BOB BROOKMEYER
THE CLASSIC ALBUMS (4CD)
COMPACT DISC - 4 CD BOX SET
Item no. :EN4CD9225 Barcode :0823564037622 Artist :BOB BROOKMEYER Product type :Compact Disc - 4 CD Box Set Label :ENLIGHTENMENT SERIES Release Date :12 January 2024
DESCRIPTION TRACK LIST
DISC ONE
1 Arrowhead 7:01
2 Street Swingers 6:22
3 Hot Buttered Noodling 6:04
4 Musicale Du Jour 8:51
5 Raney Day 5:27
6 Jupiter 5:07
7 Honeysuckle Rose 5:55
8 As Time Goes By 6:56
9 The Way You Look Tonight 7:40
10 It Could Happen To You 7:26
11 The Man I Love 5:57
12 I Got Rhythm 8:31
DISC TWO
1 Air Conditioned 4:55
2 Exactly Like You 4:39
3 This Can’t Be Love 3:25
4 Green Stamps 4:37
5 The Things I Love 4:44
6 Only When You’re Near 3:33
7 You’re My Everything 3:20
8 Cooperation 7:27
9 Blues Suite: Introduction And First Movement 7:21
10 Second Movement 3:56
11 Third Movement 5:00
12 Fourth Movement 5:21
13 It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) 6:18
14 Mellow Drama 5:52
15 Out Of Nowhere 4:57
16 Darn That Dream 4:57
DISC THREE
1 On The Sunny Side Of The Street 6:04
2 Stoppin’ At The Savoy 5:54
3 Languid Blues 7:22
4 I Got Rhythm 4:54
5 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 5:49
6 Hot And Cold Blues 7:58
7 Caravan 3:25
8 Why Are You Blue? 4:27
9 Some Of My Best Friends 5:03
10 Gloomy Sunday 5:56
11 Ho Hum 4:45
12 Detour Ahead 5:37
13 Days Gone By; Oh My! 5:04
14 Where, Oh Where 3:51
DISC FOUR
1 Samba de Orfeu 4:10
2 Manhã De Carneval 4:36
3 Blues Bossa Nova 4:11
4 Qual E O Po 3:33
5 A Felicidade 3:16
6 Theme From ‘Munity On The Bounty’ 2:06
7 Chora Tua Tristeza 4:15
8 Colonel Bogey Bossa Nova 2:21
9 Jive Hoot 4:43
10 Misty 5:19
11 The Wrinkle 5:22
12 Bracket 4:59
13 Skylark 5:03
14 Sometime Ago 4:06
15 I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face 5:06
16 Who Cares? 7:05
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, on December 19, 1929, American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer Bob Brookmeyer first gained widespread public attention as a member of Gerry Mulligan's quartet from 1954 to 1957. He later worked with Jimmy Giuffre, before rejoining Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band. He garnered 8 Grammy Award nominations during his lifetime.
This four CD set comprises eight original, re-mastered Bob Brookmeyer albums originally released between 1958 and 1964, this pivotal jazz-man’s glory years as an esteemed musician. Featuring too a virtual who’s who of Brookmeyer’s contemporaries from the era, this collection serves ideally well as the perfect starting place for those new to the great man’s music, and as the ultimate go-to set for those already familiar.
