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Zoot Sims and Bob Brookmeyer – Tonite’s Music Today

Tonite’s Music Today is an album by saxophonist Zoot Sims and trombonist Bob Brookmeyer recorded in 1956 for the Storyville label.

Personnel: Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone, vocals Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone Hank Jones – piano Wyatt Reuther – bass Gus Johnson – drums

Reception.

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 and half stars. He described the album featuring “colorful jammed ensembles and hard-swinging yet cool-toned solos that owe as much to the swing tradition as to the innovations of bebop”.

Jimmy Giuffre with Bob Brookmeyer & Jim Hall – Western Suite

Bud Shank feat Bob Brookmeyer – Strings and Trombones (Full Album)

Bob Brookmeyer’s KC Seven – Kansas City Revisited

Kansas City Revisited is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger Bob Brookmeyer featuring Brookmeyer’s new orchestrations of 1920s and ’30s era Kansas City jazz tunes. The album was recorded in 1958 for the United Artists label.

Bob Brookmeyer’s KC Seven – Kansas City Revisited

Kansas City Revisited is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger Bob Brookmeyer featuring Brookmeyer’s new orchestrations of 1920s and ’30s era Kansas City jazz tunes. The album was recorded in 1958 for the United Artists label.

“Cool jazz meets swing.” (AllMusic)

Bill Evans & Bob Brookmeyer – The Ivory Hunters

The Ivory Hunters (subtitled Double Barrelled Piano) is an album by jazz pianists Bill Evans and Bob Brookmeyer, originally released on the United Artists label, featuring Evans and Brookmeyer with Percy Heath, and Connie Kay, recorded in 1959.

Zoot Sims/Bob Brookmeyer – Whooeeeee

Whooeeee (also released as Today’s Jazz and Morning Fun) is an album by the Zoot Sims-Bob Brookmeyer Quintet recorded in 1956 for the Storyville label.

Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer – Previously Unreleased Recordings

This obscure LP released in 1973 reveals previously unknown performances from the Clark Terry-Bob Brookmeyer quintet, a very likable unit of the period. Terry’s flugelhorn and Brookmeyer’s valve trombone blended together very well, they both had hard-swinging but witty styles, and their ensemble work was frequently exciting. With the fine support of pianist Eddie Costa (in one of his last sessions), bassist Joe Benjamin, and drummer Osie Johnson, Terry and Brookmeyer perform two originals, “Things Ain’t What They Used to Be” and “Stolen Moments”; the four renditions clock in between eight-and-a-half and 12 minutes. Excellent music (Scott Yanow/AllMusic).