The Dual Role of Bob Brookmeyer
1956 studio album by Bob Brookmeyer
The Dual Role of Bob Brookmeyer | ||||
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Studio album by Bob Brookmeyer | ||||
Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded | January 6, 1954, and June 30, 1955 | |||
Studio | New York City and Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 30:28 | |||
Label | Prestige PRLP 7066 | |||
Producer | Bob Weinstock | |||
Bob Brookmeyer chronology | ||||
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The Dual Role of Bob Brookmeyer is an album by jazz trombonist and pianist Bob Brookmeyer recorded in 1954 and 1955 for the Prestige label.[1][2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Although the overall set is not all that essential, the music is pleasing and reasonably creative".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Bob Brookmeyer except as indicated
- "Rocky Scotch" – 4:40
- "Under the Lilacs" – 5:07
- "They Say It's Wonderful" (Irving Berlin) – 5:49
- "Potrezebie" (Jimmy Raney) – 4:49
- "Revelation" (Gerry Mulligan) – 5:46
- "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 4:29
- "Nobody's Heart" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:25
- "Loup-Garou" (Teddy Charles) – 4:38
- Recorded in New York City on January 6, 1954 (tracks 5–8) and at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on June 30, 1955 (tracks 1–4)
Personnel
- Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone, piano
- Jimmy Raney – guitar (tracks 1–4)
- Teddy Charles – vibraphone (tracks 5–8)
- Teddy Kotick – bass
- Mel Lewis (tracks 1–4), Ed Shaughnessy (tracks 5–8) – drums
- Nancy Overton – vocals (track 7)
References
- ^ Prestige Records discography accessed July 29, 2013
- ^ Cohen, N. Teddy Charles Discography, accessed July 29, 2013
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 29, 2013
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- v
- t
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- Bob Brookmeyer Quartet (1954)
- Bob Brookmeyer Plays Bob Brookmeyer and Some Others (1955)
- The Dual Role of Bob Brookmeyer (1954–55)
- Brookmeyer (1956)
- Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer (1956)
- Tonite's Music Today (and Zoot Sims, 1956)
- Whooeeee (and Zoot Sims, 1956)
- The Street Swingers (and Jim Hall, Jimmy Raney, 1957)
- Traditionalism Revisited (1957)
- Kansas City Revisited (1958)
- Stretching Out (1958)
- Portrait of the Artist (1959)
- The Ivory Hunters (and Bill Evans, 1959)
- Jazz Is a Kick (1960)
- The Blues Hot and Cold (1960)
- 7 x Wilder (1961)
- Trombone Jazz Samba (1962)
- Samba Para Dos (and Lalo Schifrin, 1963)
- Back Again (1978)
- New Works Celebration (New Art Orchestra, 1997)
- Island (2002)
and with Clark
Terry
- Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Brookmeyer, 1961)
- Tonight (1964)
- The Power of Positive Swinging (1965)
- Gingerbread Men (1966)
- Tijuana Jazz (Gary McFarland and Clark Terry, 1965)