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The Brothers!

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Released
  
1956

Label
  
RCA VictorLPM 1162

Genre
  
Jazz

The Brothers!(1955)
  
From A to...Z(1956)

Recorded
  
June 24 & 25, 1955Webster Hall, New York City

The Brothers! is an album by the tenor saxophonists Al Cohn, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca recorded in 1955 for the RCA Victor label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "The music is fun and swinging if not all that original or distinctive".

Track listing

  1. "Blixed" (Bill Potts) - 3:48
  2. "Kim's Kaper" (Bill Perkins) - 3:13
  3. "Rolling Stone" (Bob Brookmeyer) - 3:08
  4. "Sioux Zan" (Nat Pierce) - 3:08
  5. "The Walrus" (Al Cohn) - 2:48
  6. "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) - 3:12
  7. "Gay Blade" (Brookmeyer) - 3:17
  8. "Three of a Kind" (Pierce) - 3:13
  9. "Hags!" (Potts) - 3:19
  10. "Pro-Ex" (Perkins) - 3:04
  11. "Strange Again" (Potts) - 3:19
  12. "Cap Snapper" (Cohn) - 3:39
  13. "Memories of You" (Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake) - 3:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "Saw Buck" (Pierce) - 3:18 Bonus track on CD reissue
  15. "Chorus for Morris" (Pierce) - 3:19 Bonus track on CD reissue
  16. "Slightly Salty" (Richie Kamuca) - 3:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on June 24 (tracks 2, 3, 6-8, 10, 13 & 16) and June 25 (tracks 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 14 & 15), 1955

    • Personnel

  • Al Cohn, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca - tenor saxophone
  • Hank Jones - piano
  • Barry Galbraith (tracks 2, 3, 6-8, 10, 13 & 16), Sam Beethoven (tracks 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 14 & 15) - guitar
  • John Beal - bass
  • Chuck Flores - drums
  • Bob Brookmeyer (tracks 3 & 7), Al Cohn (tracks 5, 6, 12, 13 & 16), Bill Perkins (tracks 2 & 10), Nat Pierce (tracks 4, 8, 14 & 15), Bill Potts (tracks 1, 9 & 11) - arranger

    • References

    The Brothers! Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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