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When these nine sides were cut in February 1955, trumpeter Clifford Brown was not even 25 years old, but he'd already emerged as jazz's greatest trumpeter this side of Miles Davis. Whereas Davis made his mark through conception, composition, and cool tones, Brown was a blowing, blaring, blistering fire who navigated chord changes without a second's pause...

In his brief career before dying at age 25 in an automobile accident, Clifford Brown became one of the most influential trumpeters in jazz, with a rich brassy sound, an almost classical precision, and a clarion fluency of line that would inspire players from Lee Morgan to Terence Blanchard...

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• What Is This Thing Called Love?
• Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
• I`ll Remember April
• Step Lightly (Junior`s Arrival)
• Powell`s Prances
• Time
• Scene Is Clean, The
• Gertrude`s Bounce
• Flossie Lou
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• What Is This Thing Called Love - (with Hadda Brooks)
• Love Is a Many Splendored Thing - (with Hadda Brooks)
• I`ll Remember April - (with Hadda Brooks)
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• Don`t Explain
• You`d Be So Nice to Come Home To
• What`s New
• Falling in Love With Love
• Yesterdays
• Born to Be Blue
• `S Wonderful

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When these nine sides were cut in February 1955, trumpeter Clifford Brown was not even 25 years old, but he'd already emerged as jazz's greatest trumpeter this side of Miles Davis. Whereas Davis made his mark through conception, composition, and cool tones, Brown was a blowing, blaring, blistering fire who navigated chord changes without a second's pause...

In his brief career before dying at age 25 in an automobile accident, Clifford Brown became one of the most influential trumpeters in jazz, with a rich brassy sound, an almost classical precision, and a clarion fluency of line that would inspire players from Lee Morgan to Terence Blanchard...

Many a young musician has been sabotaged by his own considerable abilities. So caught up are they in technical execution that they give elements such as emotion and taste short shrift. Trumpeter Clifford Brown was a musical dynamo, a man who was capable of playing many instruments well and who possessed supreme natural instincts and boundless energy...

Like a gifted actress, Sarah Vaughan always makes lyrics come alive, whether on poignant ballads or buoyant pop novelties. Vaughan "plays" her voice as if it is a "real" instrument, and on this 1955 marvel, she is matched with musicians of an equally high caliber...

2009, 180 gram VINYL Audiophile pressing. Limited Edition classic LP's. The way this music was meant to be.

2009 collection of previously unissued recordings by the Jazz great, taped between 1953-56. This release contains a batch of rare rehearsals preserved by Brownie himself with his own amateur tape recorder...

Clifford Brown: The Emarcy Master Takes includes the 49 master takes the Brown-Roach Quintet recorded for the EmArcy label, an 18-month collaboration that resulted in some of the most enduring jazz of all time...

The Clifford Brown-Max Roach quintet was already one of the best in modern jazz, but when they added Sonny Rollins to the fray in late 1955, it became a lineup for the ages. Basin Street, recorded in early 1956, marks the studio debut of Rollins with the band, and the result is a supercharged highlight of the postbop era...

2009 release containing previously unreleased recordings. This release contains the complete 1955 Quebec jam session, recorded by Brownie himself during a trip to Canada. In addition to the legendary trumpeter, the concert also featured trombonist Rob McConnell, who was only 20-years old at the time, and would later become the leader of the Boss Brass formation...