Clifford Brown

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Clifford Brown
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American jazz trumpet player.
Born October 30, 1930, Wilmington, Delaware, USA; died June 26, 1956, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA in a car crash.

He was encouraged by both Dizzy Gillespie and Fats Navarro, that latter of which was Brown's main influence. He performed with R&B bandleader Chris Powell (3), Tadd Dameron, Lionel Hampton, and Art Blakey before forming his own group with Max Roach, the Clifford Brown and Max Roach Quintet.

In June 1956, Brown and Richie Powell were being driven from Philadelphia to Chicago by Powell's wife Nancy for the band's next appearance. While driving on a rainy night on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, west of Bedford, she lost control of the car and it went off the road. All three were killed in the resulting crash. Brown is buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, in Wilmington, Delaware.

He won the Down Beat critics' poll for the ‘New Star of the Year’ in 1954; he was inducted into the Down Beat ‘Jazz Hall of Fame’ in 1972 in the critics' poll.
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BLP 5030 New Faces – New Sounds — Clifford Brown Lou Donaldson - Clifford Brown Lou Donaldson - Clifford Brown - New Faces – New Sounds (Album) Blue Note BLP 5030 US 1953 Sell This Version
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BLP 5032 New Star On The Horizon — Clifford Brown Clifford Brown New Star On The Horizon (Album) Blue Note BLP 5032 US 1953 Sell This Version
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PRLP 167 Cliff Brown Art Farmer And The Swedish All Stars — Clifford Brown Clifford Brown, Art Farmer And The Swedish All Stars Clifford Brown, Art Farmer And The Swedish All Stars - Cliff Brown Art Farmer And The Swedish All Stars Prestige PRLP 167 US 1954 Sell This Version
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LDE 070 The Gigi Gryce Orchestra Featuring Clifford Brown The Gigi Gryce Orchestra Featuring Clifford Brown - "Jazz Time Paris" Vol. 10 (Album) Vogue Productions LDE 070 UK 1954 Sell This Version
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BLP 5050 Jazztime Paris Vol. 2 — Clifford Brown Gigi Gryce Little Band Featuring Clifford Brown Gigi Gryce Little Band Featuring Clifford Brown - Jazztime Paris Vol. 2(10", Mono) Blue Note BLP 5050 US 1954 Sell This Version
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JSLP 50.018, J S L P 50018 In Concert Vol. 2 — Clifford Brown Max Roach & Clifford Brown Max Roach & Clifford Brown - In Concert Vol. 2(10", Album, Mono) Gene Norman Presents, Vogue P.I.P. JSLP 50.018, J S L P 50018 France 1955 Sell This Version
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J.S.L.P. 50.015, J S L P 50015 In Concert Vol. 1 — Clifford Brown Max Roach & Clifford Brown Max Roach & Clifford Brown - In Concert Vol. 1 (Album) Gene Norman Presents, Vogue P.I.P. J.S.L.P. 50.015, J S L P 50015 France 1955 Sell This Version
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MG-36005 Clifford Brown With Strings — Clifford Brown Clifford Brown Clifford Brown With Strings (Album) EmArcy MG-36005 Canada 1955 Sell This Version
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BLP 1526 Memorial Album — Clifford Brown Clifford Brown Memorial Album (Comp, Album) Blue Note BLP 1526 US 1956 Sell This Version
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MG-36039, MG 36039 Best Coast Jazz — Clifford Brown Max Roach, Herb Geller, Walter Benton, Joe Maini, Clifford Brown Max Roach, Herb Geller, Walter Benton, Joe Maini, Clifford Brown - Best Coast Jazz (Album) Mercury, EmArcy MG-36039, MG 36039 US 1956 Sell This Version
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PRLP 7055, LP 7055 Memorial — Clifford Brown Clifford Brown Memorial (Comp, Album) Prestige, Prestige PRLP 7055, LP 7055 US 1956 Sell This Version
