Brookmeyer

by Bob Brookmeyer

Brookmeyer cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1956
  • Label: Vik
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:21
  • Community rating: 3.51/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Utilizing expansive instrumentation, 'Brookmeyer' showcases the valve trombonist's exceptional arranging skills alongside his fluid, vocalized soloing. The brass-heavy charts maintain a remarkable sense of lightness and agile swing, hallmarks of the sophisticated modern jazz tradition.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Oh, Jane Snavely (3:11)
  2. Nature Boy (7:07)
  3. Just You, Just Me (2:43)
  4. I'm Old Fashioned (2:56)
  5. Gone Latin (3:10)
  6. Zing Went the Strings of My Heart (6:31)
  7. Big City Life (4:11)
  8. Confusion Blues (4:18)
  9. Open Country (6:10)

Credits

  • Bob Brookmeyer - primary artist, conductor [conducted by], piano, valve trombone, written-by, arranged by
  • Gene Quill - alto saxophone
  • Al Epstein - baritone saxophone, english horn
  • Sol Schlinger - baritone saxophone
  • Burgher Jones - bass
  • Milt Hinton - bass
  • Al Cohn - clarinet, tenor saxophone, arranged by
  • Osie Johnson - drums
  • Jack Lewis - producer [produced and directed by]

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