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• RE: R.I.P. Bob Brookmeyer. - Bob Smith 10:38:29 12/19/11 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: R.I.P. Bob Brookmeyer. posted by Rick W on December 16, 2011 at 11:37:14

  Leaving aside his obvious merits as a jazz player for the moment, I should like to comment on the instrument he played.
  I believe that calling his instrument a 'valve trombone' is a misnomer.
  I think it ought to be called a 'baritone trumpet', because it has a bore based on the parabola (as does the trumpet), and it has the same range as the euphonium (that has a bore that is conical).
  
  Cheers
  

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• RE: R.I.P. Bob Brookmeyer. - David Smith 19:58:10 12/16/11 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: R.I.P. Bob Brookmeyer. posted by Rick W on December 16, 2011 at 11:37:14

  Wow, another sad one. The big band and compositional scene in jazz is thriving today, in no small part due to him. RIP.
  

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  • RE: R.I.P. Bob Brookmeyer. - suretyguy 20:53:33 12/17/11 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: R.I.P. Bob Brookmeyer. posted by David Smith on December 16, 2011 at 19:58:10

    Absolutely right. As much as I enjoy many of his earlier small group recordings, it's actually his more recent big band things that I think will be his real legacy, along with his influence on people like Maria Schneider and Darcy James Argue.
    

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• I came late to Brookmeyer - Mike K 19:48:58 12/16/11 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: R.I.P. Bob Brookmeyer. posted by Rick W on December 16, 2011 at 11:37:14

  but I am certainly glad that I did get to him. I'm unfamiliar with his
  composing, but I am highly enamored on his playing.
  
  RIP, Bob. You enriched my life, for which it impossible to thank you
  enough.
  
  MK
  

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• Very sad - he will surely be missed. - kavakidd 13:39:40 12/16/11 (6)
  In Reply to: RE: R.I.P. Bob Brookmeyer. posted by Rick W on December 16, 2011 at 11:37:14

  Perhaps some Terry/Brookmeyer quintet or "Ivory Hunters" this evening......oh so much great music he made
  "Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
  
  

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  • RE: Very sad - he will surely be missed. - jazz1 08:32:43 12/17/11 (5)
    In Reply to: RE: Very sad - he will surely be missed. posted by kavakidd on December 16, 2011 at 13:39:40

    One of my fav cd of Bob is the 1954 recording at Salle Pleyel in Paris with Gerry Mulligan, Red Mitchell on bass and Frank Isola on drums, I remember going through 3 lps, and 2 cd's It is on tonight program for sure.
    

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    • Is that one under his name or - kavakidd 14:05:22 12/17/11 (4)
      In Reply to: RE: Very sad - he will surely be missed. posted by jazz1 on December 17, 2011 at 08:32:43

      one of the others??
      
      TYIA
      "Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
      
      

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      • RE: Is that one under his name or - suretyguy 20:49:44 12/17/11 (3)
        In Reply to: RE: Is that one under his name or posted by kavakidd on December 17, 2011 at 14:05:22

        It's actually the Gerry Mulligan quartet.
        

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        • Thanx - kavakidd 22:24:57 12/17/11 (1)
          In Reply to: RE: Is that one under his name or posted by suretyguy on December 17, 2011 at 20:49:44

          I'll check the shelves
          "Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
          
          

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          • Jeez I should have kept a few sealed copies!! - jazz1 04:48:37 12/18/11 (0)
            In Reply to: RE: Thanx posted by kavakidd on December 17, 2011 at 22:24:57

            This one is from Amazon.com, but a French one is available from Amazon.fr and it has been remastered.
            I never compared the 2.

            • http://www.amazon.fr/Pleyel-Concert-Vol-1-Mulligan-Quartet/d   (Open in New Window)

            
            

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        • RE: Is that one under his name or - jazz1 21:56:48 12/17/11 (0)
          In Reply to: RE: Is that one under his name or posted by suretyguy on December 17, 2011 at 20:49:44

          You are right, I confused Baker with Mulligan as Baker also played with Mulligan, it is called Gerry Mulligan quartet at Salle Pleyel 1954
          

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• What a loss. - Dave Pogue 13:15:07 12/16/11 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: R.I.P. Bob Brookmeyer. posted by Rick W on December 16, 2011 at 11:37:14

  I just read about it in a post from Maria Schneider.
  
  Time to play "The Blues Hot and Cold."
  

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• A wonderful player and his passing, a great loss! I saw him - BillyBenBilly 12:00:52 12/16/11 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: R.I.P. Bob Brookmeyer. posted by Rick W on December 16, 2011 at 11:37:14

  with his friend and great guitarist, Jim Hall, in the basement of a church in Philadelphia many years ago. Wow! What great music and musicians! Sorry to hear of his passing. My life and hopefully your's have been enriched by his presence on earth. He will be surely missed. Thank G-d he left such a great musical legacy.
  

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