Jazz Concerto Grosso - Feat. Gerry Mulligan & Bob Brookmeyer
  • Phil Sunkel
    Phil Sunkel
  • ABC 225
    ABC 225

Phil Sunkel

Jazz Concerto Grosso - Feat. Gerry Mulligan & Bob Brookmeyer

Fresh Sound Jazz City Series

Personnel:
Phil Sunkel (tp, cnt), Al Stewart, Nick Travis, Don Stratton (tp), Gene Hessler, Frank Rehak, Bob Brookmeyer, Eddie Bert (tb), Dick Meldonian, Buddy Arnold, Gene Allen, Gerry Mulligan (saxes), George Syran (p), Bob Petersen (b), Harold Granowsky (d)

Reference: FSRCD 2223

Bar code: 8427328622233

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Phil Sunkel, cornet and trumpet player, was born in 1925 in Zanesville, Ohio. He played with the Claude Thornhill, Charlie Barnet, Stan Getz, Sauter-Finegan, Gerry Mulligan, Gil Evans and Tito Rodriguez bands. Leaving his role as a soloist aside, Phil mainly stood out as an arranger and composer of talent, being these recordings his most celebrated works and the only ones he did as a leader.

My idea of a jazz band, he said is something between a small combo and a big band incorporating the good features of both. Here we have the flexibility of a small group which allows the soloist a maximum of freedom, plus the color and drama produced by the different ensemble sounds.

The further possibilities of using a three voice group superimposed on a similarly conceived orchestral backdrop originated Sunkels most ambitious and outstanding work: Jazz Concerto Grosso.



01. Jacks Theme (Sunkel) 4:24
02. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
(Burke-Vanheusen) 3:16
03. Train Ride (Sunkel) 3:16
04. Old Wives Tales (Sunkel) 3:57
05. Every Mornin (Sunkel) 6:40
06. How Stange
(Prozorowsky-Brent-Stothart-Kahn) 4:18
07. The Animal Man (Sunkel) 4:23
08. Chomp, Chomp Blues (Sunkel) 4:27
09. Joe, The Architect (Sunkel) 3:02
10. T. Blues (Sunkel) 4:25
11. Something For The Ladies (Sunkel) 9:08
12. Song For Cornet (Sunkel) 7:34
13. Jazz Concerto Grosso (Sunkel) 15:41

Album details

Sources:

Tracks #1-10, from the album "Maelstrom"
(originally a Paramount release)

Tracks #11-13, from the album
"Gerry Mulligan / Bob Brookmeyer ‎
Play Phil Sunkel' Jazz Concerto Grosso"
(ABC-Paramount ABC 225)

Personnel on tracks #1-10:

Phil Sunkel, Al Stewart, Siggy Shatz, trumpets; Gene Hessler, trombone; Dick Meldonian, alto sax; Buddy Arnold, tenor sax; Gene Allen, baritone sax; George Syran, piano; Bob Petersen, bass; Harold Granowsky, drums.

New York City, May 13 & 29, and June 14, 1956

Personnel on tracks #11-12:

Phil Sunkel, cornet; John Wilson, fluegelhorn; Bob Brookmeyer, valve trombone; Jim Reider, tenor sax; Gerry Mulligan, baritone sax; Wendell Marshal, bass; Harold Granowsky, drums.

New York, October 15, 1957

Personnel on track #13:

Phil Sunkel, cornet; Nick Travis, Al Stewart, Don Stratton, John Wilson, trumpets; Frank Rehak, trombone; Bob Brookmeyer, valve trombone; Eddie Bert, bass trombone; Don Butterfield, tuba; Dick Meldonian, alto sax; Cliff Hoff, Bill Slapin, tenor saxes; Gerry Mulligan, Gene Allen, baritone saxes; Milt Hinton, bass; Osie Johnson, drums.

New York, October 14, 1957

Original sessions produced by Creed Taylor
Produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol
24-Bit Digitally Remastered

Press reviews

"Phil Sunkel's name is unjustly missing from a lot of jazz reference works, though his considerable resume as a sideman includes recordings with Hal McKusick, Al Cohn, Lawrence Brown, Urbie Green, Gerry Mulligan, Erroll Garner, Jimmy Giuffre, Lee Konitz and Gil Evans, to name only a few. This first-call trumpeter evidently only made two records as a leader, both of them for ABC-Paramount in the mid-'50s. This album was the first under his own name, with a tentet including baritone saxophonist Gene Allen, alto saxophonist Dick Meldonian, trombonist Gene Hessler, and trumpeter Al Stewart. Sunkel's precise trumpet solos never fail to swing yet don't resort to showboating. His cool arrangements are comparable to those of Gerry Mulligan and Bob Brookmeyer, with most of the music devoted to Sunkel's tasty originals."

"Although Gerry Mulligan and Bob Brookmeyer get top billing on this LP, the leader, composer, and arranger of all three compositions is cornetist Phil Sunkel. The full 15-piece band is heard on the nearly 16-minute "Jazz Concerto Grosso," with the full band supporting the solos of Mulligan (baritone sax), Brookmeyer (valve trombone), and the leader. The shorter pieces from the following day's session feature a septet with totally different personnel, except for the three major soloists. All of the music is enjoyable and falls clearly into the cool jazz genre, but it has languished in obscurity like Sunkel, though he was later a member of the acclaimed Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band. This long deleted record will be somewhat difficult to locate."

Both by Ken Dryden -All Music Guide

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