| Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer | ||||
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| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | July and August 1956 | |||
| Studio | New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 34:51 | |||
| Label | ABC-Paramount | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer is an album by jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney and trombonist Bob Brookmeyer which was recorded in 1956 for the ABC-Paramount label. [1] [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
AllMusic gave the album 3½ stars and its review by Thom Jurek states, "This is as fine a set from the end of the cool jazz period as one is likely to hear." [3]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Isn't It Romantic?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | 4:09 |
| 2. | "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | 4:34 |
| 3. | "No Male for Me" (Brookmeyer) | 4:22 |
| 4. | "The Flag Is Up" (Raney) | 4:13 |
| 5. | "Get Off That Roof" (Brookmeyer) | 4:10 |
| 6. | "Jim's Tune" (Raney) | 4:05 |
| 7. | "Nobody Else But Me" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) | 5:01 |
| 8. | "Too Late Now" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) | 4:17 |
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