Brothers furnace

The term Four Brothers (Four brothers) is the nickname given to the soloists of the section of sheers of the Orchestre of Woody Hermann (of 1947 with 1949): the saxophonists tenor Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Herbie Steward then Al Cohn and the baritone Serge Chaloff. One named this orchestra The Second Herd .

The nickname originates in the piece made up and arranged by Jimmy Giuffre and recorded by Woody Hermann and his orchestra with Hollywood on December 27th 1947. Giuffre gave to this piece the title of Four Mothers for motherfuckers but Hermann replaced it by most suitable Four Brothers.

The title of Giuffre imposes a revolutionary orchestral writing. The section of sheers is made up in an unusual way: an viola (Sam Marowitz), three tenors and a baritone. The very flexible writing of Giuffre, the new sound alloy and the succession of chorus taken in the same spirit for this reason gave all its innovation and this charm remained intact until today. The Brothers Furnace impose a new style strongly influenced by the détimbré sound and relaxation Lester Young.

The " term; Brothers " was then applied by extension to all the saxophonists who claimed themselves of this style, such Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca or Phil Urso.

Sources

Alain Tercinet, Furnace Brothers in Dictionary of the Jazz, Robert Laffont, 1993
allmusic/Woody Hermann

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