5 Trombones 5 Trumpets

Four Freshmen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 21, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice/Hepcat
• ASIN: B00000395J
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,644 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Angel Eyes

2. Love Is Just Around the Corner

3. Mam'selle

4. Speak Low

5. The Last Time I Saw Paris

6. Somebody Loves Me

7. You Stepped Out of a Dream

8. I Remember You

9. Love

10. Love Is Here to Stay

11. You Made Me Love You

12. Guilty

13. Easy Street

14. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

15. Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)

16. After You've Gone

17. Goodbye

18. There Will Never Be Another You

19. Got a Date with an Angel

20. Something in the Wind

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two Great Albums, Four Freshmen, Five Trombones and Five Trumpets!, August 17, 2005

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Marc Flanagan "Reading Through Lunch" (Santa Monica, Ca.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 5 Trombones & 5 Trumpets (Audio CD)

Discovered by bandleader Stan Kenton in a small midwestern lounge in the fifties, The Four Freshmen became one of the most successful vocal groups in recorded history and these two Capitol recordings from the fifties are the "Freshmen" at their best. The "Five Trombones", is a marvelous blending of the quartet's voices and the mellow tones generated by five of the finest trombone players available. The "Five Trumpets" with the Freshmen is another stellar album. These guys were great, they played their own instuments and worked out the most impressive harmonies ever. This is not barbershop-this is hip and enjoyable musicianship. If you've never heard them before, after you listen to a sample, you may think that you are listening to The Beach Boys in their heyday-Brian Wilson was a huge fan and wanted to emulate the unique sound of The Four Freshman. Do yourself a favor, invite the "Freshmen" into your home.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Here's where the GOOD music went!, July 22, 2003

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J. A. Borden (Sun City, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 5 Trombones & 5 Trumpets (Audio CD)

I was so pleased to find this CD. It has some of their best stuff, and I can just close my eyes and drift back to the days when music meant something more substantial than drums and guitars. I just joined their fan club to help support the continuation of the sound. I guess I was really inspired. Great album!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "first" that was a triumph, August 19, 2005

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J. D. Cook "Fresh Fan" (Charleston, WV) - See all my reviews
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After years of doing their own accompaniment, the Four Freshmen & Five Trombones was the FF's first album with an orchestral backup - as well as arrangements by Pete Rugulo (who arranged many of Stan Kenton's early classics). I loved the album when it was first released on vinyl - in the spring of 1956 - and still love it today. The Freshmen renditions of "I Remember You" and "Angel Eyes" are the best I've heard by any artist. The album did well and was soon followed by the Five Trumpets album. In that collection "Goodbye" mournfully drags along, but snappy versions of "Easy Street" and "Got a Date With an Angel" add delight and verve to yet another triumph in jazz vocalization.