Bob Brookmeyer – Bob Brookmeyer & Friends (1964)

Look at the line-up, then listen to this album and cogitate. How a record featuring all those great musicians should sound? Great, no doubt. Remarkably, Brookmeyer and Getz do the mathematical cool jazz thing way too often, sounding like perfect anachronisms in 1964 and demonstrating that they spent too much time in the vicinity of Gerry Mulligan. Gary Burton, Herbie Hancock & Elvin Jones are of no less brightness. Yet, though a certain prettiness of some of the tunes rescue the album from failing completely, it is certainly a far cry from what the illustrious names on the cover promise. Anyway, the sound is there, get close to it and decide yourself.

Tracklist:

01 Jive Hoot

02 Misty

03 The Wrinkle

04 Bracket

05 Skylark

06 Sometime Ago

07 I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face

08 Who Cares

09 Day Dream

Personnel:

Bob Brookmeyer: (Trombone “Valve”)

Stan Getz (Tenor Sax)

Herbie Hancock (Piano) 

Ron Carter (Bass)

Elvin Jones (Drums)

Gary Burton (Vibraphone)

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