Bob Brookmeyer has been played on NTS in shows including The Early Bird Show w/ Jack Rollo, featured first on 14 July 2022. Songs played include Night Lights and As Time Goes By.

Robert Edward Brookmeyer (December 19, 1929 – December 15, 2011) was an American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer.

Brookmeyer was born on Dec. 19, 1929, in Kansas City, Mo., the only child of Elmer Edward Brookmeyer and the former Mayme Seifert. He began playing music professionally as a teenager and attended the Kansas City Conservatory of Music, but left before graduating

Brookmeyer played piano with the big bands of Tex Beneke and…