Strings & Trombones is an album by Bud Shank, featuring Bob Brookmeyer, which was recorded in 1954 and 1955 for the Pacific Jazz label.Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed January 13, 2016Pacific Jazz/Pacifica Album Discography, accessed January 13, 2016 The album compiles Shank's earlier 10-inch LPs Bud Shank and Bob Brookmeyer and Bud Shank and Three Trombones.
Reception
Allmusic rated the album with three stars.
Track listing "Low Life" (Johnny Mandel) - 3:56 "With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair" (Jack Lawrence, Clara Edwards) - 5:07 "You Are Too Beautiful" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:59 "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) - 2:56 "Rustic Hop" (Bob Brookmeyer) - 4:13 "Wailing Vessel" (Bob Cooper) - 2:41 "Cool Fool" (Cooper) - 3:18 "Little Girl Blue" (Rodgers, Hart) - 3:16 "Sing Something Simple" (Herman Hupfeld) - 2:35 "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Don Raye, Gene de Paul) - 4:16 "Valve in Head" (Bud Shank) - 3:10
Personnel Bud Shank - alto saxophone Bob Brookmeyer (tracks 1–5), Bob Enevoldsen (tracks 6–11), Maynard Ferguson (tracks 6–11), Stu Williamson (tracks 6–11) - valve trombone Claude Williamson - piano Buddy Clark (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Joe Mondragon (tracks 3, 4 & 6–11) - bass Larry Bunker (tracks 1–5), Shelly Manne (tracks 6–11) - drums String section arranged by Bob Cooper (tracks 1–5)
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