4 STARS DOWNBEAT

INCLUDES A BONUS SESSION

This release presents the complete original 1955 album The Brothers! (RCA Victor LPM1162), featuring the wonderful West Coast frontline of Al Cohn, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca. In addition to the complete original album, this CD also includes all of the tunes recorded during those sessions that were originally excluded from the LP, as well as a splendid complete quintet session that also features Perkins and Kamuca.

PERSONNEL:

AL COHN, RICHIE KAMUCA, BILL PERKINS, tenor saxes
HANK JONES, piano
BARRY GALBRAITH, guitar (on 2-3, 6-8, 10, 13 & 16)
JIMMY RANEY, guitar (on 1, 4-5, 9, 11-12 & 14-15)
JOHN BEAL, bass
CHUCK FLORES, drums

New York, June 24 & 25, 1955.

[17-21] Bonus session:
RICHIE KAMUCA (ts)
BILL PERKINS (ts, b-cl & fl)
HAMPTON HAWESAWES (p)
RED MITCHELL (b)
MEL LEWIS (d).
Los Angeles, October 29, 1956.

INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01. Blixed
02. Kim's Kaper
03. Rolling Stone
04. Sioux Zan
05. The Walrus
06. Blue Skies
07. Gay Blade
08. Three Of A Kind
09. Hags!
10. Pro-Ex
11. Strange Again
12. Cap Snapper
13. Memories Of You
14. Saw Buck
15: Chorus For Morris
16. Slightly Salty
17. Just Friends
18: All Of Me
19. Limehouse Blues
20. Solid De Sylva
21. Sweet And Lovely

Total Time: 74:50