Four Brass One Tenor
1955 studio album by Al Cohn
Four Brass One Tenor | ||||
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Studio album by Al Cohn | ||||
Released | 1955 | |||
Recorded | May 9, 14 & 16, 1955 Webster Hall, New York City, NY, USA | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | RCA Victor LPM 1161 | |||
Producer | Jack Lewis | |||
Al Cohn chronology | ||||
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Four Brass One Tenor is an album by Al Cohn's Jazz Workshop recorded in 1955 for the RCA Victor label.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden stated "Cohn is in terrific form, boosted by the swinging rhythm section" and called it a "very entertaining cool jazz album".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Al Cohn except as indicated
- "Rosetta" (Earl Hines, Henri Woode) – 4:25
- "The Song Is Ended" (Irving Berlin) – 2:42
- "Linger a While" (Harry Owens, Vincent Rose) – 3:22
- "Every Time" (Walter Kent, Walton Farrar) – 2:18
- "Haroosh" – 4:02
- "Just Plain Sam" (Manny Albam) – 2:55
- "I'm Coming Virginia" (Will Marion Cook, Donald Heywood) – 2:30
- "Cohn Not Cohen" – 2:46
- "A Little Song" – 2:47
- "Foggy Water" (Albam) – 2:49
- "Sugar Cohn" (Albam) – 3:07
- "Alone Together" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 3:26
- Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on May 9 (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 12), May 14 (tracks 2 & 8–11) and May 16 (tracks 3, 5 & 7), 1955
Personnel
- Al Cohn – tenor saxophone
- Bernie Glow (track 2 & 8–11), Joe Newman, Joe Wilder (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 12), Phil Sunkel (tracks 3, 5 & 7), Thad Jones – trumpet
- Nick Travis – trumpet, trombone
- Dick Katz – piano
- Freddie Green – guitar
- Buddy Jones – bass
- Osie Johnson – drums
- Al Cohn (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7–11), Manny Albam (tracks 2, 3, 6 & 12) – arranger
References
- ^ The RCA Victor Sessions of Al Cohn: 1955, accessed November 30, 2015
- ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Four Brass One Tenor – 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)