Trombone Jazz Samba - Bob Brookmeyer Order a Digital Download or Physical Disc:24/192 PCM Flac Digital Download Garland’s lingering infection left her

Garland’s lingering infection left her singing somewhat impaired in early 1956

Allegro brillante 12:03

Andante un poco maestoso - Allegro molto vivace 11:26

Largo 9:46

Microphones used were a Neumann U-67 on tenor saxophone

Trombone Jazz Samba - Bob Brookmeyer Order a Digital Download or Physical Disc:24/192 PCM Flac Digital Download Garland’s lingering infection left herWhat makes this album noteworthy is not its scale but its sensibility. Brookmeyers valve trombone is naturally more subdued than the brassy slide trombone, and here that works to his advantage. The instruments mellow, rounded voice pairs surprisingly well with the cool elegance of bossa nova. He avoids the trap of overplaying, letting the percussion and guitars carry the rhythmic identity while he floats above with melodic fragments that never