The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bobby Brookmeyer

The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bobby Brookmeyer
Studio album by Al Cohn
Released	1957
Recorded	December 3-5, 1956 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:15
Label	Coral CRL 57118
Producer	Steve Backer
Al Cohn chronology
Cohn on the Saxophone (1956) The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bobby Brookmeyer (1956) The Four Brothers... Together Again! (1957)

The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bobby Brookmeyer is an album by saxophonist, composer and arranger Al Cohn's Quintet with trombonist Bob Brookmeyer recorded in late 1956 for the Coral label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated "Cohn and Brookmeyer inspire one another throughout the sessions".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Al Cohn except as indicated

1. "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:25
2. "Good Spirits" (Bob Brookmeyer) - 3:37
3. "A Blues Serenade" (Frank Signorelli, Vincent Grande, Jimmy Lytell) - 4:23
4. "Lazy Man Stomp" (Brookmeyer) - 2:56
5. "Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 2:50
6. "Chlo-e (Song of the Swamp)" (Neil Moret, Gus Kahn) - 3:38
7. "S-H-I-N-E" (Cecil Mack, Lew Brown, Ford Dabney) - 3:45
8. "Back to Back" - 2:37
9. "So Far So Good" - 3:50
10. "Winter" - 3:54
11. "I Should Care" (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) - 2:41
12. "Bunny Hunch" (Brookmeyer) - 2:39

Personnel

• Al Cohn - tenor saxophone
• Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone
• Mose Allison - piano
• Teddy Kotick - bass
• Nick Stabulas - drums

References