Jazz Concerto Grosso (full title Gerry Mulligan Bob Brookmeyer Play Phil Sunkel's Jazz Concerto Grosso) is an album by American jazz musicians Gerry Mulligan and Bob Brookmeyer featuring performances of compositions by Phil Sunkel recorded in 1957 and released on the ABC-Paramount label.[1][2] The album was released on CD combined with the 1956 album "Every morning I Listen to... Phil Sunkel's Jazz Band".

Jazz Concerto Grosso
Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedOctober 14 & 15, 1957
New York City
GenreJazz
Length32:43
LabelABC-Paramount ABC-225
ProducerCreed Taylor
Bob Brookmeyer chronology
Traditionalism Revisited
(1957)
Jazz Concerto Grosso
(1958)
The Street Swingers
(1957)
Gerry Mulligan chronology
Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz
(1957)
Jazz Concerto Grosso
(1957)
The Gerry Mulligan Songbook
(1957)

Reception

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Professional ratings
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SourceRating
Allmusic     [3]

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated "Although Gerry Mulligan and Bob Brookmeyer get top billing on this LP, the leader, composer, and arranger of all three compositions is cornetist Phil Sunkel. ...All of the music is enjoyable and falls clearly into the cool jazz genre, but it has languished in obscurity like Sunkel, though he was later briefly a member of the acclaimed Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Phil Sunkel

  1. "Jazz Concerto Grosso" - 15:40
  2. "Something for the Ladies" - 9:10
  3. "Song for Cornet" - 7:53

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Gerry Mulligan Discography Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed February 23, 2016
  2. ^ Edwards, D., Eyries, P. & Callahan, M. ABC-Paramount Album Discography, Part 2 ABC-200 to 299 (1957-1959) accessed February 23, 2016
  3. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Jazz Concerto Grosso – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 23, 2016.