Collectables Jazz Classics (series)

Brookmeyer

by Bob Brookmeyer

Description by OLDIES.com:

Bob Brookmeyer was a product of the rich and fertile Kansas City jazz scene. A top valve trombonist and very advanced arranger, he first came to fame in 1953 as part of Stan Getz's group. On this outing, he's recorded in three separate contexts to showcase him fully -- with a big band, with a standard medium-size jazz group, and as part of an eight-man combo, in which he plays both trombone and solo piano.

Product Description:

Personnel: Bob Brookmeyer (trombone, valve trombone, piano); Gene Quill (alto saxophone); Al Cohn (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Ed Wasserman (tenor saxophone); Al Epstein (baritone saxophone, English horn); Sol Schlinger (baritone saxophone); Bernie Glow, Joe Ferrante, Al DeRisi, Lou Oles, Nick Travis (trumpet); Joe Singer (French horn); Don Butterfield (tuba); Hank Jones (piano); Buddy Jones, Milt Hinton (bass); Osie Johnson (drums).

Recorded at Webster Hall, New York, New York on September 19 and October 9 & 15, 1956. Includes liner notes by Burt Korall.