Gerry Mulligan-Bob Brookmeyer • Play Phil Sunkel's Jazz Concerto Grosso

 

Review
by Ken Dryden
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. The full 15-piece band is heard on the nearly 16-minute "Jazz Concerto Grosso," with the full band supporting the solos of Mulligan (baritone sax), Brookmeyer (valve trombone), and the leader. The shorter pieces from the following day's session feature a septet with totally different personnel, except for the three major soloists. 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 a member of the acclaimed Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band. This long deleted record will be somewhat difficult to locate.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-concerto-grosso-mw0001447882?1643133738852

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Reseña
por Ken Dryden
Aunque Gerry Mulligan y Bob Brookmeyer son los protagonistas de este LP, el líder, compositor y arreglista de las tres composiciones es el cornetista Phil Sunkel. La banda completa de 15 músicos se escucha en el "Jazz Concerto Grosso" de casi 16 minutos, con la banda completa apoyando los solos de Mulligan (saxo barítono), Brookmeyer (trombón de válvulas) y el líder. Las piezas más cortas de la sesión del día siguiente presentan un septeto con personal totalmente diferente, excepto los tres solistas principales. Toda la música es agradable y entra claramente en el género del cool jazz, pero ha languidecido en la oscuridad como Sunkel, aunque más tarde fue miembro de la aclamada Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band. Este disco, eliminado hace tiempo, será algo difícil de localizar.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-concerto-grosso-mw0001447882?1643133738852

Tracklist:
1. Jazz Concerto Grosso
2. Something For The Ladies
3. Song For Cornet


Credits:
    Alto Saxophone – Dick Meldonian (tracks: A1)
    Baritone Saxophone – Gene Allen (tracks: A1), Gerry Mulligan
    Bass – Milt Hinton (tracks: A1), Wendell Marshall (tracks: B1, B2)
    Bass Trombone – Eddie Bert (tracks: A1)
    Cornet – Phil Sunkel
    Cover [Design] – Fran Scott
    Drums – Harold Granowsky (tracks: B1, B2), Osie Johnson (tracks: A1)
    Engineer – Irv Greenbaum
    Flugelhorn – John Wilson  (tracks: B1, B2)
    Photography By – Myron Miller
    Producer – Creed Taylor
    Tenor Saxophone – Cliff Hoff (tracks: A1), Jim Reider (tracks: B1), Bill Slapin (tracks: A1)
    Trombone – Frank Rehack (tracks: A1)
    Trumpet – Al Stewart  (tracks: A1), Don Stratton (tracks: A1), John Wilson (40) (tracks: A1), Nick Travis (tracks: A1)
    Tuba – Don Butterfield (tracks: A1)
    Valve Trombone – Bob Brookmeyer
    Written-By, Liner Notes – Phil Sunkel

Label: ABC-Paramount – ABC-225
Released: 1958
Genre: Jazz
Style: Big Band, Swing
https://www.discogs.com/release/6701177-Gerry-Mulligan-Bob-Brookmeyer-Gerry-Mulligan-Bob-Brookmeyer-Play-Phil-Sunkels-Jazz-Concerto-Grosso

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