Clifford Brown - Jazz Immortal (RVG) (1954) eac-log-cover)

Clifford Brown - Jazz Immortal (1954)

feat: Zoot Sims

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 120MB

Pacific Jazz | RVG 24-bit remaster 2001

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Clifford Brown recorded this album in 1954 in California with a great band, including Zoot Sims on Tenor Sax and Russ Freeman on Piano. Clifford Brown was a masterful trumpet player at a very young age and soon achieved a high stature in the jazz world in the early 50's. He played with Charlie Parker and Tadd Dameron, as well as leading his own bands. I think this recording is one of his best, with original songs and arrangements done by Jack Montrose. Clifford Brown's alternatively sweet, tough and complex trumpet playing integrates wonderfully with Zoot Sims saxophone. The song 'Tiny Capers' is a brilliant excursion in jazz improvisation and playfulness, while retaining a beautiful melody.

Tracks
-01. "Daahoud" - Brown - 4:13
-02. "Finders Keepers" - Montrose - 3:52
-03. "Joy Spring" - Brown - 3:16
-04. "Gone With the Wind" - Magidson, Wrubel - 3:40
-05. "Bones for Jones" - Brown - 4:15
-06. "Blueberry Hill" - Lewis, Rose, Stock - 3:16
-07. "Tiny Capers" - Brown - 4:16
-08. "Tiny Capers" - Brown - 2:59
-09. "Gone With the Wind" - Magidson, Wrubel - 2:58

Personnel
*Baritone Saxophone - Bob Gordon
*Bass - Carson Smith , Joe Mondragon
*Drums - Shelly Manne
*Piano - Russ Freeman
*Tenor Saxophone - Zoot Sims
*Trombone - Stu Williamson
*Trumpet - Clifford Brown

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Clifford Brown - With Strings (1955) (eac-log-cover)

Clifford Brown - With Strings (1955)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 160MB

Verve Master Edition | 20-bit remaster

Allmusic:
There are two schools of thought regarding this Clifford Brown with strings session (which has been reissued on CD). Brownie plays quite beautifully and shows off his warm tone on such numbers as "Portrait of Jenny," "Memories of You," "Embraceable You" and "Stardust." But on the other hand the string arrangements by Neal Hefti border on muzak and Brown never really departs from the melody. So the trumpeter's tone is the only reason to acquire this disc which to this listener is a slight disappointment, not living up to its potential.

Tracks:
-01. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 2:59
-02. "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) – 3:26
-03. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) – 3:23
-04. "Blue Moon" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:13
-05. "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Kern) – 3:43
-06. "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:00
-07. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 3:24
-08. "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 3:31
-09. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Harbach, Kern) – 3:14
-10. "Portrait of Jenny" (Irving Burgie, Jessie Mae Robinson) – 3:24
-11. "Where or When" (Hart, Rodgers) – 3:26
-12. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 3:23

Personnel:
* Clifford Brown - trumpet
* Richie Powell - piano
* Max Roach - drums
* George Morrow - double bass
* Barry Galbraith - guitar
* Neal Hefti - arranger, conductor

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Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955) (eac-flac-cover)

Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 205MB

EmArcy |  RAR +5% recovery

AMG:
This CD reissue features the 1955 version of the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet, a group also including tenor-saxophonist Harold Land, pianist Richie Powell and bassist George Morrow. One of the premiere early hard bop units, this band had unlimited potential. Highlights of this set are "Cherokee" (during which trumpeter Brownie is brilliant), "Swingin"' and "Sandu." All of the group's recordings (which have been included in the Clifford Brown ten-CD box set) are well worth acquiring.

Tracks:
1. "Cherokee" 5:44
2. "Jacqui" 5:11
3. "Swingin'" 2:52
4. "Lands End" 4:56
5. "George's Dilemma" 5:36
6. "Sandu" 4:56
7. "Gerkin for Perkin" 2:56
8. "If I Love Again" 3:24
9. "Take the A Train" 4:18

Personnel:
* Clifford Brown - Trumpet
* Max Roach - drums
* Harold Land - Tenor saxophone
* George Morrow - bass
* Richie Powell - piano

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Clifford Brown & Max Roach - At Basin Street (1956) (24b rem) (eac-flac-cover)

Clifford Brown & Max Roach - At Basin Street (1956) (24b rem)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 275MB

Verve Master Edition | 24-bit remastered | rar +5% recovery

AMG:
The last official album by the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet is the only one that featured the great Sonny Rollins on tenor. With pianist Richie Powell and bassist George Morrow completing the group, this CD reissue is a hard bop classic. Brownie and Rollins fit together perfectly on memorable versions of "What Is This Thing Called Love," "I'll Remember April," and a witty arrangement of "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing." Highly recommended.

