Stretching Out
1 Zoot Sims - Bob Brookmeyer Octet Stretching Out 6:08
2 Zoot Sims - Bob Brookmeyer Octet Now Will You Be Good 5:27
3 Zoot Sims - Bob Brookmeyer Octet Pennies From Heaven 6:15
4 Zoot Sims - Bob Brookmeyer Octet King Porter Stomp 4:38
5 Zoot Sims - Bob Brookmeyer Octet Ain't Misbehavin' 6:54
6 Zoot Sims - Bob Brookmeyer Octet Bee Kay 6:42
Kansas City Revisited
7 Bob Brookmeyer's KC Seven Jumpin' At The Woodside 8:00
8 Bob Brookmeyer's KC Seven A Blues (What's On Your Mind) 5:05
9 Bob Brookmeyer's KC Seven Blue And Sentimental 6:53
10 Bob Brookmeyer's KC Seven Doggin' Around 8:40
11 Bob Brookmeyer's KC Seven Moten Swing 10:12
12 Bob Brookmeyer's KC Seven Trav'lin' Light 3:35
Comes in gatefold cardboard sleeve , mini LP-style
This all wouldn't have been possible without Harry Edison and Fred Green you know. They know as much about the kind of music that I feel as any men who ever lived. They have earned - with no caterwauling about travel, working conditions, the plight of the "jazzman" in America today, and related rot- the respect and love of many musicians and listeners, especially those who were around to sop up that Basie band in the early `40s. They are, truly, giants: yesterday through, and inclusive of, tomorrow. The album was recorded at Nola's penthouse from 10 AM to 4 PM on a Sunday afternoon in December and it was fun, fun, fun and happiness. What I wouldn't give to play with a band like this every night! Ah well, back to the workroom and some more of that score paper so have a good time at the funeral and a good day to all.
---From Bob Brookmeyer's original liner notes
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 |
