Four Brass One Tenor

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Four Brass One Tenor
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Studio album by
Released1955
RecordedMay 9, 14 & 16, 1955
Webster Hall, New York City, NY, USA
Genre Jazz
Label RCA Victor
LPM 1161
Producer Jack Lewis
Al Cohn chronology
That Old Feeling
(1955)
Four Brass One Tenor
(1955)
The Brothers!
(1955)

Four Brass One Tenor is an album by Al Cohn's Jazz Workshop recorded in 1955 for the RCA Victor label. [1]

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Reception

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The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden stated "Cohn is in terrific form, boosted by the swinging rhythm section" and called it a "very entertaining cool jazz album". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Al Cohn except as indicated

  1. "Rosetta" (Earl Hines, Henri Woode) – 4:25
  2. "The Song Is Ended" (Irving Berlin) – 2:42
  3. "Linger a While" (Harry Owens, Vincent Rose) – 3:22
  4. "Every Time" (Walter Kent, Walton Farrar) – 2:18
  5. "Haroosh" – 4:02
  6. "Just Plain Sam" (Manny Albam) – 2:55
  7. "I'm Coming Virginia" (Will Marion Cook, Donald Heywood) – 2:30
  8. "Cohn Not Cohen" – 2:46
  9. "A Little Song" – 2:47
  10. "Foggy Water" (Albam) – 2:49
  11. "Sugar Cohn" (Albam) – 3:07
  12. "Alone Together" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 3:26

Personnel

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References

  1. The RCA Victor Sessions of Al Cohn: 1955, accessed November 30, 2015
  2. 1 2 Dryden, Ken. Four Brass One Tenor – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved November 30, 2015.