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CLIFFORD BROWN
Archaeological Material [no label, 1CD]
Unpublished recordings 1953/55/56 broadcast on Jazz Club (November 1, 1996). Good to fairly good FM broadcast, a bit of hiss.
Jazz writer Doug Ramsey wrote in 2006:
Fifty years ago today at The Seattle Times, as I ripped copy from the wire machines my eye went to a story in the latest Associated Press national split. A young trumpeter named Clifford Brown [1930-1956] had been killed early that morning in a car crash. My heart stopped for a beat or two. My stomach churned. I felt ill. I was attempting to master the trumpet and, like virtually all aspiring trumpet players, idolized Brown. The life of a majestically inventive musician had ended violently on a rainy highway in Pennsylvania. He was four months short of his twenty-sixth birthday. When I think about his loss, I still feel ill.
There has never been a jazz musician who worked harder, lived cleaner, and accomplished or promised more in so short a lifetime. His practice routine encompassed taping himself as he worked out on trumpet and piano. I have listened to some of those tapes. It is moving to hear Brown pursue - and achieve - perfection as he brings complex ideas to fruition through the persistent application of his technical mastery, to hear him sing a phrase and then play it repeatedly until he has polished it nearly to his satisfaction. Like most first-rank artists, he was never truly satisfied with his performance. To listeners, however, Brown’s solos are among the glories of twentieth century music. To trumpet players, his work remains an inspiration. His passion, power, lyricism and flawless execution constitute a model whose pursuit is bound to bring improvement.
Thanks to the person who shared these tracks at Dime in 2007; and to pjgaffey for keeping the tracks alive.
Lineage:
FM Broadcast - France Musique - Jazz Club - C. Carriere
Tape recorder > CD recorder > CD-CA Extractor and Converter > Flac
Click on the highlighted tracks to download the MP3s (224 kbps). As far as we can ascertain, these tracks have never been officially released on CD.
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Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet (Early 1956)
Clifford Brown - trompette
Max Roach - tatterie
Sonny Rollins - saxophone tenor
Richie Powell - piano
George Morrow - contrebasse
Track 01. C Carriere announcement 0:45 (1.3MB)
Track 02. Clifford announcement 1:28 (2.5MB)
Track 03. Take The A Train (Billy Strayhorn) 13:33 (22.8MB)
Track 04. C Carriere announcement 1:06 (1.8MB)
Track 05. Darn that Dream (Rollins solo) 3:53 (6.5MB)
Track 06. C Carriere announcement 0:44 (1.2MB)
Track 07. Nice Work If You Can Get It 9:41 (16.3MB)
Supposedly recorded by Clifford Brown at home (June 28, 1955)
Clifford Brown - trompette
Unknown - piano
Unknown - saxophone
Rob McConnell - trombone
Track 08. C Carriere announcement 0:57 (1.6mB)
Track 09. Strike Up the Band 3:29 (5.9MB)
Between May and August 1953 (supposedly June ‘53)
Clifford Brown -trompette
Tadd Dameron - piano
GG Gryce (?) - saxophone alto
Benny Golson - saxophone tenor
Track 10. C Carriere announcement 0:46 (1.3MB)
Track 11. Somebody Loves me/Indiana/A Night in Tunisia (Clifford solos) 6:49 (11.5MB)
Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet (Early 1956)
Track 12. C Carriere announcement and Jordu 9:17 (15.6MB)
54 mins
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