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.

Artist:  Clifford Brown And Max Roach

Title:   A Study In Brown (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series)  (2021)

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz

Label:  EmArcy Records

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Cherokee  (5:41)

 2.  Jacqui  (5:04)

 3.  Swingin'  (2:47)

 4.  Lands End  (4:47)

Side B:

 1.  George's Dilemma  (5:29)

 2.  Sandu  (4:48)

 3.  Gerkin For Perkin  (2:51)

 4.  If I Love Again  (3:17)

 5.  Take The A Train  (4:11)

Personnel:

Clifford Brown:  Trumpet

Max Roach:  Drums

George Morrow:  Bass

Harold Land:  Tenor Saxophone

Richie Powell:  Piano

A Study In Brown is the 1955 album by Clifford Brown And Max Roach, originally released in 1955 by EmArcy Records, remastered and reissued in 2021 by Verve Records, featuring Max Roach, George Morrow, Harold Land, and Richie Powell.