Four Brass One Tenor

1955 studio album by Al Cohn

Studio album by

Al Cohn

Released

1955

Recorded

May 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]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

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

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

Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on May 9 (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 12), May 14 (tracks 2 & 8–11) and May 16 (tracks 3, 5 & 7), 1955

Personnel

Al Cohn – tenor saxophone
Bernie Glow (track 2 & 8–11), Joe Newman, Joe Wilder (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 12), Phil Sunkel (tracks 3, 5 & 7), Thad Jones – trumpet
Nick Travis – trumpet, trombone
Dick Katz – piano
Freddie Green – guitar
Buddy Jones – bass
Osie Johnson – drums
Al Cohn (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7–11), Manny Albam (tracks 2, 3, 6 & 12) – arranger

References

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

Al Cohn

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Studio albums

Al Cohn's Tones (1950 & 1953)
Mr. Music (1954)
The Natural Seven (1955)
That Old Feeling (1955)
Four Brass One Tenor (1955)
The Brothers! (with Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca, 1955)
From A to...Z (with Zoot Sims, 1956)
The Sax Section (1956)
Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)
Tenor Conclave (with John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, and Zoot Sims, 1956)
The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bobby Brookmeyer (1956)
The Four Brothers... Together Again! (with Herbie Steward, Zoot Sims, and Serge Chaloff, 1957)
Al and Zoot (with Zoot Sims, 1957)
You 'n' Me (with Zoot Sims, 1960)
Son of Drum Suite (1960)
Either Way (with Zoot Sims, 1961)
Jazz Mission to Moscow (1962)
Body and Soul (with Zoot Sims, 1973)
Motoring Along (with Zoot Sims, 1974)
Play It Now (1975)
True Blue (with Dexter Gordon, 1976)
Silver Blue (with Dexter Gordon, 1976)
Al Cohn's America (1976)
Heavy Love (with Jimmy Rowles, 1977)
No Problem (1979)