The fluid trumpet of
Clifford Brown – presented in a sparkling batch of master takes recorded for Emarcy Records in the 1950s!
Brownie only made the scene a few short years, before his untimely early death – but while at Emarcy, he cut some truly revelatory music, the sort of trumpet-based jazz that went onto influence decades of later players, and which still sounds amazingly fresh and vibrant today! And although Universal issued a previous larger set of
Brown's music, this 4CD set is nicely compact, and just focuses on the instrumental master takes – no vocal numbers, false starts, or alternates – pure classic
Clifford all the way through. Titles are pulled from famous sessions with Max Roach, plus the classic
Brownie With Strings album – although the main material here is pulled from seven albums that bore the Roach/
Brown name, including tracks released after
Clifford's death. 49 tracks in all, beautifully packaged with a 64 page book, in a limited edition tin cover!
(Includes metal tin, insert, book and postcards – all in beautiful shape!)