The Brothers!
1956 studio album by Al Cohn, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca
| The Brothers! | ||||
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| Studio album by Al Cohn, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca | ||||
| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | June 24 & 25, 1955 Webster Hall, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | RCA Victor LPM 1162 | |||
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The Brothers! is an album by the tenor saxophonists Al Cohn, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca recorded in 1955 for the RCA Victor label.[1]
Reception
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "The music is fun and swinging if not all that original or distinctive".[2]
Track listing
- "Blixed" (Bill Potts) - 3:48
- "Kim's Kaper" (Bill Perkins) - 3:13
- "Rolling Stone" (Bob Brookmeyer) - 3:08
- "Sioux Zan" (Nat Pierce) - 3:08
- "The Walrus" (Al Cohn) - 2:48
- "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) - 3:12
- "Gay Blade" (Brookmeyer) - 3:17
- "Three of a Kind" (Pierce) - 3:13
- "Hags!" (Potts) - 3:19
- "Pro-Ex" (Perkins) - 3:04
- "Strange Again" (Potts) - 3:19
- "Cap Snapper" (Cohn) - 3:39
- "Memories of You" (Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake) - 3:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Saw Buck" (Pierce) - 3:18 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Chorus for Morris" (Pierce) - 3:19 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Slightly Salty" (Richie Kamuca) - 3:15 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on June 24 (tracks 2, 3, 6-8, 10, 13 & 16) and June 25 (tracks 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 14 & 15), 1955
Personnel
- Al Cohn, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca - tenor saxophone
- Hank Jones - piano
- Barry Galbraith (tracks 2, 3, 6-8, 10, 13 & 16), Sam Beethoven (tracks 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 14 & 15) - guitar
- John Beal - bass
- Chuck Flores - drums
- Bob Brookmeyer (tracks 3 & 7), Al Cohn (tracks 5, 6, 12, 13 & 16), Bill Perkins (tracks 2 & 10), Nat Pierce (tracks 4, 8, 14 & 15), Bill Potts (tracks 1, 9 & 11) - arranger
References
- ^ The RCA Victor Sessions of Al Cohn: 1955, accessed November 30, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. The Brothers – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- Al Cohn's Tones (1950 & 1953)
- Mr. Music (1954)
- The Natural Seven (1955)
- That Old Feeling (1955)
- Four Brass One Tenor (1955)
- The Brothers! (with Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca, 1955)
- From A to...Z (with Zoot Sims, 1956)
- The Sax Section (1956)
- Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)
- Tenor Conclave (with John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, and Zoot Sims, 1956)
- The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bobby Brookmeyer (1956)
- The Four Brothers... Together Again! (with Herbie Steward, Zoot Sims, and Serge Chaloff, 1957)
- Al and Zoot (with Zoot Sims, 1957)
- You 'n' Me (with Zoot Sims, 1960)
- Son of Drum Suite (1960)
- Either Way (with Zoot Sims, 1961)
- Jazz Mission to Moscow (1962)
- Body and Soul (with Zoot Sims, 1973)
- Motoring Along (with Zoot Sims, 1974)
- Play It Now (1975)
- True Blue (with Dexter Gordon, 1976)
- Silver Blue (with Dexter Gordon, 1976)
- Al Cohn's America (1976)
- Heavy Love (with Jimmy Rowles, 1977)
- No Problem (1979)
- Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (with Zoot Sims and Phil Woods, 1959)
- Xanadu in Africa (with Dolo Coker, Leroy Vinnegar, and Frank Butler, 1980)
- Night Flight to Dakar (with Billy Mitchell, Dolo Coker, Leroy Vinnegar and Frank Butler, 1980)
