Strings & Trombones is an album by Bud Shank, featuring Bob Brookmeyer, which was recorded in 1954 and 1955 for the Pacific Jazz label. The album compiles Shank's earlier 10-inch LPs Bud Shank and Bob Brookmeyer and Bud Shank and Three Trombones.

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Allmusic rated the album with three stars.

Track listing

  1. "Low Life" (Johnny Mandel) - 3:56
  2. "With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair" (Jack Lawrence, Clara Edwards) - 5:07
  3. "You Are Too Beautiful" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:59
  4. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) - 2:56
  5. "Rustic Hop" (Bob Brookmeyer) - 4:13
  6. "Wailing Vessel" (Bob Cooper) - 2:41
  7. "Cool Fool" (Cooper) - 3:18
  8. "Little Girl Blue" (Rodgers, Hart) - 3:16
  9. "Sing Something Simple" (Herman Hupfeld) - 2:35
  10. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Don Raye, Gene de Paul) - 4:16
  11. "Valve in Head" (Bud Shank) - 3:10

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