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Bob Brookmeyer

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Aliases
The Bob Brookmeyer 4
Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra
Bob Brookmeyer Quartet
Bob Brookmeyer Quintet
The Bob Brookmeyer Quintet
The Bob Brookmeyer Small Band
Bobby Brookmeyer and his Orchestra
Real name
Robert Edward Brookmeyer
Born
December 19, 1929
Died
December 15, 2011
Country
United States
IPI
00004303053 1 work
00043827381 3 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Jazz valve trombonist and composer, who also recorded as a pianist
Member of
Gerry Mulligan All-Star Tribute Band
Family
Margo Guryan Ex-spouse (Years of marriage unknown, but couple divorced not later than 1970)
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Originals

Covers by Bob Brookmeyer

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1954 Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the Direction of Lucky Millinder, Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1954 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i 1954 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
i January 1955 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i   January 1955 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
i   January 1955 Nat Finston and his Paramount Studio Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sam Coslow REL, Maurice Chevalier, Rolfe Sedan, Bert Roach, Jeanette MacDonald BRD
i May 1955 Lou Gold and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i   1955 Alice Faye, The Ritz Brothers and chorus BRD, Tempo King and His Kings of Tempo with Queenie Ada Rubin at the Piano - Vocal Refrain by Tempo King REC
i   1955 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1955 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Maxine Grey REC, Doris Carson & Ray Bolger PRF
listen on Internet Archive i 1955 John Payne & Joan Merrill
listen on Internet Archive i 1955 Jane Froman & Everett Marshall
i 1955 Gene Austin
i 1955 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra
i 1955 Al Jolson
listen on Internet Archive i 1955 Busby Berkeley and Joyce Barber
i 1956 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i   1956 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
i 1956 Bobbe Arnst
i   1956 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i 1956 Mary Healy
i 1956 Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Nan Wynn]
i   1956 Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) REC, Lawrence Gray BRD
i 1956 Billie Holiday
i 1956 Adrian Schubert & His Orch. ‑ Vocal Chorus Harold Van Emburgh
i 1956 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF, Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1956 King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol
i 1956 Charlie Parker's All Stars
i   1956 Hal LeRoy & Eunice Healy PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC
i 1957 Chick Webb and His Orchestra
i 1957 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i 1957 Arthur Fields
i 1957 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i 1957 Red Onion Jazz Babies
i 1957 Marion Harris
i 1957 King Oliver and His Orchestra
i 1957 Henry Allen and His Orchestra
i 1959 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
i   1959 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
i 1959 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i Doggin' Around Bob Brookmeyer, Al Cohn, Paul Quinichette, Jim Hall, Big Miller 1959 Unverified
i 1959 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i 1959 Ethel Merman
i Impossible Bob Brookmeyer, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rosolino (Bob Brookmeyer, Frank Rosolino) 1959 Unverified
i   1959 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
i 1959 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1959 Ferd (Jelly Roll) Morton
i 1959 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i   1959 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i   1959 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
i 1959 Fred Astaire
1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i On the Sunny Side of the Street The Bob Brookmeyer 4 November 1960 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i 1960 Mildred Fisher
i 1960 Thelonious Monk Trio
listen on Internet Archive i   1960 Helen Morgan, Tess Gardella and Norma Terris PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
i   1960 Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL
i   1960 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
i I Got Rhythm The Bob Brookmeyer 4 1960 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i 1960 Eva Puck and Sam White
i 1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i   1960 Colette Lyons with the "Show Boat" Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Edwin McArthur REL, Eva Puck and Sam White PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   1960 Howard Marsh and Norma Terris PRF, Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert REC
listen on Internet Archive i   1960 Jan Clayton with The "Show Boat" Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Edwin McArthur REL, Jan Clayton PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   1960 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i 1960 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i Smoke Gets in Your Eyes The Bob Brookmeyer 4 1960 Unverified
i Stompin' at the Savoy The Bob Brookmeyer 4 1960 Unverified
i 1960 Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
