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Bill Evans and Bob Brookmeyer: The Ivory Hunters
by Samuel Chell
Yes, that's Bob Brookmeyer the valve trombonist, and it's Bill Evans the pianist who, during the same year as this recording, would appear with Miles Davis on the fabled Kind of Blue session (Columbia, 1959). Some listeners will no doubt be familiar with the session, originally issued by United Artists under Brookmeyer's name and with the descriptive sub-title Double-Barrelled Piano." But if you're hearing about this curious match-up for the first time, and close to the beginning of April at ...
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