Brookmeyer

Brookmeyer
Studio album by Bob Brookmeyer
Released	1957
Recorded	September 19 and October 9 & 15, 1956
Studios	Webster Hall, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Labels	Vik 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.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated "Brookmeyer shines whenever he takes an opportunity to solo, as do his fellow musicians."

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

• 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