The Essential Collection
- Artist: Bob Brookmeyer
- Format: CD
- Release Date: 2/20/2007
He was a fine pianist, composer and arranger, but Bob Brookmeyer was best known for his valve trombone playing, and that's what's featured on this 2-CD, 34-track import! Bud Shank, Red Mitchell, Jimmy Rowles, Mel Lewis and Zoot Sims are among the players on I Never Knew; Have You Met Miss Jones; Sticks and Stems; Under the Lilacs; There's a Small Hotel; Low Life; Scrapple from the Apple, and more.