Bob Brookmeyer – Back Again (Sonet/Gazell, 1979)

Bob Brookmeyer (valve tb); Thad Jones (cor, flgn); Jimmy Rowles (p); George Mraz (b); Mel Lewis (d)

Recorded on May 23 - 25, 1978

How can you go wrong with this line-up?!?!  

Both Brookmeyer and Thad Jones are exquisite, and the rhythm section plays like a dream. 

More Bob Brookmeyer

Brookmeyer's outing for Gryphon Records, The Bob Brookmeyer Small Band (1978) -- with Jack Wilkins (g), Michael Moore (b), and Joe LaBarbera (d) -- is easy to recommend.  Early in the following decade, Brookmeyer would go on to make several excellent recordings with the Mel Lewis Big Band (after Thad's departure), including Bob Brookmeyer: Composer, Arranger (Gryphon, 1980) and Make Me Smile & Other New Works (Finesse, 1982).