The Four Brothers Sound Explained

The Four Brothers Sound
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Jimmy Giuffre
Cover:	The Four Brothers Sound.jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	June 23 & 25 and September 1, 1958 Atlantic Studios, NYC and Lenox, MA
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Atlantic LP 1295
Producer:	Nesuhi Ertegun
Chronology:	Jimmy Giuffre
Prev Title:	Trav'lin' Light
Prev Year:	1958
Next Title:	Western Suite
Next Year:	1958

The Four Brothers Sound is an album by American jazz composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre featuring Giuffre's tenor saxophone overdubbed four times to recreate the sound of Woody Herman's "Four Brothers" band which was released on the Atlantic label in 1959.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Brandon Burke of Allmusic states: "The effect of this overdubbing process is, while sonically challenging, unlikely to turn off listeners not quite sold on experimental jazz... 'Four Brothers Sound is proof that the term avant-garde needn't always be associated with harsh dissonance. This is a very enjoyable set".

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Giuffre except as indicated

1. "Four Brothers" - 3:23
2. "Ode to Switzerland" - 4:44
3. "Blues in the Barn" - 4:46
4. "Space" - 3:31
5. "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:26
6. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 2:07
7. "Memphis in June" (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:31
8. "Cabin in the Sky" (Vernon Duke, John La Touche) - 2:57
9. "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) - 2:22

• Recorded at Atlantic Studios, NYC on June 23, 1958 (track 6), June 25, 1958 (track 2) and Lenox, MA on September 1, 1958 (tracks 1, 3-5 & 7-9)

Personnel

• Jimmy Giuffre - tenor saxophone
• Jim Hall - guitar (tracks 1, 3-5 & 7-9)
• Bob Brookmeyer - piano (tracks 1, 3-5 & 7-9)

Notes and References

1. Fitzgerald, M., Jimmy Guiffre Leader Entry accessed July 6, 2015
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/jimmy-giuffre/catalog/#atlantic-lp-1295 Jimmy Giuffre Catalog