  • Danny Bank - flute, clarinet, baritone saxophone (tracks 2, 5 & 6)
  • Gene Quill - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Al Cohn - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
  • Gene Allen - baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 7 & 8)
  • George Duvivier - bass
  • Charlie Persip - drums

    • Songs

    1Out of Nowhere4:57
    2Darn That Dream4:29
    3Blues Suite: Introduction and First Movement7:21

    References

    Portrait of the Artist (album) Wikipedia
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