''The Brothers!'' is an album by the tenor saxophonists

Al Cohn Al Cohn (November 24, 1925 – February 15, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer. He came to prominence in the band of clarinetist Woody Herman and was known for his longtime musical partnership with fellow saxophonist Zo ...

, Bill Perkins and

Richie Kamuca Richie Kamuca (July 23, 1930 – July 22, 1977) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Musical career Kamuca was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, and, like many players associated with West Coast jazz, grew up in the East befo ...

recorded in 1955 for the

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label.The RCA Victor Sessions of Al Cohn: 1955
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Reception

The

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review by Scott Yanow stated "The music is fun and swinging if not all that original or distinctive".

Track listing

# "Blixed" ( Bill Potts) - 3:48 # "Kim's Kaper" (Bill Perkins) - 3:13 # "Rolling Stone" (

Bob Brookmeyer Robert Edward "Bob" Brookmeyer (December 19, 1929 – December 15, 2011) was an American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer first gained widespread public attention as a member of Ge ...

) - 3:08 # "Sioux Zan" (

Nat Pierce Nathaniel Pierce Blish Jr., known professionally as Nat Pierce (July 16, 1925 – June 10, 1992) was an American jazz pianist and prolific composer and arranger, perhaps best known for being pianist and arranger for the Woody Herman band from 195 ...

) - 3:08 # "The Walrus" (Al Cohn) - 2:48 # " Blue Skies" (

Irving Berlin Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; yi, ישראל ביילין; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-American composer, songwriter and lyricist. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Born in Imperial Russi ...

) - 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 "Memories of You" is a popular song about nostalgia with lyrics written by Andy Razaf and music composed by Eubie Blake and published in 1930. Song history The song was introduced by singer Minto Cato in the Broadway show '' Lew Leslie's Blackbi ...

" (

Andy Razaf Andy Razaf (born Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo; December 16, 1895 – February 3, 1973) was an American poet, composer and lyricist of such well-known songs as " Ain't Misbehavin'" and " Honeysuckle Rose". Biography Razaf was born in Washi ...

Eubie Blake James Hubert "Eubie" Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983) was an American pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. In 1921, he and his long-time collaborator Noble Sissle wrote ''Shuffle Along'', one of the first Bro ...

) - 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

, Bill Perkins and

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

Hank Jones Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

Barry Galbraith Joseph Barry Galbraith (December 18, 1919 – January 13, 1983) was an American jazz guitarist. Galbraith moved to New York City from McDonald, PA in the early 1940s and found work playing with Babe Russin, Art Tatum, Red Norvo, Hal McIntyre, an ...

(tracks 2, 3, 6-8, 10, 13 & 16), Sam Beethoven (tracks 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 14 & 15) -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

*John Beal - bass *

Chuck Flores Charles Walter "Chuck" Flores (January 5, 1935 - November 24, 2016) was an American jazz drummer. One of the relatively small number of musicians associated with West Coast jazz who were actually from the West Coast, Flores was born in Orange, Cali ...

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 ...

*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 In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orches ...

References

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