i 1960 (unknown), Jan Savitt and His Top Hatters - Vocal Refrain by Allan DeWitt
i   1960 Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
listen on Internet Archive i   1960 Norma Terris, Howard Marsh, Charles Winninger & Edna May Oliver PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC,REL
i   1960 Jeanne Aubert & Lawrence Gray PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC,REL
i 1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1961 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
i   1961 Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
i 1961 Jan Savitt and His Tophatters - Vocal Refrain by Allan De Witt
i 1961 Gloria Wood – Arranged and conducted by Jerry Fielding
i 1961 James Moody and His Bop Men featuring Chano Pozo
i 1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1961 Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians
i 1961 Gene Krupa & His Orchestra
i 1962 Agostinho dos Santos
i 1962 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i 1962 Carlos Lyra
i 1962 (unknown)
i 1962 Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Mary Ann McCall
1962 Agostinho dos Santos
i 1962 Luiz Bonfá
i   1962 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
i   1963 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
i   1963 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain Ramona REC, William Gaxton & Ethel Merman PRF
i   1963 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
i   1963 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
i   1963 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i   1963 Frank Sinatra BRD, Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra REC
i 1963 Anthony Newley
i   March 1965 Rex Harrison REL,PRF
i March 1965 Erroll Garner Trio
i March 1965 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
i March 1965 The Art Farmer Quartet featuring Jim Hall
i March 1965 William Gaxton, Lois Moran and Reporters
i   1965 Tex Beneke with The Miller Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tex Beneke and The Crew Chiefs REL, Bing Crosby with The Calico Kids and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson and Martha Vickers [dubbed by Sally Sweetland] BRD
i 1965 (unknown)
i 1965 Herbie Hancock
i   1965 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra REC,REL
i 1965 The Art Farmer Quartet featuring Jim Hall
i 1965 The Thelonious Monk Quintet
i 1966 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
i 1966 Milt Jackson
i Milo's Other Samba Clark Terry / Bob Brookmeyer Quintet 1966 Unverified
i 1966 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
i 1978 Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
i   1978 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i 1978 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i 1978 Danny Kaye and Mary Jane Walsh
i   1978 Wilbur Evans PRF, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1978 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
i   1978 Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC
i   1978 Adriana Caselotti REL,BRD
i 1978 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i 1978 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i   1978 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1978 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
i 1979 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1979 Billie Holiday
i 1979 Duke Ellington
i 1979 Tom Harrell
1986 Jay McShann at the Piano with Singing By Walter Brown
1986 The Orioles - Sid Bass Orch.
1986 Ray Charles
1986 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
  1986 (unknown), Dick Powell PRF, Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain REC
1986 Orlando's Orchestra
1986 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert
1986 Frances Langford, Libby Bennett, Ann Miller & Lucille Ball [dubbed by Trudy Erwin]
You're Not the Only Oyster in the Stew Nancy Harrow with Sir Roland Hanna and Special Guest Bob Brookmeyer 1986 Unverified
i 1987 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i 1987 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i 1987 Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Mary Ann McCall
i 1987 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra
1990 Tom Waits
  1990 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC,REL
1990 Eagles [US1]
1990 The Beatles
1990 Billie Holiday
  1990 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
1990 Tom Waits
1990 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
1990 (unknown)
1990 Sophie Tucker
  1990 Jimmie Cox PRF, Blind Bobby Baker and His Guitar REC,REL
1990 Jimmy Cliff
1990 Russ Columbo and His Orchestra
  1990 Helen Morgan REC,REL,PRF
1990 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
1990 Bob Dylan
i 1997 Eliane Elias
i 1997 Eliane Elias
i 1997 Eliane Elias
i 1997 Eliane Elias
i 1997 Eliane Elias
i   September 15, 1998 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain Ramona REC, William Gaxton & Ethel Merman PRF
i   September 15, 1998 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
i September 15, 1998 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   September 15, 1998 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
i September 15, 1998 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i September 15, 1998 Gene Austin
i   September 15, 1998 Adriana Caselotti REL,BRD
i   September 15, 1998 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
