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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The Modernity of Bob Brookmeyer
Contemporary Jazz - Released by SINETONE AMR on 7 Feb 2022
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Happy Minors
Red Mitchell, Bob Brookmeyer, Zoot Simms
Jazz - Released by SINETONE AMR on 21 Jul 2011
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In Jazz We Trust
Jazz - Released by Rare Jazz Recordings on 3 Mar 2015
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Trombone Jazz Samba (Jazz Meets the Bossa Nova)
Jazz - Released by Nova 017 Ltd on 15 Mar 2019
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Whooeeee (HD Remastered)
Vocal Jazz - Released by Reborn recordings on 18 Oct 2018
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Samba De Orfeu / A Felicidade (All Tracks Remastered)
Latin America - Released by Hit Singles Records on 23 Mar 2020
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Milestones of a Jazz Legend - Jim Hall on Guitar Vol. 6
Bob Brookmeyer, John Lewis, Jim Hall
Cool Jazz - Released by Intense Media GmbH on 13 Mar 2020
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Whooeeee (Hq Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Vintage Recordings on 15 Oct 2021
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The Street Swingers
Lounge - Released by Ancien Prodige on 7 Feb 2022
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Trombone Jazz Samba
Contemporary Jazz - Released by SINETONE AMR on 19 Apr 2019
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Recorded
Contemporary Jazz - Released by SINETONE AMR on 23 Jul 2013
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S-H-I-n-E
Contemporary Jazz - Released by SINETONE AMR on 23 Jul 2013
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Whooeeee
Contemporary Jazz - Released by SINETONE AMR on 18 Oct 2018
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Samba toute la nuit
Jazz - Released by Absolute Music on 19 Jun 2017
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Just One of Those Things
Jazz - Released by Absolute Music on 1 Oct 2020
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