The Brothers! Explained

The Brothers!
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Al Cohn, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca
Cover:	The Brothers!.jpg
Released:	1956
Recorded:	June 24 & 25, 1955 Webster Hall, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	RCA Victor LPM 1162
Chronology:	Al Cohn
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The Brothers! is an album by the tenor saxophonists Al Cohn, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca recorded in 1955 for the RCA Victor label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "The music is fun and swinging if not all that original or distinctive".

Track listing

1. "Blixed" (Bill Potts) - 3:48
2. "Kim's Kaper" (Bill Perkins) - 3:13
3. "Rolling Stone" (Bob Brookmeyer) - 3:08
4. "Sioux Zan" (Nat Pierce) - 3:08
5. "The Walrus" (Al Cohn) - 2:48
6. "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) - 3:12
7. "Gay Blade" (Brookmeyer) - 3:17
8. "Three of a Kind" (Pierce) - 3:13
9. "Hags!" (Potts) - 3:19
10. "Pro-Ex" (Perkins) - 3:04
11. "Strange Again" (Potts) - 3:19
12. "Cap Snapper" (Cohn) - 3:39
13. "Memories of You" (Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake) - 3:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
14. "Saw Buck" (Pierce) - 3:18 Bonus track on CD reissue
15. "Chorus for Morris" (Pierce) - 3:19 Bonus track on CD reissue
16. "Slightly Salty" (Richie Kamuca) - 3:15 Bonus track on CD reissue

• Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on June 24 (tracks 2, 3, 6-8, 10, 13 & 16) and June 25 (tracks 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 14 & 15), 1955

Personnel

• Al Cohn, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca - tenor saxophone
• Hank Jones - piano
• Barry Galbraith (tracks 2, 3, 6-8, 10, 13 & 16), Sam Beethoven (tracks 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 14 & 15) - guitar
• John Beal - bass
• Chuck Flores - drums
• Bob Brookmeyer (tracks 3 & 7), Al Cohn (tracks 5, 6, 12, 13 & 16), Bill Perkins (tracks 2 & 10), Nat Pierce (tracks 4, 8, 14 & 15), Bill Potts (tracks 1, 9 & 11) - arranger

Notes and References

1. http://jazzdiscogcorner.pagesperso-orange.fr/discographies_%20labels/r/rcavictor/instrumentals/c/cohn_al/discography/rcavictor_alcohn_1955.htm The RCA Victor Sessions of Al Cohn: 1955