| Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown | ||||
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| Released | May 12, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 62:47 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Helen Merrill, Jean-Philippe Allard | |||
| Helen Merrill chronology | ||||
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Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown is an album by Helen Merrill, recorded in tribute to the trumpeter Clifford Brown. [1]
Merrill had recorded an album with Brown in 1954.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [2] |
AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "Throughout the often emotional date, Helen Merrill is heard in top form, giving plenty of feeling to the lyrics while leaving room for the guest trumpeters". [1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as a "classic session [... that] acted as a superb vehicle for Merrill's individual approach to time". [2]
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