''The Brothers!'' is an album by the tenor saxophonists

Al Cohn Al Cohn (November 24, 1925 – February 15, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer. He came to prominence in the band of clarinetist Woody Herman and was known for his longtime musical partnership with fellow saxophonist ...

, Bill Perkins and

Richie Kamuca Richard "Richie" Kamuca (July 23, 1930 – July 22, 1977) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Musical career Kamuca was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, and, like many players associated with West Coast jazz, grew up in the ...

recorded in 1955 for the

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label.The RCA Victor Sessions of Al Cohn: 1955
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Reception

The

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review by Scott Yanow stated "The music is fun and swinging if not all that original or distinctive".

Track listing

# "Blixed" ( Bill Potts) - 3:48 # "Kim's Kaper" (Bill Perkins) - 3:13 # "Rolling Stone" (

Bob Brookmeyer Robert Edward "Bob" Brookmeyer (December 19, 1929 – December 15, 2011) was an American jazz valve trombone, valve trombonist, Jazz piano, pianist, arranger, and composer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer first gained widespread public ...

) - 3:08 # "Sioux Zan" (

Nat Pierce Nathaniel Pierce Blish Jr., known professionally as Nat Pierce (July 16, 1925 – June 10, 1992) was an American jazz pianist and prolific composer and arranger, perhaps best known for being pianist and arranger for the Woody Herman band from 195 ...

) - 3:08 # "The Walrus" (Al Cohn) - 2:48 # " Blue Skies" (

Irving Berlin Irving Berlin (born Israel Isidore Beilin; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Berlin received numerous honors including an Acade ...

) - 3:12 # "Gay Blade" (Brookmeyer) - 3:17 # "Three of a Kind" (Pierce) - 3:13 # "Hags!" (Potts) - 3:19 # "Pro-Ex" (Perkins) - 3:04 # "Strange Again" (Potts) - 3:19 # "Cap Snapper" (Cohn) - 3:39 # "

Memories of You "Memories of You" is a popular song about nostalgia with lyrics written by Andy Razaf and music composed by Eubie Blake and published in 1930. Song history The song was introduced by singer Minto Cato in the Broadway show '' Lew Leslie's Bl ...

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Andy Razaf Andy Razaf (born Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo; December 16, 1895 – February 3, 1973) was the American lyricist of such well-known songs as " Ain't Misbehavin'" and " Honeysuckle Rose". He was also a composer, poet and vocalist. Biograph ...

Eubie Blake James Hubert "Eubie" Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983) was an American pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. Blake began his career in 1912, and during World War I he worked in partnership with the singer, drum ...

) - 3:02 Bonus track on CD reissue # "Saw Buck" (Pierce) - 3:18 Bonus track on CD reissue # "Chorus for Morris" (Pierce) - 3:19 Bonus track on CD reissue # "Slightly Salty" (Richie Kamuca) - 3:15 Bonus track on CD reissue *Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on June 24 (tracks 2, 3, 6–8, 10, 13 & 16) and June 25 (tracks 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 14 & 15), 1955

Personnel

, Bill Perkins and

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 (whi ...

Hank Jones Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians have described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts h ...

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

Barry Galbraith Joseph Barry Galbraith (December 18, 1919 – January 13, 1983) was an American jazz guitarist. Galbraith moved to New York City from McDonald, Pennsylvania, in the early 1940s and found work playing with Babe Russin, Art Tatum, Red Norvo, Hal ...

(tracks 2, 3, 6–8, 10, 13 & 16), Sam Beethoven (tracks 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 14 & 15) -

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

*John Beal -

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Chuck Flores Charles Walter "Chuck" Flores (January 5, 1935 – November 24, 2016) was an American jazz drummer. One of the relatively small number of musicians associated with West Coast jazz who were actually from the West Coast, Flores was born in Orange, Ca ...

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

*Bob Brookmeyer (tracks 3 & 7), Al Cohn (tracks 5, 6, 12, 13 & 16), Bill Perkins (tracks 2 & 10), Nat Pierce (tracks 4, 8, 14 & 15), Bill Potts (tracks 1, 9 & 11) -

arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestrat ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brothers 1956 collaborative albums Al Cohn albums Bill Perkins (saxophonist) albums RCA Records albums