Search results for "Bob Brookmeyer"

Stan Getz (with Bob Brookmeyer): Rustic Hop (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music August 04, 09

In the mid-1980s, Stan Getz helped raise money for his own salary as artist-in-residence at Stanford University by gi...

Stan Getz: Rustic Hop (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 04, 09

This early 1950s track by the Stan Getz Quintet not only features the agile swinging of one of the most popular tenor...

Gerry Mulligan: You Took Advantage of Me (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

In 1960, when Gerry Mulligan and his former longtime sideman Bob Brookmeyer assembled a 13-piece band, economics rend...

Thad Jones & Mel Lewis: Big Dipper (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music January 13, 08

This track is the first tune played on the first night of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, a Monday night tradition...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD

Whenever I step inside the Village Vanguard, I am always struck by a déjà vu sense of the awe-inspiring amounts of ...

Gerry Mulligan: Lady Chatterley's Mother (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 09, 08

Gerry Mulligan's early '60s Concert Jazz Band was one of the most musically influential big bands of its time. That i...

Pee Wee Russell & Coleman Hawkins: 28th and 8th (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music February 09, 09

The album title Jazz Reunion refers to the fact that Pee Wee Russell and Coleman Hawkins had not recorded together si...

Jimmy Giuffre: The Train and The River (live at Newport, 1958) (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music March 29, 08

On its face, the Jimmy Giuffre 3 playing their signature contrapuntal folk-jazz opus "The Train and The River" seems ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY

During the 1950s, the Newport Jazz Festival was an outdoor jamboree held in the exclusive environs of Rhod...

Ray Charles: Come Rain or Come Shine (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

In addition to being an iconic rhythm ‘n’ blues vocalist, Ray Charles played jazz piano and alto saxophone. But it w...

Stan Getz: Flamingo (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 05, 09

Although tenorist Stan Getz's smooth sound and lyrical melodicism made him a cool jazz icon, he also possessed a gift...

Ray Charles: Come Rain Or Come Shine (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 17, 09

The Genius Of Ray Charles is an essential album and an important cornerstone in Charles’ career. The last album he ma...

George Russell: Manhattan (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 30, 08

George Russell's album-length tribute to New York City remains a major work of the period and one of his most importa...

Jimmy Giuffre: Blue Monk (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 27, 07

Waiting in the wings of CBS-TV's special The Sound of Jazz (1957), Jimmy Giuffre watched his co-star Thelonious Monk ...

Tito Rodriguez: Perdido (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 07, 08

The Tito Rodriguez band is not as well known as those of his compatriots Machito and Tito Puente, but cognoscent...

Joe Williams: Night Time is the Right Time (to be with the One You Love) (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 31, 09

Evaluating the relative merits of Joe Williams' recorded tracks with Count Basie in the '50's, as compared to those h...

Gerry Mulligan: La plus que lente (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

During the mid-1950s, Gerry Mulligan expanded his famous pianoless quartet to a pianoless sextet, allowing a return t...

Brookmeyer, Bob (Robert Edward) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Brookmeyer, Bob (Robert Edward); valve trombone, composer, piano; born in Kansas City, Missouri on December.19, 1929....

Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band: Weep (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 05, 08

After Gary McFarland arrived in New York City in the fall of 1960, he met Bob Brookmeyer, who invited him to a rehear...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL GARY MCFARLAND

Gary McFarland's life could be the subject of a movie screenplay. Until he was in his mid-20s, McFarland (1933-1971) ...

Rockwell, Bob posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Rockwell, Bob,( Robert Neal Rockwell III)  saxophonist, composer; b. Miami, OK, 2 May 1945. His siblings are Dav...

Stephans, Michael posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Stephans, Michael, drummer, educator, author; b, Miami, FL, 9 June 1945. Studied classical percussion via a 4-year...

Giuffre, Jimmy (James Peter) posted in Encyclopedia September 17, 09

Reedist, composer and musical visionary Jimmy Giuffre's career spanned six decades and many styles. Best known as the...

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