''Bob Brookmeyer and Friends'' is a 1964 jazz album released on Columbia Records by valve trombonist

Bob Brookmeyer Robert Edward "Bob" Brookmeyer (December 19, 1929 – December 15, 2011) was an American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer first gained widespread public attention as a member of G ...

and featuring

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Stan Getz. Reviewer Scott Yanow said that "the young rhythm section (pianist Herbie Hancock, vibraphonist

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, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer

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) uplifts what would have been a fairly conventional (although high quality) bop date". The "all-star" rhythm section included

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musi ...

' piano and bass players, Stan Getz's vibraphonist, and

John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Born and raise ...

's drummer. The album was recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studio, on May 26 and 27, 1964, and was issued on vinyl later the same year. It was reissued on

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in 1980 and on CD in 2005. Burton was a partial contributor and is heard only on some tracks.

Track listing

''All compositions by Bob Brookmeyer, unless otherwise noted.'' # "Jive Hoot" (4:43) # "

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" (5:15) - (

Erroll Garner Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad " Misty", his best-known composition, has become a jazz standard. It was first r ...

, Johnny Burke) # "The Wrinkle" (5:16) # "Bracket (4:58) # "

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" (5:01) - (

Hoagy Carmichael Hoagland Howard Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first ...

, Johnny Mercer) # "Sometime Ago" (4:05) - (

Sergio Mihanovich Sergio Mihanovich (Buenos Aires, May 8, 1937 – May 7, 2012) was an Argentine jazz pianist, singer and composer. He is the uncle of Argentine singer and actress Sandra Mihanovich. His best known composition is "Sometime Ago", which has been r ...

) # " I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (5:03) - ( Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) # " Who Cares?" (7:04) - (

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, Ira Gershwin) # " Day Dream" (5:18) - ( Strayhorn/ Ellington/ La Touche) # "Time For Two" (3:37) - ( Margo Guryan Rosner) # "Pretty Girl" (4:50) ''Tracks 9–11 previously unissued'' Note: on the 1980 vinyl LP version "The Wrinkle" was incorrectly titled "Wrinkle Time".

Personnel

* Bob Brookmeyer –

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* Stan Getz –

Tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

–

Vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist ...

* Herbie Hancock –

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* Ron Carter – Bass *

– Drums *

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–

Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

(track 9)

Production

* Producer - Teo Macero

References

{{Authority control Bob Brookmeyer albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Teo Macero 1965 albums