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
Nicknamed 'Brownie', he was encouraged by both Dizzy Gillespie and Fats Navarro, the latter 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 quintet (co-led with Max Roach). In June 1956, Brown and pianist 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 left 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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Art Blakey Quartet, Art Blakey Quintet, Clifford Brown All Stars, Clifford Brown And His Orchestra, Clifford Brown and Max Roach, Clifford Brown Big Band, Clifford Brown Ensemble, Clifford Brown Octet, Clifford Brown Quartet, Clifford Brown Sextet, Gigi Gryce - Clifford Brown Octet, Gigi Gryce - Clifford Brown Orchestra, Gigi Gryce Clifford Brown Sextet, Gigi Gryce Little Band, Gigi Gryce Octet, Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra, Lou Donaldson - Clifford Brown Quintet, Sonny Rollins Plus Four, Sonny Rollins Quintet, Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra

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