i   September 15, 1998 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i   September 15, 1998 George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger REC, Mary Lawlor and John Price Jones PRF
i 1998 Miles Davis
i 1998 Mary Healy
i 1998 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i   1998 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i 1998 William Gaxton, Lois Moran and Reporters
i 1999 Ethel Merman
i 1999 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i   1999 Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL
i 1999 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt
i 1999 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i   1999 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i 1999 Henri Texier
i 1999 Mary Healy
i 1999 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i   1999 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i 1999 Music composed and conducted by John Lewis
i   1999 Adriana Caselotti REL,BRD
i 1999 (unknown), The Randy Weston Trio
i   1999 Paul Gregory & Marilyn Miller PRF, New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Ray Noble] REC,REL
i   2001 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
i   2001 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
i 2001 Dinah Shore with Orchestra
i   2001 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   2001 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
i 2001 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i July 2003 Miles Davis
i July 2003 Jan Clayton and John Raitt with Carousel Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau
i 2003 Marc Copland, John Abercrombie, Kenny Wheeler
i 2003 Lee Konitz - Kenny Wheeler Quartet
i   April 2004 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i   April 2004 Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL
i   April 2004 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
i April 2004 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i   April 2004 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
i April 2004 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra featuring Trumpet by Billy Butterfield
i   April 2004 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 2005 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
7 x Wilder The Bob Brookmeyer 4 1961 Verve Records
Back Again Bob Brookmeyer 1978 Sonet
Bob Brookmeyer and Friends Bob Brookmeyer March 1965 Columbia [US]
Bob Brookmeyer and Friends Bob Brookmeyer 2005 Columbia [US]
Bob Brookmeyer Plays Bob Brookmeyer and Some Others Bob Brookmeyer 1955 Clef Records
Bob Brookmeyer Quintet Bob Brookmeyer Quintet 1956 Vogue
Brookmeyer Bobby Brookmeyer and his Orchestra 1956 Vik
Gingerbread Men Clark Terry / Bob Brookmeyer Quintet 1966 Mainstream Records
Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments The Bob Brookmeyer Orchestra 1962 Verve Records
Holiday - Bob Brookmeyer Plays Piano Bob Brookmeyer 2001 Challenge Records
Island Bob Brookmeyer & Kenny Wheeler 2003 Artists House
Jazz Is a Kick Bob Brookmeyer 1960 Mercury
Kansas City Revisited Bob Brookmeyer, Al Cohn, Paul Quinichette, Jim Hall, Big Miller 1959 United Artists Records
Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival Jim Hall / Bob Brookmeyer 1999 Challenge Records
New Works Celebration Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra 1999 Challenge Records
Old Friends Bob Brookmeyer Quartet 1998 Storyville [DK]
One Night in Vermont Ted Rosenthal - Bob Brookmeyer April 2004 Planet Arts Recordings
Oslo The Bob Brookmeyer Quartet 1987 Concord Jazz
Out of This World Bob Brookmeyer, Netherlands Metropole Orchestra September 15, 1998 Koch Jazz
Pacific Jazz Presents Bud Shank and Bob Brookmeyer Bud Shank and Bob Brookmeyer 1955 Pacific Jazz
Play the Music of Eliane Elias - Impulsive! Eliane Elias, Bob Brookmeyer & The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra 1997 Stunt Records
Portrait of the Artist Bob Brookmeyer 1960 Atlantic
Samba para dos Lalo Schifrin / Bob Brookmeyer 1963 Verve Records
Shadow Box Benny Aronov featuring Bob Brookmeyer,Tom Harrell 1979 Choice
Stay Out of the Sun Bob Brookmeyer, Michael Stephans, Larry Koonse & Tom Warrington July 2003 Challenge Records
Storyville Presents Bob Brookmeyer Featuring Al Cohn Bob Brookmeyer featuring Al Cohn 1954 Storyville [US]
Street of Dreams Nancy Harrow featuring Bob Brookmeyer 1990 Gazell [US]
Stretching Out Zoot Sims - Bob Brookmeyer Octet 1959 United Artists Records
The Bob Brookmeyer Quartet Bob Brookmeyer Quartet January 1955 Pacific Jazz
The Bob Brookmeyer Small Band The Bob Brookmeyer Small Band 1978 Gryphon
The Ivory Hunters Bob Brookmeyer and Bill Evans 1959 United Artists Records
The New Jazz Sound of Show Boat The Guitar Choir with Bob Brookmeyer and Phil Woods - Arranged and conducted by John Carisi 1960 Columbia [US]
The Power of Positive Swinging Clark Terry Bob Brookmeyer Quintet 1965 Mainstream Records
Today's Jazz The Bob Brookmeyer - Zoot Sims Quintet 1956 Jazztone
Together Bob Brookmeyer / Mads Vinding 1999 Challenge Records
Tonight Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer Quintet 1965 Mainstream Records
Tonight's Jazz Today Zoot Sims and Bob Brookmeyer 1956 Storyville [US]
Traditionalism Revisited The Bob Brookmeyer Quintet 1957 World Pacific
Trombone Jazz Samba - Bossa Nova Bob Brookmeyer 1962 Verve Records
Urso and Brookmeyer Phil Urso and Bob Brookmeyer September 1954 Savoy Records
Western Suite Jimmy Giuffre with Bob Brookmeyer & Jim Hall 1960 Atlantic
You're Nearer Nancy Harrow with Sir Roland Hanna and Special Guest Bob Brookmeyer 1986 Tono Records [US]

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