The Four Brothers... Together Again!

The Four Brothers... Together Again! is an album by the saxophonists Herbie Steward, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims and Serge Chaloff, who were collectively known as the Four Brothers, recorded in 1957 for the RCA Records subsidiary Vik label.[1]

The Four Brothers... Together Again!
Studio album by
Released1957
RecordedFebruary 11, 1957
Webster Hall, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelVik
LX 1096
ProducerBob Rolontz
Al Cohn chronology
The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bobby Brookmeyer
(1956)
The Four Brothers... Together Again!
(1957)
Al and Zoot
(1957)
Zoot Sims chronology
Zoot Sims Plays 4 Altos
(1957)
The Four Brothers... Together Again!
(1957)
Al and Zoot
(1957)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic     [2]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The music overall on this CD reissue is quite enjoyable and Sims, Cohn and Steward show how much they had grown during the previous decade".[2]

In a review for All About Jazz, Marc Myers called the recording "a superb album that shows off the enormous reed work of four seasoned swingers," and wrote: "The saxophonists sounded as one together but went their merry way when playing alone... The emphasis on blended harmonies and Young-like saxes playing together would become the basis for West Coast jazz just a few years later."[3]

A reviewer for Billboard commented: "The blowing is the thing, and the fellows... give fine accountings of themselves."[4]

Track listing

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All compositions by Al Cohn except as indicated

  1. "Four Brothers" (Jimmy Giuffre) - 3:46
  2. "Ten Years Later" - 3:00
  3. "The Pretty One" (Elliot Lawrence) - 3:29
  4. "Aged in Wood" - 2:55
  5. "Here We Go Again" (Manny Albam) - 3:46
  6. "Four and One More" (Gerry Mulligan) - 4:02
  7. "So Blue" - 3:22
  8. "The Swinging Door" (Mulligan, Zoot Sims) - 2:45
  9. "Four in Hand" (Manny Albam) - 3:09
  10. "A Quick One" - 3:46

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ RCA Vik Record Label Discography. Retrieved November 30, 2015
    - Zoot Sims Catalog. Retrieved November 30, 2015
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. The Four Brothers: Together Again – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  3. ^ Myers, Marc (September 10, 2009). "Four Brothers: Together Again!". All About Jazz. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  4. ^ "Special Merit Jazz Album". Billboard. September 9, 1957. p. 29.