Brookmeyer
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Brookmeyer (also released as Bob Brookmeyer and hid Orchestra) is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger Bob Brookmeyer recorded in 1956 for the RCA Records subsidiary Vik label.[1][2]
Reception
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The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated "Brookmeyer shines whenever he takes an opportunity to solo, as do his fellow musicians".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Bob Brookmeyer except as indicated
- "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 Discographyy 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.