7 x Wilder is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger Bob Brookmeyer featuring compositions by Alec Wilder recorded in 1961 for the Verve label.[1][2]

7 x Wilder
Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedJune 29, 1961
New York City
GenreJazz
Length34:48
LabelVerve
V/V6 8413
ProducerCreed Taylor
Bob Brookmeyer chronology
The Blues Hot and Cold
(1960)
7 x Wilder
(1961)
Recorded Fall 1961
(1961)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [3]

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated "It shouldn't be surprising that Hall's softly speaking guitar is the perfect complement to Brookmeyer's almost vocal valve trombone, since the two meshed so well together while working in the Jimmy Giuffre Trio just a few years earlier".[3] On All About Jazz, C. Andrew Hovan noted "7 x Wilder is Brookmeyer at his finest".[4]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Alec Wilder except as indicated

  1. "While We're Young" (Alec Wilder, Morty Palitz, William Engvick) – 6:16
  2. "That's the Way It Goes" (Wilder, Sid Robin) – 4:43
  3. "The Wrong Blues" (Wilder, Engvick) – 4:38
  4. "It's So Peaceful in the Country" – 4:04
  5. "Blues for Alec" (Bob Brookmeyer) – 6:10
  6. "I'll Be Around" – 4:30
  7. "Who Can I Turn To" (Wilder, Engvick) – 4:27

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Verve Records Catalog: 8400 series accessed November 27, 2015
  2. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Verve Label Discography, accessed November 27, 2015
  3. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. 7 x Wilder – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  4. ^ Hovan, C. A., All About Jazz Review, May 5, 2003