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Music For Brass

Brass Ensemble Of The Jazz And Classical Music Society

Recorded	c. 1957
Label	Columbia
Catalog	CL 941
Released	1957
Personnel	26 credited players
Discogs	master 699485

The record

A Third Stream landmark bridging the Jazz and Classical Music Society's chamber ambitions with modern jazz phrasing, featuring Miles Davis on flugelhorn amid a dense brass choir arranged by Gunther Schuller and J.J. Johnson. Rhythm section duties from Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson keep the writing tethered to swing even as the horns explore concert-hall textures.

Session personnel

Milt Hinton — bass
Osie Johnson — drums
Miles Davis — flugelhorn
Arthur Sussman — french horn [horn]
Gunther Schuller — french horn [horn]
Jim Buffington — french horn [horn]
Ray Alonge — french horn [horn]
Joseph Singer — french horn [horn], soloist
Ronald Ricketts — horn [baritone]
John Swallow — horn [baritone], soloist
Richard Horowitz — timpani, percussion
Gil Cohen — trombone
John Clark — trombone
Urbie Green — trombone
Gordon Pulis — trombone, soloist
J.J. Johnson — trombone, soloist
Arthur Statter — trumpet
Bernie Glow — trumpet
Joseph Alessi, Sr. — trumpet [first section]
Theodore Weis — trumpet [first section]
John Ware — trumpet [first section], soloist
Carmine Fornarotto — trumpet [second section]
Isidore Blank — trumpet [second section]
Melvyn Broiles — trumpet [second section]
Joe Wilder — trumpet, soloist
Bill Barber — tuba

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1957	Columbia · CL 941 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1957	Columbia — MONO
1957	Columbia · CL 941 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono
1957	Columbia · CL 941 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Hollywood Pressing
1979	CBS/Sony · 20AP 1480 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
—	Columbia · CL 941 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue