Clifford Brown

• LIMITED EDITION IN SPECIAL SIX-PANEL DIGIPACK

• INCLUDES 9 BONUS TRACKS

The tragic death of the great Clifford Brown in a car accident at the early age of 25 on June 26, 1956, put a halt to one of the most promising careers in jazz history. From then on all of the remaining sessions which Clifford had recorded began to be released under titles such as that of Jazz Immortal (Pacific Jazz Records PJ-3), which appeared posthumously and presents a couple of sessions that marked the only existing collaborations between Brown and Zoot Sims.

The rare Sims feature “Bones for Zoot”, which completes the date and was omitted from various previous reissues, is included on this edition, as well as a complete 1953 bonus session that pairs Brown with another horn giant, Lou Donaldson.

PERSONNEL:

• CLIFFORD BROWN, trumpet on all tracks, plus:

• ON TRACKS [3],[5], & [8]:
• Zoot Sims (ts), Stu Williamson (v-tb), Bob Gordon (bar),
• Russ Freeman (p), Joe Mondragon (b), Shelly Manne (d).
• Los Angeles, July 12, 1954.

• ON TRACKS [1],[2],[4],[6-7] & [9-10]:
• Same personnel except Carson Smith (b) replaces Mondragon.
• Zoot Sims and the rhythm section only on “Bones for Zoot”.
• Los Angeles, August 13, 1954.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS (11-19):
• Clifford Brown (tp), Lou Donaldson (as), Elmo Hope (p),
• Percy Heath (b), Philly Joe Jones (d).
• WOR Studios, New York, June 9, 1953.

TRACKS:

• 01. TINY CAPERS
• 02. GONE WITH THE WIND
• 03. FINDERS KEEPERS
• 04. BLUEBERRY HILL
• 05. JOY SPRING
• 06. BONES FOR JONES
• 07. BONES FOR ZOOT
• 08. DAAHOUD
• 09. TINY CAPERS [ALT TK]
• 10. GONE WITH THE WIND [ALT TK]
• 11. BELLAROSA (*)
• 12. CARVING THE ROCK (*)
• 13. COOKIN’ (*)
• 14. BROWNIE SPEAKS (*)
• 15. DE-DAH (*)
• 16. YOU GO TO MY HEAD (*)
• 17. CARVING THE ROCK [ALT TK 1] (*)
• 18. CARVING THE ROCK [ALT TK 2] (*)
• 19. COOKIN’ [ALT TK] (*)

• TOTAL TIME: 73:29 Min.