Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer was long considered one of the top valve trombonists in jazz and a very advanced arranger whose writing was influenced by modern classical music. He started out as a pianist in dance bands but played 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 Jones/Mel Lewis orchestra (1965-1967), and became a busy studio musician. Brookmeyer was fairly inactive during much of the '70s, 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 wrote and occasionally recorded on his distinctive valve trombone, issuing Old Friends in 1998. New Works Celebration appeared a year later, and in 2000 he issued Together. Brookmeyer continued to perform and release albums through the next decade, often working with his European big band The New Art Orchestra including 2002's Waltzing with Zoe, 2004's Get Well Soon, and 2007's Spirit Music. In 2008, he explored his deep interest in classical music with Music for String Quartet and Orchestra. He wrote innovative big-band compositions and was highly regarded as a teacher: his classes at the New England Conservatory of Music are the stuff of legend. On December 15, 2011, Brookmeyer died in his sleep at a hospital near his home in Grantham, New Hampshire; the cause was congestive heart failure. He passed just a month after releasing the album Standards via the ArtistShare website, and only three days shy of his 82nd birthday.
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Trombone Jazz Samba
Jazz - Released by Verve Reissues on 15 Mar 2019
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Live At The Village Vanguard
Mel Lewis, Bob Brookmeyer, Clark Terry
Jazz - Released by Gryphon Records on 1 Jan 1991
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New Works - Celebration
Bob Brookmeyer, New Art Orchestra
Jazz - Released by Baseline Jazz on 9 Jan 2006
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Stretching Out
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 9 Aug 2021
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Blue Gershwin
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 Jan 1992
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Greatest Jazz Masters
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Master Classics Records on 30 Aug 2013
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Jazz Collection (Original Recordings)
Jazz - Released by Jazz Dog Records on 13 Mar 2020
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Bob Brookmeyer & Friends
Pop/Rock - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 1 Jan 1965
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The Bob Brookmeyer Small Band
Jazz - Released by Gryphon Records on 5 Oct 1978
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The Ivory Hunters
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 23 Jul 2013
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Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival
Jazz - Released by Baseline Jazz on 11 Aug 2021
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Impulsive !
Eliane Elias, Bob Brookmeyer, The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra
Jazz - Released by Stunt Records on 23 Feb 1997
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The Capitol Vaults Jazz Series
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 Jan 2004
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Electricity
Bob Brookmeyer, John Abercrombie, Rainer Brüninghaus, Frank Chastenier, Dieter Ilg, Danny Gottlieb
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 1 Mar 1991
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Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer Quintet. Complete Live Recordings 1962-1965
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on 2 Sep 2013
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Gloomy Sunday And Other Bright Moments
Jazz - Released by Verve Reissues on 3 Jan 1961
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Clark Terry - Bob Brookmeyer Quintet: Complete Studio Recordings
Jazz - Released by Jazz Lovers on 26 Sep 2016
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Get Well Soon
Bob Brookmeyer, New Art Orchestra
Jazz - Released by Baseline Jazz on 9 Jan 2003
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