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Zoot Sims and Bob Brookmeyer – Tonite’s Music Today

Tonite’s Music Today is an album by saxophonist Zoot Sims and trombonist Bob Brookmeyer recorded in 1956 for the Storyville label.

Personnel: Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone, vocals Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone Hank Jones – piano Wyatt Reuther – bass Gus Johnson – drums

Reception.

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 and half stars. He described the album featuring “colorful jammed ensembles and hard-swinging yet cool-toned solos that owe as much to the swing tradition as to the innovations of bebop”.

Ralph J. Gleason, San Francisco Chronicle: “Sims plays with considerable debt to the free-swinging concepts of Lester Young, but he does so in an effortless and fluid style that is not imitation and is infectious. Bob Brookmeyer, who plays valve trombone on the album, is much more relaxed than usual and the combination of the two horns is an unusually happy one. The rhythm section of Gus Johnson, Bull Reuther and Hank Jones provides a smoothly swinging base and occasional solos. All in all, this is a most pleasant album, with very good playing.”

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Jimmy Giuffre with Bob Brookmeyer & Jim Hall – Western Suite

Western Suite is an album by American jazz composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre which was released on the Atlantic label in 1960. Jimmy Giuffre – clarinet , tenor saxophone , baritone saxophone Jim Hall – guitar Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone

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Bud Shank feat Bob Brookmeyer – Strings and Trombones (Full Album)

Strings & Trombones is an album by Bud Shank, featuring Bob Brookmeyer, and recorded in 1954 and 1955 for the Pacific Jazz label. The album compiles Shank’s previous 10 inch LPs Bud Shank and Bob Brookmeyer and Bud Shank and Three Trombones.

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Bob Brookmeyer’s KC Seven – Kansas City Revisited

Kansas City Revisited is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger Bob Brookmeyer featuring Brookmeyer’s new orchestrations of 1920s and ’30s era Kansas City jazz tunes. The album was recorded in 1958 for the United Artists label.

“Cool jazz meets swing on this valuable but long out-of-print LP. Valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, tenors Al Cohn and Paul Quinichette, pianist Nat Pierce, guitarist Jim Hall, bassist Addison Farmer and drummer Osie Johnson perform four songs associated with the late-’30s Count Basie Orchestra plus a couple of numbers (“A Blues” and “Travlin’ Light”) that are sung by the underrated vocalist Big Miller who was making his recording debut at the time. This memorable set is long overdue to be reissued on CD.” – Scott Yanow/AllMusic.

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Bob Brookmeyer’s KC Seven – Kansas City Revisited

Kansas City Revisited is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger Bob Brookmeyer featuring Brookmeyer’s new orchestrations of 1920s and ’30s era Kansas City jazz tunes. The album was recorded in 1958 for the United Artists label.

“Cool jazz meets swing.” (AllMusic)

Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone Al Cohn, Paul Quinichette – tenor saxophone Nat Pierce – piano Jim Hall – guitar Addison Farmer – bass Osie Johnson – drums Big Miller – vocals

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Bill Evans & Bob Brookmeyer – The Ivory Hunters

The Ivory Hunters (subtitled Double Barrelled Piano) is an album by jazz pianists Bill Evans and Bob Brookmeyer, originally released on the United Artists label, featuring Evans and Brookmeyer with Percy Heath, and Connie Kay, recorded in 1959.

Bill Evans – piano Bob Brookmeyer – piano Percy Heath – bass Connie Kay – drums

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Zoot Sims/Bob Brookmeyer – Whooeeeee

Whooeeee (also released as Today’s Jazz and Morning Fun) is an album by the Zoot Sims-Bob Brookmeyer Quintet recorded in 1956 for the Storyville label.

Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone, vocals Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone Hank Jones – piano Bill Crow – bass Jo Jones – drums

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Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer – Previously Unreleased Recordings

This obscure LP released in 1973 reveals previously unknown performances from the Clark Terry-Bob Brookmeyer quintet, a very likable unit of the period. Terry’s flugelhorn and Brookmeyer’s valve trombone blended together very well, they both had hard-swinging but witty styles, and their ensemble work was frequently exciting. With the fine support of pianist Eddie Costa (in one of his last sessions), bassist Joe Benjamin, and drummer Osie Johnson, Terry and Brookmeyer perform two originals, “Things Ain’t What They Used to Be” and “Stolen Moments”; the four renditions clock in between eight-and-a-half and 12 minutes. Excellent music (Scott Yanow/AllMusic).

Bass – Joe Benjamin Drums – Osie Johnson Piano – Eddie Costa Trombone [Valve] – Bob Brookmeyer Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Clark Terry