3 LPs ON 2 CDs

AUTHENTIC MYTHS OF VOCAL JAZZ BACKED BY THE BRILLIANT SOUND OF CLIFFORD BROWN’S TRUMPET!!!

The great Clifford Brown produced only three albums backing singers during his short career. All of his exquisite recordings as accompanist to Sarah Vaughan, Helen Merrill and Dinah Washington are included on this superlative collection.

PERSONNEL:

CLIFFORD BROWN (tp) on all tracks plus:

DISC 1 (1-10): SARAH VAUGHAN:
Sarah Vaughan (vcl), Herbie Mann (fl), Paul Quinichette (ts), Jimmy Jones (p),
Joe Benjamin (b), Roy Haynes (d), Ernie Wilkins (arr, cond).
New York, December 16 (1-5) & December 18 (6-10), 1954.

DISC 1 (11-16) & DISC 2 (1): HELEN MERRILL:
Helen Merrill (vcl), Danny Bank (fl), Jimmy Jones (p), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b),
Osie Johnson (d), Quincy Jones (arr, cond).
New York, December 22 (Disc 1, 11-14) & December 24 (Disc 1, 15-16 & Disc 2, 1), 1954.
On December 24 Oscar Pettiford (b, cello) replaces Minton & Bobby Donaldson (d) replaces Johnson.

DISC 2 (2-11): DINAH WASHINGTON:
Dinah Washington (vcl), Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson (tp), Herb Geller (as),
Harold Land (ts), Richie Powell, Junior Mance (p), Keter Betts, George Morrow (b),
Max Roach (d).
Los Angeles, August 14, 1954.

CD1:
01 SEPTEMBER SONG 5:45
02 LULLABY OF BIRDLAND 4:02
03 I'M GLAD THERE IS YOU 5:11
04 YOU'RE NOT THE KIND 4:45
05 JIM 5:52
06 HE'S MY GUY 4:14
07 APRIL IN PARIS 6:22
08 IT'S CRAZY 4:58
09 EMBRACEABLE YOU 4:51
10 LULLABY OF BIRDLAND [alt. take] 3:59
11 DON'T EXPLAIN 5:13
12 BORN TO BE BLUE 5:15
13 YOU'D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO 4:21
14 'S WONDERFUL 3:15
15 YESTERDAYS 6:01
16 FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE 3:53
Total Time: 78:04

CD 2:
01 WHAT'S NEW 4:59
02 I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN 5:28
03 NO MORE 3:21
04 DARN THAT DREAM 5:15
05 YOU GO TO MY HEAD 11:15
06 LOVER COME BACK TO ME 9:54
07 BALLAD MEDLEY: ALONE TOGETHER / SUMMERTIME /
COME RAIN OR COME SHINE 7:21
08 CRAZY HE CALLS ME 5:05
09 THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE 2:17
10 I'LL REMEMBER APRIL 11:44
11 BALLAD MEDLEY: MY FUNNY VALENTINE / DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME /
BESS, YOU IS MY WOMAN NOW / IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING 11:31

Total Time: 78:15