The Brothers! is an album by the tenor saxophonists Al Cohn, Bill Perkins, and Richie Kamuca recorded in 1955 for the RCA Victor label.The RCA Victor Sessions of Al Cohn: 1955, accessed November 30, 2015
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "The music is fun and swinging if not all that original or distinctive".
Track listing "Blixed" (Bill Potts) – 3:48 "Kim's Kaper" (Bill Perkins) – 3:13 "Rolling Stone" (Bob Brookmeyer) – 3:08 "Sioux Zan" (Nat Pierce) – 3:08 "The Walrus" (Al Cohn) – 2:48 "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) – 3:12 "Gay Blade" (Brookmeyer) – 3:17 "Three of a Kind" (Pierce) – 3:13 "Hags!" (Potts) – 3:19 "Pro-Ex" (Perkins) – 3:04 "Strange Again" (Potts) – 3:19 "Cap Snapper" (Cohn) – 3:39 "Memories of You" (Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake) – 3:02 Bonus track on CD reissue "Saw Buck" (Pierce) – 3:18 Bonus track on CD reissue "Chorus for Morris" (Pierce) – 3:19 Bonus track on CD reissue "Slightly Salty" (Richie Kamuca) – 3:15 Bonus track on CD reissue Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on June 24 (tracks 2, 3, 6–8, 10, 13 & 16) and June 25 (tracks 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 14 & 15), 1955
Personnel Al Cohn, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca – tenor saxophone Hank Jones – piano Barry Galbraith (tracks 2, 3, 6–8, 10, 13, & 16), Sam Beethoven (tracks 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 14, & 15) – guitar John Beal – bass Chuck Flores – drums Bob Brookmeyer (tracks 3 & 7), Al Cohn (tracks 5, 6, 12, 13, & 16), Bill Perkins (tracks 2 & 10), Nat Pierce (tracks 4, 8, 14, & 15), Bill Potts (tracks 1, 9, & 11) – arranger
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