Brookmeyer
Studio album by
Bob Brookmeyer
Released1957
RecordedSeptember 19 and October 9 & 15, 1956
StudioWebster Hall, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelVik
LX 1071
Bob Brookmeyer chronology
Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer
(1956) 		Brookmeyer
(1957) 		Traditionalism Revisited
(1957)

Brookmeyer (also released as Bob Brookmeyer and his Orchestra) is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger Bob Brookmeyer recorded in 1956 for the RCA Records subsidiary Vik label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]

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 where noted.

  1. "Oh Jane Snavely – 3:09
  2. "Nature Boy – (eden ahbez) – 7:06
  3. "Just You and Me" (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) – 2:41
  4. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 2:55
  5. "Gone Latin" – 3:07
  6. "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart" (James F. Hanley) – 6:12
  7. "Big City Life" – 4:11
  8. "Confusion Blues" – 4:17
  9. "Open Country" – 6:12

Personnel

References

  1. ^ RCA Vik Record Label Discography accessed November 29, 2015
  2. ^ he RCA Victor Sessions of Bob Brookmeyer, accessed November 29, 2015
  3. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Bob Brookmeyer and His Orchestra – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved FNovember 29, 2015.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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