Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer

Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer
Studio album by Jimmy Raney
Released	1956
Recorded	July and August 1956
Studio	New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:51
Label	ABC-Paramount
Producer	Creed Taylor
Jimmy Raney chronology
Jimmy Raney in Three Attitudes (1956) Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer (1956) 2 Guitars (1957)
Bob Brookmeyer chronology
Whooeeee (1956) Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer (1956) Brookmeyer (1956)

Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer is an album by jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney and trombonist Bob Brookmeyer which was recorded in 1956 for the ABC-Paramount label.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

AllMusic gave the album 3½ stars and its review by Thom Jurek states, "This is as fine a set from the end of the cool jazz period as one is likely to hear."^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Isn't It Romantic?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)	4:09
2.	"How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)	4:34
3.	"No Male for Me" (Brookmeyer)	4:22
4.	"The Flag Is Up" (Raney)	4:13
5.	"Get Off That Roof" (Brookmeyer)	4:10
6.	"Jim's Tune" (Raney)	4:05
7.	"Nobody Else But Me" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)	5:01
8.	"Too Late Now" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner)	4:17

Personnel

• Jimmy Raney – guitar
• Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
• Hank Jones – piano (tracks 3, 4, 7 & 8)
• Dick Katz – piano (tracks 1, 2, 5, & 6)
• Teddy Kotick – double bass
• Osie Johnson – drums

References

1. Edwards, D., Eyries, P. & Callahan, M. ABC-Paramount Album Discography, Part 1: ABC-100 to 199 (1955–1957), accessed March 24, 2017
2. Jimmy Raney catalog, accessed March 24, 2017
3. Jurek, Thom. "Jimmy Raney Featuring Bob Brookmeyer". AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2018.