Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones
Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones is a 1956 album by The Four Freshmen[1] "It reached number six nationally and resided on the charts for over eight months."[2] It was the first album bought by Brian Wilson, who would be greatly influenced by the Four Freshmen when starting The Beach Boys.[3] Later, the Four Freshmen were acclaimed as "the most innovative and imitated jazz vocal quartet ever to grace vinyl".Straddling vocal jazz and pop music, they were inducted into the Vocal Group Jazz Hall of Fame in 2001.[2] The album was rereleased as one of two LPs on one CD.