Tracks:
01 What Is This Thing Called Love? 7:33
02 Love Is A Many Splendored Thing 4:14
03 I'll Remember April 9:13
04 Powell's Prances 3:28
05 Time 5:03
06 The Scene Is Clean 6:05
07 Gertrude's Bounce 4:09
08 Step Lighlty (Junior's Arrival) 3:33
09 Flossie Lou 3:55
10 What Is This Thing Called Love? - Alternative Take 8:19
11 Love Is A Many Splendored Thing - Breakdown 0:45
12 Love Is A Many Splendored Thing - Alternative Take 3:53
13 I'll Remember April - Breakdown 1:25
14 I'll Remember April - Alternative Take 9:43
15 Flossie Lou - Alternative Take 4:01

Personnel:
Bass - George Morrow
Drums - Max Roach
Piano - Richie Powell
Saxophone [Tenor] - Sonny Rollins
Trumpet - Clifford Brown

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Clifford Brown - Memorial Album (1953) (RVG) (eac-flac-cover)

Clifford Brown - Memorial Album (1953) (RVG)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 260MB

BN RVG | rar +5% recovery

AMG:
Like swing guitarist Charlie Christian, Clifford Brown was incredibly influential for someone who died so young. The Fats Navarro-minded trumpeter was only 25 when a car accident claimed his life in 1956, but his influence remained long after his death -- Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Woody Shaw, Donald Byrd, and Carmell Jones were among the many trumpet titans who were heavily influenced by Brown. In the early to mid-'50s, Brown kept getting more and more exciting; those who found him impressive in 1952 found even more reason to be impressed in 1955. That means that when it comes to Brown's CDs, excellent doesn't necessarily mean essential. Recorded in 1953, the material on this 18-track CD isn't quite as essential as some of Brown's work with drummer Max Roach in 1954 and 1955, but is still superb. The trumpet icon is heard at two different sessions -- one with saxmen Gigi Gryce and Charlie Rouse, pianist John Lewis, bassist Percy Heath, and drummer Art Blakey, the other with Heath, alto saxman Lou Donaldson, pianist Elmo Hope, and drummer Philly Joe Jones (who in 1953 was two years away from joining Miles Davis' quintet). Brown's solos are consistently expressive; he swings unapologetically hard on up-tempo fare like "Carvin' the Rock," "Cherokee," and Quincy Jones' "Wail Bait," but is quite lyrical on the ballads "You Go to My Head" and "Easy Living." One thing all of the performances have in common is a strong Fats Navarro influence; Navarro was Brown's primary influence, although Brown became quite distinctive himself at an early age. Casual listeners would be better off starting out with some of Brown's recordings with Max Roach; nonetheless, seasoned fans will find that this CD is a treasure chest. [The 2001 Blue Note reissue features a different track sequencing than the original and also includes several alternate takes as bonus tracks. These alternate takes had appeared on the 1989 reissue, but Blue Note shuffles the sequencing here to ensure that the music is presented as it was recorded, session by session.]

Tracks:
01-Bellarosa
02-Carvin' The Rock
03-Cookin'
04-Brownie Speaks
05-De-Dah
06-You Got To My Head
07-Carvin' The Rock (alternate take #1)
08-Cookin' (alternate take)
09-Carvin' The Rock (alternate take #2)
10-Wail Bait
11-Hymn Of The Orient
12-Brownie Eyes
13-Cherokee
14-Easy Living
15-Minor Mood
16-Wail Bait (alternate take)
17-Cherokee (alternate take)
18- Hymn Of The Orient (alternate take

Personnel: Clifford Brown (trumpet); Gigi Gryce (flute, alto saxophone); Lou Donaldson (alto saxophone); Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone); John Lewis, Elmo Hope, John Richard Lewis (piano); Jo Jones , Philly Joe Jones, Art Blakey (drums).

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