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Released
  
1957

The Four Brothers... Together Again! (1957)
  
Al and Zoot (1957)

Artist
  
Herbie Steward

Label
  
RCA Records

Producer
  
Bob Rolontz

The Four Brothers... Together Again! (1957)
  
Al and Zoot (1957)

Release date
  
1957

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
February 11, 1957 Webster Hall, New York City

Similar
  
Al and Zoot, The Sax Section, Locking Horns, Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half N, Stretching Out

The Four Brothers... Together Again! is an album by saxophonists Herbie Steward, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims and Serge Chaloff, who were collectived known as the Four Brothers, recorded in 1957 for the RCA Records subsidiary Vik label.

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The music overall on this CD reissue is quite enjoyable and Sims, Cohn and Steward show how much they had grown during the previous decade".

Track listing

All compositions by Al Cohn except as indicated

  1. "Four and One More" (Gerry Mulligan) - 4:02
  2. "So Blue" - 3:22
  3. "The Swinging Door" (Mulligan, Zoot Sims) - 2:45
  4. "Four in Hand" (Manny Albam) - 3:09
  5. "A Quick One" - 3:46
  6. "Four Brothers" (Jimmy Giuffre) - 3:46
  7. "Ten Years Later" - 3:00
  8. "The Pretty One" (Elliot Lawrence) - 3:29
  9. "Aged in Wood" - 2:55
  10. "Here We Go Again" (Manny Albam) - 3:46

Personnel

  • Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Herbie Steward - tenor saxophone
  • Serge Chaloff, Charlie O'Kane (tracks 6-10) - baritone saxophone
  • Elliot Lawrence - piano
  • Buddy Jones- bass
  • Don Lamond - drums
  • Manny Albam, Al Cohn, Elliot Lawrence - arranger
  • Songs

    1Four and One MooreZoot Sims - Al Cohn - Serge Chaloff4:02
    2So BlueZoot Sims - Al Cohn - Serge Chaloff3:22
    3Swinging DoorZoot Sims - Al Cohn - Serge Chaloff2:45

    References

    The Four Brothers... Together Again! Wikipedia