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:   New Star On The Horizon  (2019)
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Label:  Down At Dawn/Doxy Music
Rating:   *****

Format:  LP:

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Cherokee  (3:25)
 2.  Easy Living   (3:42)
 3.  Wall Bait  (4:00)
 4.  Minor Mood  (4:34)
 5.  Hymn Of The Orient  (4:05)
 6.  Brownie Eyes  (3:47)

Side Two:

All Bonus Tracks:

 7.  Philly J
 8.  Dial B For Beauty
 9.  Them Of No Repeat
10. Choose Now

Personnel:

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

New Star On The Horizon is the debut studio album by Cliff Brown, originally released in 1953 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on July 19, 2019 by Down At Dawn/Doxy Music, featuring Gigi Gryce, Charlie Rouse, John Lewis, Percy Heath and Art Blakey.