Gerry Mulligan – Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1956)

EmArcy – MG 36056Rec. Dates : September 21, 1955, September 22, 1955, October 31, 1955Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Peck MorrisonDrums : Dave BaileyPiano : Bob BrookmeyerTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrumpet : Jon EardleyValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 02/25/1956Spotlight on… selection This is the first new Mulligan in a long time, and his big debut disk for

Zoot Sims – The Modern Art of Jazz (1956)

Dawn – DLP-1102Rec. Dates : January 11, 1956, January 18, 1956Stream this Album (YT only) Tenor Sax : Zoot SimsBass : Milt HintonDrums : Gus JohnsonPiano : John WilliamsValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 04/07/1956Score of 77 Full disks by this tenor sax star are fairly rare, and this excellent sampling of his romping art should find a good, ready

Jimmy Raney – Featuring Bob Brookmeyer (1956)

ABC-Paramount – ABC-129Rec. Dates : July 23, 1956, August 1, 1956Stream this Album Guitar : Jimmy RaneyValve Trombone : Bob BrookmeyerBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Osie JohnsonPiano : Dick Katz, Hank Jones Billboard : 11/03/1956Score of 78 In this LP, guitarist Raney is framed by B. Brookmeyer on valve trombone and three rhythm. The guitar-trombone combination is unusual and makes for some provocative sounds. The

Stan Getz – At The Shrine (1955)

Norgran – MGN 2000Rec. Date : November 8, 1954, November 9, 1954Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Stan GetzBass : Bill AnthonyDrums : Art Mardigan, Frank IsolaPiano : John WilliamsValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 04/02/1955Score of 80 With an ambitious concert album like this under his belt, Stan Getz may be said to have gotten the final measure of recognition of

Gerry Mulligan – California Concerts (1955)

Pacific – PJ-1201Rec. Dates : November 12, 1954, December 14, 1954Album is Not Streamable Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Red MitchellDrums : Chico Hamilton, Larry BunkerPiano : Gerry Mulligan, Bob BrookmeyerTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrumpet : Jon EardleyValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 05/07/1955Score of 81 In December, 1954, Mulligan temporarily disbanded his quartet. Two of the last concerts before doing so

Cannonball Adderley – African Waltz (1961)

Riverside – RLP 377 / 9377Rec. Dates : February 28, 1961, May 9, 1961, May 15, 1961Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball Adderley, George DorseyArranger : Ernie Wilkins, Bob BrookmeyerBaritone Sax : Arthur ClarkeBass : Sam JonesConductor : Ernie WilkinsDrums/Percussion : Charlie Persip, Louis Hayes, Michael Olatunji, Ray BarrettoFlute : George Dorsey, Oliver Nelson, Jerome RichardsonPiano : Wynton KellyTenor Sax : Oliver Nelson, Jerome RichardsonTrumpet : Nat Adderley, Ernie

Bob Brookmeyer – The Dual Role of Bob Brookmeyer (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7066Rec. Dates : January 6, 1954, June 30, 1955 Valve Trombone : Bob BrookmeyerPiano : Bob BrookmeyerBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Ed Shaughnessy, Mel LewisGuitar : Jimmy RaneyPiano, Vibes : Teddy Charles Listening to Prestige : #148Stream this Album Glamorgan GazetteBridgend, Wales : 05/31/1957 Outstanding examples of modern jazz “chamber music” are presented in this Long Playing release by