If you need a break from dreary grey East Berlin and foreign intrigue, tune into some Clifford Brown...and Max Roach.
From All About Jazz:
At a time when many modern jazz trumpeters sought technical expertise at the expense of tone, Brown, in common with his friend and paradigm, Navarro, had technique to spare but also developed a rich, full and frequently beautiful tone. At the same time, whether playing at scorching tempos or on languorous ballads, his range was exhaustive. He was enormously and brilliantly inventive but his search for original ideas was never executed at the expense of taste. In all his work, Brown displayed the rare combination of supreme intelligence and great emotional depths. His playing was only one aspect of his talent; he was also a fine composer, creating many works that have become modern jazz standards. Although his career was brief, Brown's influence persisted for a while in the work of Lee Morgan and throughout succeeding decades in that of Freddie Hubbard. Fortunately for jazz fans, Brown's own work persists in the form of his recordings, almost any of which can be safely recommended as outstanding examples of the very best of jazz. Indeed, all of his recordings with Roach are classics.
[...]Clifford Brown had established himself as the most potent trumpeter in jazz to arrive on the scene since Dizzy Gillespie. Equally influenced (and encouraged) by Fats Navarro and Gillespie, Brown possessed both a remarkable technique for high-speed playing, with every note perfectly placed and formed, and also a beautiful lyrical ballad style. He developed an innate sense of solo form, a rich tone, and a virtuoso technique in all trumpet ranges. His style included brilliant high notes, high rhythmic detail, and a generous incorporation of grace notes and varied inflections, all of which he played with rare grace and ease. He was especially noted for the melodic qualities of his improvising, which often flowed in long phrases. His impact and influence on the jazz world is only matched by his artistry on the trumpet.
Technical Information:
Artist: Clifford Brown and Max Roach
Album: Study in Brown
Year: 1955
Audio Codec(s): FLAC
Encoding: Lossless
Rip: EAC split tracks + .cue
Avg. bitrate: 978 kb/s
Sample rate: 44100 Hz
Bits per sample: 16
Channels: 2
File size: 276 MB
Length: 0:39:30
Tracklisting:
01. Cherokee (5:41)
02. Jacqui (5:08)
03. Swingin' (2:50)
04. Lands End (4:54)
05. George's Dilemma (5:33)
06. Sandu (4:53)
07. Gerkin for Perkin (2:54)
08. If I Love Again (3:21)
09. Take the 'A' Train (4:16)
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