Full Circle

Full Circle

Editorial Reviews
<"b00006hcbh5020"> Jam Magazine, October/November 2002
"The rhythm and flow Brookmeyer sites as major Kansas City influences, punctuated by glowing passages when Dix plays Brookmeyer material."

<"b00006hcbh3899"> From the Artist
This CD is a testament to my longest, strongest and most enduring friendship - that's the one with Ed Dix. He and I have been best friends since 1946 and we were inseparable, musically and personally. He was the bandleader; I was the arranger. Now that he is retired from a successful insurance and financal career and playing again full-time, he is living proof that "once you got it-you don't lose it". He still has it; the swing, the energy and the musicality. This is my gift to Ed - I could have... read more

<"b00006hcbh4999"> Album Description
"Full Circle" is a celebration of the long friendship between trombonist-composer Bob Brookmeyer and tenor saxophonist Ed Dix that started as teenagers growing up in Kansas City, a magic place and time for aspiring young musicians. Although their destinies took them along distinctly different personal, business and musical paths, their close friendship endured. It could be said that this recording has been a work in progress for over 55 years.