Clifford Brown All Stars

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Clifford Brown All Stars
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Studio album by
Released1956
RecordedAugust 11, 1954
Studio Capitol, 5515 Melrose, Hollywood
Genre Jazz
Length36:45
Label EmArcy
MG 36102
Clifford Brown chronology
Best Coast Jazz
(1954)
Clifford Brown All Stars
(1956)
Jam Session
(1954)

Clifford Brown All Stars (also released as Caravan) is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown featuring tracks recorded in 1954 but released on the EmArcy label posthumously in 1956. [1]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars and Stewart Mason, in his review, states "While nowhere close to bottom-of-the-barrel scrapings, these are clearly inferior performances". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Caravan" (Irving Mills, Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington) – 15:10
  2. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 21:35

Personnel

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References

  1. EmArcy Records discography accessed October 5, 2012
  2. 1 2 Mason, S. AllMusic Review accessed October 5, 2012