1955
1955
When Sonny Rollins was asked to name the three musicians he respected most, he said Lester Young, Charlie Parker and Clifford Brown.
Brownie was a musical genus and his appeal goes beyond technical abilities (never a wrong note or messed up phrase). He could talk to you through his horn and make it right. I don't know how else to say it.
I'm lucky - these are Japanese mono pressings and SQ is excellent. More Study in Brown is taken from previous sessions and features Sonny Rollins on side 1 and Harold Land on side 2. It really swings and so does Basin Street, but these are all great records. I have some more Brownie records I'll show you when I get a chance to play them again, and he's on some Max Roach albums also.
I think Brownie refined the playing at the end of the bebop era and set a standard for post bop. Everybody loved Clifford Brown.
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