Ask any lay listener to list the most influential jazz saxophonists of the 20th Century and you're likely to come up with a short list including Coltrane, Bird and a few others. But, ask an educated ...

Clever title this, even though perchance unintended. Bob Brookmeyer (in his 76th year) and the impressive New Art Orchestra have recorded their fifth album, and first for ArtistShare, Spirit Music—in ...

Bob Brookmeyer, a valve trombonist, educator and influential composer/arranger, died last night in New Hampshire, days short of his 82nd birthday. Brookmeyer arrived in New York as a both a trombonist ...

Bob Brookmeyer, a master of the rarely played valve trombone who was also an influential jazz composer, bandleader and teacher, died Dec. 15 at a hospital in New London, N.H. He was 81. His wife, ...

Alyn Shipton marks the 80th birthday of trombonist, bandleader and arranger Bob Brookmeyer as he picks the highlights of his recorded work. Show more In 2011, trombonist, bandleader and arranger Bob ...

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When he was 11, the trombonist Bob Brookmeyer was taken by his father to see the Count Basie Orchestra performing at the Tower Theater, Kansas City. It was, he recalled, "the first major body thrill I ...

Brian Landrus did some boxing in his home state of Nevada before his emergence as a versatile baritone saxophonist. When he came to Boston to study at New England Conservatory, Bob Brookmeyer taught ...

Bob Brookmeyer began his career in the 1950s. From the beginning, Brookmeyer was credited with a highly distinctive personal style — first as an improviser, then as a composer and arranger for ...

The appeal of most jazz movies has rarely spread beyond the cognoscenti, but Bert Stern's captivating 1960 documentary Jazz on a Summer's Day quickly acquired the popular status it has retained to ...