Bob Brookmeyer

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Bob Brookmeyer
Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer at the Clearwater Jazz Festival in the 1980s Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer at the Clearwater Jazz Festival in the 1980s
Background information
Birth name	Robert Brookmeyer
Born	December 19, 1929 (1929-12-19) (age 82)
Origin	Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Genres	Mainstream jazz Cool jazz West Coast jazz Post bop
Occupations	Trombonist, Pianist
Instruments	Valve trombone, Piano
Associated acts	Gerry Mulligan, Jim Hall

Robert Brookmeyer (born December 19, 1929) is an American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, and arranger.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 As leader 2.2 As sideman 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Born in Kansas City, Missouri,<ref name="jb1">Berendt, Joachim (1976). The Jazz Book. Paladin. pp. 199. </ref> Brookmeyer first gained widespread public attention as a member of Gerry Mulligan's quartet<ref>Berendt, Joachim (1976). The Jazz Book. Paladin. pp. 380. </ref> from 1954 to 1957. He later worked with Jimmy Giuffre.<ref>Berendt, Joachim (1976). The Jazz Book. Paladin. pp. 384. </ref> before rejoining Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band.

In the late 1950s he moved to New York City to work as a freelance arranger. In the 1960s he also worked as a studio musician, co-led a quintet with Clark Terry and worked in and wrote for the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. In 1980 this band recorded an album of his compositions/arrangements on which two tracks featured Clark Terry.

After a period in Europe he has returned to the United States, where he continues to write and record. Bob Brookmeyer also teaches jazz composition at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.

In June 2005, Brookmeyer joined ArtistShare and announced a project to fund an upcoming third album featuring his New Art Orchestra. The resulting Grammy-nominated CD, titled Spirit Music, was published in summer 2006.

[edit] Discography

[edit] As leader

• 1954: The Dual Role of Bob Brookmeyer (OJC) with Jimmy Raney, Mel Lewis, Teddy Charles
• 1954: Quintets (Vogue)
• 1956: Brookmeyer (RCA)
• 1957: Traditionalism Revisited (Blue Note)
• 1959: The Ivory Hunters (United Artists) Brookmeyer on piano with Bill Evans
• 1964: Bob Brookmeyer and Friends (Columbia)
• 1978: The Bob Brookmeyer Small Band (DCC Jazz, ersch. 1999)
• 1986: Oslo (Concord)
• 1988: Back Again (Dragon)
• 1991: Electricity (ACT)
• 1993: Paris Suite (Challenge)
• 1994: Old Friends (Storyville)
• 1997: New Works / Celebration (Challenge)
• 1998: Out Of This World (Koch)
• 1998: Together (Challenge)
• 1999: Madly Loving You (Challenge)
• 2000: Holiday (Challenge)
• 2002: Get Well Soon (Challenge)
• 2004: Island (Artists House)

[edit] As sideman

With Arkadia Jazz All Stars

• Thank You, Gerry!

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Paris Concert (1954)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Bob Brookmeyer's website
• Record Company (Challenge Records International)
• Interview with Bob Brookmeyer

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