Editing Bob Brookmeyer (section)

{{Short description|American jazz musician, arranger, and composer (1929–2011)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Bob Brookmeyer
| image             = Bob_Brookmeyer.jpg
| caption           = Brookmeyer in a 1963 advertisement
| birth_name        = Robert Edward Brookmeyer
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1929|12|19|mf=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], Missouri, U.S.
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|2011|12|15|1929|12|19|mf=y}}
| death_place       = [[New London, New Hampshire|New London]], New Hampshire, U.S.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/arts/music/bob-brookmeyer-jazz-musician-and-educator-dies-at-81.html | work=The New York Times | first=Peter | last=Keepnews | title=Bob Brookmeyer, Jazz Musician and educator, Dies at 81 | date=December 18, 2011}}</ref>
| genre             = [[Mainstream jazz]], [[Cool jazz]], [[West Coast jazz]], [[Post bop]]
| occupation        = Musician, composer, arranger, educator
| instrument        = [[Valve trombone]], piano
| years_active      = 
| label             = [[Impulse!]], Mainstream, [[RCA]], [[Verve Records|Verve]]
| past_member_of   = [[Gary Burton]], [[Bill Evans]], [[Stan Getz]], [[Jimmy Giuffre]], [[Jim Hall (musician)|Jim Hall]], [[Gary McFarland]], [[Gerry Mulligan]], [[Lalo Schifrin]], [[Clark Terry]], [[The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra]], [[Claude Thornhill]], [[Zoot Sims]]
}}

'''Robert Edward''' "'''Bob'''" '''Brookmeyer''' (December 19, 1929 – December 15, 2011) was an American jazz [[valve trombone|valve]] trombonist, [[Jazz piano|pianist]], arranger, and composer. Born in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], Brookmeyer first gained widespread public attention as a member of [[Gerry Mulligan]]'s quartet<ref>{{cite book | last=Berendt|first=Joachim| title=The Jazz Book | publisher=Paladin| year=1976|pages=380}}</ref> from 1954 to 1957. He later worked with [[Jimmy Giuffre]],<ref>{{cite book | last=Berendt| title=The Jazz Book | publisher=| year=1976|pages=384}}</ref> before rejoining Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band. He received eight [[Grammy Award]] nominations during his lifetime.
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