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Feb 20, 2024 · John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet carved out a chamber-esque piano intro, which set the tone for Brown, altoist Gigi Gryce and tenorman Charlie Rouse to lay down some wonderfully wistful solos. Art Blakey is a picture of restraint on this version, keeping supportive while still swinging.
Mar 3, 2017 · The Definitive Clifford Brown covers in chronological order some of Brown’s best-known recordings, starting with the first recording he led with Art Blakey and John Lewis, "Easy Living," in 1953.
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Terry was an old St Louis buddy of Miles and came to fame with Quincy Jones, Count Basie and Ellington. This 1955 session featuring Oscar Pettiford, Horace Silver and Art Blakey, with Quincy doing the small group arrangements, is brilliant hard bop with a scarifying opening track, 'Swahili', which plunges you into deepest Africa.
Silver had been making great hard bop records for Blue Note since 1956, so Further Explorations from 1958 or Horace Scopefrom 1960 could easily have been put here. But this 1963 session with Carmell Jones and Joe Henderson is justly famous and should be the album of choice.
Rollins came back from his first woodshedding break from the scene in 1955 fired up and ready to prove he was the best. This steamrollering album, with the Max Roach/Clifford band of the time minus Clifford, does just that.
May 5, 2021 · Most people honor this legendary musician for the Max Roach/Clifford Brown Quintet, a group active until an auto crash in 1956 killed Brown. The Complete Blue Note and Pacific Jazz Recordings of Clifford Brown came first, revealing Brown was fully developed, even before joining co-leader Roach.
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Clifford Brown, aka "Brownie", (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an influential and highly-rated American jazz trumpeter.
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Clifford Benjamin Brown [1] (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an American jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer. He died at the age of 25 in a car crash, [2] leaving behind four years' worth of recordings. His compositions "Sandu", "Joy Spring", [3] and "Daahoud" [4] have become jazz standards. [5] .
