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| 1. | Night and Day
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| 2. | Embraceable You
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| 3. | Yesterdays
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| 4. | Darn That Dream
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| 5. | How Deep Is the Ocean?
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| 6. | What's New
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| 7. | All the Things You Are
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Jazz
Ted Rosenthal - Piano, Producer
Bob Brookmeyer - Trombone (Valve)
* Alan Silverman - Mastering, Mixing
* Bill Kirchner - Liner Notes
* Douglas Purviance - Producer
* Gary Henry - Engineer
Ted Rosenthal and Bob Brookmeyer share a common thread, as both men recorded a number of albums with the late Gerry Mulligan (though not together), as well as being at the top of their game on their respective instruments and loving great melodies. This 2001 duo concert features seven standards, all played with a spirit of adventure and risk-taking. "Night and Day" is a brilliant opener, with Brookmeyer's aggressive valve trombone followed by a brief vamp by Rosenthal to build tension before he cuts loose with a fine effort of his own. The pianist's jaunty introduction to "Embraceable You" salutes Charlie Parker, while his surprising chord changes underneath Brookmeyer obviously pleased the veteran. Their atypical approach to "Yesterdays" is set in waltz time with playfulness rarely present in most performances of this warhorse. Mulligan would have loved their dark setting of "How Deep Is the Ocean," which seems to explode from the depths of despair to the surface without mishap. Once again, the familiar path is avoided in their stunning treatment of "All the Things You Are"; the introduction made popular by Dizzy Gillespie is bypassed in favor of Rosenthal's opening improvisation, leading into intricate jazz counterpoint of the highest level, along with the pianist's amusing brief detour into "On the Trail." It would be surprising if Ted Rosenthal and Bob Brookmeyer aren't planning a follow-up to this outstanding live CD.
---Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Ted Rosenthal
Active Decades: '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: 1959
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music
A fine modern mainstream pianist, Ted Rosenthal first gained fame when he won the 2nd annual Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition in 1988. In 1990 he recorded his debut set as a leader for Ken and has since recorded as a leader for CTI, the Jazz Alliance and Concord (including an entry in the legendary Maybeck Recital Hall series). Rosenthal worked as part of the last Gerry Mulligan Quartet during 1992-95, making three CDs with the baritonist. He has also worked with Art Farmer, Jon Faddis, Benny Golson, James Moody, Jim Hall, Phil Woods, Mel Lewis, Lee Konitz and Michael Brecker among many others and with David Sanborn on the NBC series Night Music. Ted Rosenthal, who graduated from the Manhattan School of Music, is a faculty member of The New School/Mannes College of Music jazz program.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Bob Brookmeyer
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Dec 19, 1929 in Kansas City, MO
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Progressive Big Band, Cool, Post-Bop, West Coast Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Progressive Jazz
Bob Brookmeyer has long been the top valve trombonist in jazz and a very advanced arranger whose writing is influenced by modern classical music. He started out as a pianist in dance bands but was on valve trombone with Stan Getz (1953). He gained fame as a member of the Gerry Mulligan quartet (1954-1957), was part of the unusual Jimmy Giuffre Three of 1957-1958 (which consisted of Giuffre's reeds, Brookmeyer's valve trombone, and Jim Hall's guitar), and then re-joined Mulligan as arranger and occasional player with his Concert Jazz Band. Brookmeyer, who was a strong enough pianist to hold his own on a two-piano date with Bill Evans, occasionally switched to piano with Mulligan. He co-led a part-time quintet with Clark Terry (1961-1966), was an original member of the Thad JonesMel Lewis orchestra (1965-1967), and became a busy studio musician. Brookmeyer was fairly inactive during much of the 1970s, but made a comeback in the late '70s with some very advanced arrangements for the Mel Lewis band (of which he became musical director for a time). Brookmeyer moved to Europe, where he continually writes and occasionally records on his distinctive valve trombone, issuing Old Friends in 1998. New Works Celebration appeared a year later, and in 2000 Brookmeyer issued Together.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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