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MG 36036 Clifford Brown And Max Roach — Clifford Brown Clifford Brown, Max Roach, George Morrow, Harold Land, Richie Powell Clifford Brown, Max Roach, George Morrow, Harold Land, Richie Powell - Clifford Brown And Max Roach (Album) EmArcy, Mercury Emarcy Jazz MG 36036 US 1958 Sell This Version
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PJ-3 Jazz Immortal — Clifford Brown Clifford Brown featuring Zoot Sims Clifford Brown featuring Zoot Sims - Jazz Immortal (Album) Pacific Jazz PJ-3 New Zealand 1960 Sell This Version
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MG-36037, MG 36037 Clifford Brown — Clifford Brown Clifford Brown And Max Roach Clifford Brown And Max Roach - Clifford Brown (Album) EmArcy, Mercury MG-36037, MG 36037 US 1961 Sell This Version
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PR 7291, PRLP 7291 Three Giants! — Clifford Brown Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown And Max Roach Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown And Max Roach - Three Giants! (Comp, Album) Prestige, Prestige PR 7291, PRLP 7291 US 1964 Sell This Version
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SM-7264(M) Jam Session — Clifford Brown Clifford Brown Jam Session (Album) Mercury SM-7264(M) Japan 1967 Sell This Version
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KC 32284 The Beginning And The End — Clifford Brown Clifford Brown The Beginning And The End (Album, Comp) Columbia KC 32284 US 1973 Sell This Version
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TLP-5526 Helen Merrill Featuring Clifford Brown — Clifford Brown Helen Merrill Featuring Clifford Brown Helen Merrill Featuring Clifford Brown - Helen Merrill Featuring Clifford Brown (Album) Trip Jazz TLP-5526 US 1974 Sell This Version
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VJD 507 Clifford Brown Vol. 1 — Clifford Brown Clifford Brown Clifford Brown Vol. 1 (Album) Jazz Vogue VJD 507 UK 1974 Sell This Version
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Xanadu 122 International Jam Sessions — Clifford Brown Charlie Parker / Clifford Brown / Phil Woods Charlie Parker / Clifford Brown / Phil Woods - International Jam Sessions (Comp, Album) Xanadu Records Xanadu 122 US 1976 Sell This Version
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SMJ-6186(M), SMJ-6186M, (MAX-6002) Live At Bee Hive Chicago 1955 – Raw Genius 2 — Clifford Brown Clifford Brown & Max Roach Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Live At Bee Hive Chicago 1955 – Raw Genius 2(LP, Album, Mono) JVC, JVC, JVC SMJ-6186(M), SMJ-6186M, (MAX-6002) Japan 1977 Sell This Version
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195J-1 More Study In Brown — Clifford Brown Clifford Brown More Study In Brown (Album) EmArcy 195J-1 Japan 1983 Sell This Version
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BST 84428 More Memorable Tracks — Clifford Brown Clifford Brown More Memorable Tracks (Album) Blue Note BST 84428 US 1984 Sell This Version
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K23P 6738 The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 4 — Clifford Brown Clifford Brown The Complete Paris Collection Vol. 4(LP, Mono, RE) Vogue K23P 6738 Japan 1984 Sell This Version
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CD 53033 New York City, Birdland Club, February 21, 1954 — Clifford Brown Art Blakey & Clifford Brown Art Blakey & Clifford Brown - New York City, Birdland Club, February 21, 1954 (Comp) Giants Of Jazz CD 53033 France 1988 Sell This Version

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Groovesagogo69

Groovesagogo69

March 4, 2017
I can't avoid the fact to be absolutely fascinated by his warm,powerful,sensuous,virile sound & perfect technique.He had it all to be the best one,& in fact he is ( one of the most influential figures in Jazz ever).If you are a Lee Morgan,Donald Byrd,F Hubbard,Blue Mitchell (...) fan and can't explain why,so you also admire (strongly as I do) this man,but perhaps still ignore this fact.Personal fave: C Brown & Max Roach 1954 (btw my 1st purchased Jazz record a long time ago & still Amazing !)

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