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Gloomy Sunday And Other Bright Moments
| Recorded | Nov 6-8, 1961 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1961 |
| Personnel | 22 credited players |
| Discogs | master 577247 |
The record
Reeds dominate this Verve big-band outing, with bassoon and English horn thickening the woodwind section behind Brookmeyer's dark, waltz-time title piece. Al Cohn's charts and a stacked 1961 bench give the whole thing an unusually somber, orchestral color for the era.
Session personnel
- Ed Wasserman — alto saxophone
- Gene Quill — alto saxophone
- Gene Allen — baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
- George Duvivier — bass
- Wally Kane — bassoon
- Phil Woods — clarinet, alto saxophone
- Mel Lewis — drums
- Phil Bodner — english horn, oboe, tenor saxophone
- Eddie Caine — flute, alto saxophone
- Hank Jones — piano
- Al Cohn — tenor saxophone
- Alan Raph — trombone
- Bill Elton — trombone
- Billy Byers — trombone
- Wayne Andre — trombone
- Bernie Glow — trumpet
- Clark Terry — trumpet
- Doc Severinsen — trumpet
- Joe Newman — trumpet
- Nick Travis — trumpet
- Bob Brookmeyer — valve trombone, leader
- Eddie Costa — vibraphone [vibes], percussion
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1961 | Verve Records · V-8455 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1961 | Verve Records — STEREO |
| 1961 | Verve Records · V-8455 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1961 | Verve Records · V-8455 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1964 | Verve Records · VMLP 14021 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
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