''Jazz Concerto Grosso'' (full title ''Gerry Mulligan Bob Brookmeyer Play Phil Sunkel's Jazz Concerto Grosso'') is an album by American jazz musicians Gerry Mulligan and Bob Brookmeyer featuring performances of compositions by Phil Sunkel recorded in 1957 and released on the

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accessed February 23, 2016 The album was released on CD combined with the 1956 album "Every morning I Listen to... Phil Sunkel's Jazz Band".

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated "Although Gerry Mulligan and Bob Brookmeyer get top billing on this LP, the leader, composer, and arranger of all three compositions is cornetist Phil Sunkel. ...All of the music is enjoyable and falls clearly into the cool jazz genre, but it has languished in obscurity like Sunkel, though he was later briefly a member of the acclaimed Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band".

Track listing

''All compositions by Phil Sunkel'' # "Jazz Concerto Grosso" - 15:40 # "Something for the Ladies" - 9:10 # "Song for Cornet" - 7:53

Personnel

* Gerry Mulligan -

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contra ...

* Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone *Phil Sunkel -

cornet The cornet (, ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B, though there is also a sopr ...

*John Wilson - trumpet,

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

* Nick Travis, Al Stewart, Don Stratton - trumpet (track 1) * Frank Rehak - trombone (track 1) * Eddie Bert -

bass trombone The bass trombone (german: Bassposaune, it, trombone basso) is the bass instrument in the trombone family of brass instruments. Modern instruments are pitched in the same B♭ as the tenor trombone but with a larger bore, bell and mouthpiece to ...

(track 1) * Don Butterfield - tuba (track 1) *Dick Meldonian -

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

(track 1) *Cliff Hoff (track 1), Bill Slapin (track 1), Jim Reider (tracks 2 & 3) - tenor saxophone *Gene Allen - baritone saxophone (track 1) * Milt Hinton (track 1),

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(tracks 2 & 3) -

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*Harold Granowsky (track 1), Osie Johnson (tracks 2 & 3) -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

{{Authority control Bob Brookmeyer albums Gerry Mulligan albums 1958 albums Albums produced by Creed Taylor ABC Records albums