Clifford Brown

Clifford Brown and Max Roach

Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet · 1954

Study in Brown

Clifford Brown · 1955

Saxophone Colossus

Sonny Rollins · 1956

The 1954–56 Clifford BrownClifford Brownクリフォード・ブラウン-Max RoachMax Roachマックス・ローチ Quintet refined bebop's vocabulary to a peak of elegance. When Brownie died at 26 in 1956, the abrupt end left Rollins asking what to do next — a question that produced Saxophone ColossusSaxophone ColossusSonny Rollins · 1956.

Clifford BrownClifford Brownクリフォード・ブラウン died in a car accident in 1956 at age 25. The quality and quantity of what he recorded in just four years of professional activity is staggering — alongside Chet Baker he defined the sound of 1950s bebop trumpet.

— Clifford Brown: The Life and Art of the Legendary Jazz Trumpeter, Nick Catalano, 2000

Way Out West

Sonny Rollins · 1957

Way Out WestWay Out WestSonny Rollins · 1957 (1957) was Rollins's deliberate choice to go pianoles. Recorded in Los Angeles with West Coast heavyweights Ray Clifford BrownClifford Brownクリフォード・ブラウン and Shelly Manne. Without a chordal instrument, every line Rollins played was completely exposed.

The Yussef DayesYussef Dayesユセフ・デイズ Experience performs in Joshua RedmanJoshua Redmanジョシュア・レッドマン Tree National Park, presented by Soulection and released via Clifford BrownClifford Brownクリフォード・ブラウンswood Recordings.

— The Yussef Dayes Experience - Live at Joshua Tree, 2022

Sonny RollinsSonny Rollinsソニー・ロリンズ joined the Clifford BrownClifford Brownクリフォード・ブラウン/Max RoachMax Roachマックス・ローチ Quintet in late 1955, replacing Harold Land. Though cut short by Brown's fatal car accident in June 1956, the band dramatically expanded Rollins's improvisational vocabulary.

— Clifford Brown: The Life and Art of the Legendary Jazz Trumpeter, Nick Catalano, 2000

In 1954 Max RoachMax Roachマックス・ローチ and Clifford BrownClifford Brownクリフォード・ブラウン formed their quintet in Los Angeles. Combining lyrical melodicism with rigorous rhythmic design, the band bridged East Coast intellect and West Coast polish.

— Clifford Brown: The Life and Art of the Legendary Jazz Trumpeter, Nick Catalano, 2000

On June 26, 1956, Clifford BrownClifford Brownクリフォード・ブラウン died at age 25 in a car crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, along with pianist Richie Powell and his wife. Brownie's clean-living reputation made his loss especially devastating to the jazz community.

— Clifford Brown: The Life and Art of the Legendary Jazz Trumpeter, Nick Catalano, 2000

Clifford BrownClifford Brownクリフォード・ブラウン's trumpet was prized for its luminous tone, inherited from Fats Navarro, and flawless technique. His 1954 originals 'Joy Spring' and 'Daahoud' remain standards in the jazz repertoire.

— Clifford Brown: The Life and Art of the Legendary Jazz Trumpeter, Nick Catalano, 2000

A Night at Birdland Vol.1

Art Blakey · 1954

On February 21, 1954, Clifford BrownClifford Brownクリフォード・ブラウン electrified the Birdland audience during the A Night at Birdland Vol.1A Night at Birdland Vol.1Art Blakey · 1954 live session. His luminous tone and endlessly inventive improvisation became one of the most dramatic documents of hard bop's birth. Brown would die in a car accident the following year, at 25.