BOB BROOKMEYER / MEL LEWIS Slylark

BOB BROOKMEYER, MEL LEWIS

Skylark

Everyone remembers Bob Brookmeyer as the Valve Trombone player and arranger who worked for many years with Gerry Mulligan, very swinging and very straight ahead. But he had another side that surfaced years later. It was shown when being the chief arranger for the Mel Lewis Orchestra. After Thad Jones passed, Lewis continued at the Village Vanguard and Brookmemer was their chief arranger. His influence was felt throughout jazz. Among his students were such later big band leaders and writers as Maria Schneider.

Here is a really beautiful and a bit different arrangement he did of  Skylark.

Drums – Mel Lewis

Flugelhorn – Clark Terry (tracks: B1, B2)

French Horn – Stephanie Fauber

Piano – Jim McNeely

Producer – Norman Schwartz

Reeds – Bob Mintzer, Dick Oatts, Gary Pribeck, Richard Perry, Steve Coleman

Trombone – Bob Brookmeyer (tracks: B1, B2), Earl McIntyre, John Mosca, Lee Robertson, Lolly Bienenfeld

Trumpet – Earl Gardner, John Marshall (7), Larry Moses, Ron Tooley