Clifford Brown

Artist:  Clifford Brown
Born:  October 30, 1930. Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Died:  June 26, 1956 (Aged 25).  Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer
Instruments:  Trumpet

Clifford Brown was an American Jazz Trumpeter.  He had a considerable influence on later Jazz Trumpet Player, including Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Booker Little Arturo Sandoval and Freddie Hubbard.  He was also a composer of note:  two of his compositions, "Joy Spring" and "Daahoud", have become Jazz Standards.  He won the Down Beat critics' Poll for the "New Star of the Year" in 1954, he was inducted into the Down Beat "Jazz Hall Of Fame" in 1972 in the critics' Poll.  He died at the age of 25 in a car accident.

Title:  Memorial Album (RVG Edition) (2001)
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Wail Bait (Alternate Take)  (4:06)
 2.  Wail Bait  (4:02)
 3.  Hymn Of The Orient  (4:07)
 4.  Brownie Eyes  (3:56)
 5.  Cherokee (Alternate Take)  (3:43)
 6.  Cherokee   (3:27)
 7.  Easy Living  (3:45)
 8.  Minor Mood  (4:35)
 9.  Hymn Of The Orient  (4:05)
10. Bellarosa  (4:16)
11. Carvin' The Rock, Pt 1 (Alternate Take)  (3:53)
12. Carvin' The Rock  (3:59)
13. Cookin' (Alternate Take)  (3:10)
14. Cookin'  (3:17)
15. Brownie Speaks  (3:49)
16. De-Dah  (4:53)
17. You Go To My Head  (4:23)
18. Carvin' The Rock, Pt. 2 (Alternate Take)  (4:04)

Personnel:

Tracks:  1-9:

Clifford Brown:  Trumpet
Lou Donaldson:  Alto Saxophone
Elmo Hope:  Piano
Percy Heath:  Bass
Philly Joe Jones:  Drums

Tracks:  10-18:

Clifford Brown:  Trumpet
John Lewis:  Piano
Gigi Gryce:  Alto Saxophone, Flute
Charlie Rouse:  Tenor Saxophone
Percy Heath:  Bass
Art Blakey:  Drums

Memorial Album is an album by Clifford Brown, original released on September, 1956 by Blue Note Records, and remastered and reissued on July 31, 2001 by Blue Note Records, featuring Art Blakey and Lou Donaldson.