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AVID Jazz presents four classic Al Cohn albums on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD.
‘Mr Music’, ‘The Al Cohn Quintet featuring Bob Brookmeyer’, ‘Al & Zoot’ and returning the favour and reversing the billing ‘Bob Brookmeyer featuring Al Cohn’.
Writer, arranger, performer, sideman and leader Al Cohn was one of the ‘rare creative artists gifted with unlimited and technical resources... and an unerring insight into the expressivness of modern jazz’.
Starting out and learning his trade, as did fellow sax man Zoot Sims, in the big bands, most notably with Woody Herman, Al Cohn is perhaps primarily remembered as a fine sideman.
However here we feature him on three albums as the front man, firstly on the aptly titled ‘Mr Music’ featuring his orchestra, secondly ‘The Al Cohn Quintet featuring Bob Brookmeyer’, thirdly with his old sparring partner Zoot Sims for ‘Al & Zoot’ and finally Brookmeyer returns the favour on his album ‘Bob Brookmeyer featuring Al Cohn’.
Among the fine musicians to look out for we feature Mose Allison, Joe Newman, Billy Byers, Milt Hinton, Billy Bauer and many more.
For good measure and extra value we complete the set with a couple of tracks from the ‘Winners Circle’ album.
All four albums have been digitally re-mastered for probably the finest sound quality ever!
CD1
1-9: ‘Mr Music’
1. Something For Lisa
2. Count Every Star
3. Cabin In The Sky
4. Move
5. Never Never Land
6. La Ronde
7. This Reminds Me Of You
8. Breakfast With Joe
9. Cohn My Way
10-21: ‘Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bob Brookmeyer
10. The Lady Is A Tramp
11. Good Spirits
12. A Blues Serenade
13. Lazy Man Stomp
14. Ill Wind
15. Chloe
16. Shine
17. Back To Back
18. So Far So Good
19. Winter
20. I Should Care
21. Bunny Hunch
CD2
1-8: ‘Al & Zoot’
1. It’s A Wonderful World
2. Brandy And Beer
3. Two Funky People
4. Chasing The Blues
5. Halley’s Comet
6. You’re A Lucky Guy
7. The Wailing Boat
8. Just You, Just Me
9-13: ‘Bob Brokmeyer Featuring Al Cohn’
9. Open Country
10. Jive At Five
11. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
12. In the Mode
13. Skylark
14-15: ‘Winner’s Circle’
14. Not So Sleepy
15. Love And The Weather |
