Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown: Memorial Album LP (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)
Blue Note, 1956
The incomparable trumpeter Clifford Brown’s star was just starting to ascend when he recorded two sessions as a leader for Blue Note in 1953 — a co-led quintet date with alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson and a sextet date under his own name — that were later compiled on the 12" LP Memorial Album (BLP 1526) shortly after his tragic death in a car accident in 1956. Side 1 presents the sextet with alto saxophonist Gigi Gryce, tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse, pianist John Lewis, bassist Percy Heath, and drummer Art Blakey on a blistering version of “Cherokee,” the stunning ballad performance of “Easy Living,” the Quincy Jones bebop theme “Wail Bait,” and more. Side 2 finds the Donaldson-Brown Quintet with Heath on bass, Elmo Hope on piano, and Philly Joe Jones on drums cooking through a set including Brown’s briskly paced original “Brownie Speaks,” Hope’s grooving “De-Dah,” and the resplendent ballad “You Go To My Head.”
Tracklist
Side A
- Hymn Of The Orient
- Easy Livin
- Minor Mood
- Cherokee
- Wail Bait
Side B
- Brownie Speaks
- De-Dah
- Cookin’
- You Go To My Head
- Carvin’ The Rock
This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
Related Products
![Impulse Records: Music, Message and the Moment 4LP](http://castore.everythingjazz.com/cdn/shop/products/LP-Boxeset_392x.png?v=1709918683)
Impulse Records: Music, Message and the Moment 4LP
![Bill Charlap Trio: Street Of Dreams LP](http://castore.everythingjazz.com/cdn/shop/products/LP-PRoduct-shot-_1_392x.png?v=1709304617)
Bill Charlap Trio: Street Of Dreams
![Kandace Springs - Indigo Cover](http://castore.everythingjazz.com/cdn/shop/products/KSPRINGS_INDIGO_COVER_HI_RES_RGB_392x.png?v=1709304613)
Kandace Springs - Indigo
![R+R=NOW - R+R=Now Live (Blue Note Club New York) LP](http://castore.everythingjazz.com/cdn/shop/products/LP-Pack-Shot_392x.png?v=1709304611)
R+R=NOW - R+R=Now Live (Blue Note Club New York)
![Blue Lab Beats - Motherland Journey 2LP](http://castore.everythingjazz.com/cdn/shop/products/bluelabbeats-motherlandjourney_392x.jpg?v=1709304602)
Blue Lab Beats - Motherland Journey 2LP
![Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey: Compassion Cover Art](http://castore.everythingjazz.com/cdn/shop/products/Iyer_full_cover_392x.jpg?v=1707501163)
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey: Compassion
![Joel Ross: nublues Colour 2LP](http://castore.everythingjazz.com/cdn/shop/products/nubluesD2CLP_392x.png?v=1707501152)
Joel Ross: nublues
![Ethan Iverson: Technically Acceptable](http://castore.everythingjazz.com/cdn/shop/products/EthanIversonTechnicallyAccepatab_392x.png?v=1706703739)
Ethan Iverson: Technically Acceptable
![Carmen McRae: Great Women Of Song: Carmen McRae](http://castore.everythingjazz.com/cdn/shop/products/GWOS_CarmenMcRae_5x5_45_392x.jpg?v=1705672807)