Clifford Brown

DE LUXE 4-CD SET!

All existing studio recordings by the legendary Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet.

Harold Land was the tenor saxophonist on half of the sessions, while Sonny Rollins replaced him on the other half. The group is completed by Richie Powell (Bud Powell’s younger brother) on piano, and George Morrow on bass.

This package contains the original contents of the albums Clifford Brown & Max Roach (EmArcy MG26036), Brown & Roach Inc. (EmArcy MG36008), Study in Brown (EmArcy MG36037), More Study in Brown (EmArcy Japan 195J-1), Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (EmArcy MG36070) and Sonny Rollins Plus Four (Prestige PRLP7038). All of these LPs, which are complemented here by everyexisting alternate take, count among the most treasured gems in jazz history.

The 24-page booklet includes current as well as all original liner notes, rare original Down Beat reviews, and the complete Clifford Brown Blindfold Test, conducted by Leonard Feather in Down Beat shortly before the trumpeter’s tragic death.


CD1 Total Time: 76:43

01 DELILAH 8:07
02 DARN THAT DREAM 4:04
03 PARISIAN THOROUGHFARE 7:19
04 JORDU 7:45
05 SWEET CLIFFORD 6:42
06 SWEET CLIFFORD [alt tk, incomplete] 1:48
07 I DON’T STAND A GHOST OF A CHANCE [alt tk] 3:03
08 I DON’T STAND A GHOST OF A CHANCE 7:21
09 STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY 6:26
10 I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU 7:39
11 I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU [alt tk] 8:31
12 I’LL STRING ALONG WITH YOU 4:11
13 THESE FOOLISH THINGS 3:40

CD2 Total Time: 78:18

01 JOY SPRING [alt tk] 6:47
02 JOY SPRING 6:57
03 MILDAMA [alt tk 1] 3:41
04 MILDAMA [alt tk 2] 3:27
05 MILDAMA [alt tk 3] 3:58
06 MILDAMA [alt tk 4] 4:04
07 MILDAMA [alt tk 5] 2:17
08 MILDAMA [alt tk 6] 3:56
09 MILDAMA 4:32
10 DAAHOUD 4:04
11 DAAHOUD [alt tk] 4:07
12 GERKIN FOR PERKIN 2:57
13 TAKE THE “A” TRAIN 4:19
14 LANDS END [alt tk] 3:08
15 LANDS END 4:57
16 SWINGIN’ 2:53
17 GEORGE’S DILEMMA 5:36
18 IF I LOVE AGAIN 3:22
19 WHAT AM I HERE FOR 3:07

CD3 Total Time: 78:20

01 THE BLUES WALK [alt tk] 6:47
02 THE BLUES WALK 6:51
03 CHEROKEE 5:43
04 JACQUI 5:11
05 SANDU 4:56
06 GERTRUDE’S BOUNCE 4:13
07 STEP LIGHTLY (JUNIOR’S ARRIVAL) 3:36
08 POWELL’S PRANCES 3:30
09 I’LL REMEMBER APRIL 9:18
10 I’LL REMEMBER APRIL [alt tk 1 incomplete] 1:29
11 I’LL REMEMBER APRIL [alt tk 2] 9:40
12 TIME 5:08
13 THE SCENE IS CLEAN 6:07
14 FLOSSIE LOU [rehearsal] 5:44

CD4 Total Time: 74:12

01 FLOSSIE LOU [alt tk 1] 4:52
02 FLOSSIE LOU [alt tk 2] 4:04
03 FLOSSIE LOU [alt tk 3] 3:30
04 FLOSSIE LOU 3:59
05 WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE? [alt tk] 8:37
06 WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE? 7:40
07 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING [alt tk, incomplete] 0:48
08 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING [alt tk] 3:52
09 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING 4:16
10 VALSE HOT 8:38
11 KISS AND RUN 7:10
12 I FEEL A SONG COMIN’ ON 5:14
13 COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS INSTEAD OF SHEEP 2:30
14 PENT-UP HOUSE 8:53

CLIFFORD BROWN, trumpet
MAX ROACH, drums
HAROLD LAND, tenor sax
SONNY ROLLINS, tenor sax (replaces Land on CD 3, 6-14 & CD 4)
RICHIE POWELL, piano
GEORGE MORROW, bass

Recorded in Los Angeles, 1954 & New York, 1955-56.