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:  Brown and Roach Incorporated (Limited Edition) (2026)

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

Label:  Wax Time

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:   

 1.  Sweet Clifford (6:41)

 2.  I Don't Stand A Ghost Of C Chance With You (7:19)

 3.  Stompin' At The Savoy (6:23)

 4.  Come Rain Or Come Shine (4:09) *

Side B:

 1.  I'll String Along With You (4:10)

 2.  Mildama (4:30)

 3.  Darn That Dream (4:02)

 4.  I Get A Kick Out Of You (7:36)

 5,  It Might As Well Be Spring (4:58) *

Personnel: 

Clifford Brown:   Trumpet

Max Roach:  Drums

Harold Land:  Tenor Saxophone 

Richie Powell:  Piano

George Morrow:  Bass

Bonus Tracks:   *

Clifford Brown:  Trumpet 

Henri Renaud:   Piano

Pierre Michelot:  Bass

Benny Bennett:  Drums

Brown and Roach Incorporated is an album by Clifford Brown and Max Roach, originally released in 1955 by EmArcy, remastered and reissued on February 20, 2026 by WaxTime.  Limited Edition with 2 Bonus Tracks, pressed on 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.