Memorial (Clifford Brown album)

Not to be confused with Memorial Album (Clifford Brown album).

Memorial
Studio album by Clifford Brown
Released	1956
Recorded	June 11, 1953 New York City September 15, 1953 Stockholm
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:00
Label	Prestige PRLP 7055
Clifford Brown chronology
Memorial Album (1956) Memorial (1956) The Clifford Brown Big Band in Paris (1956)

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Memorial is a 1956 jazz album by trumpeter Clifford Brown, ^[1] issued posthumously. It was originally released on the Prestige label as PRLP 7055. The album principally includes fast bop pieces, also arranged for a brass section.

Ira Gitler, who was supervising sessions for Prestige at the time, was greatly impressed by Brown: "When Brownie stood up and took his first solo on 'Philly J J', I nearly fell off my seat in the control room. The power, range and brilliance together with the warmth and invention was something that I hadn't heard since Fats Navarro."

Tracks 1-4 were recorded abroad with a Swedish All Star Group; tracks 5-9 were recorded in New York as a Tadd Dameron-led 10-inch LP minus the alternate take. Brown and Benny Golson were the only horn soloists. ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Stockholm Sweetnin'" (Quincy Jones) - 5:29
2. "'Scuse These Blues" (Quincy Jones) - 4:29
3. "Falling in Love with Love" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:25
4. "Lover Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 5:22
5. "Philly J J" (Tadd Dameron) - 5:14
6. "Dial 'B' for Beauty" (Dameron) - 4:37
7. "Theme of No Repeat" (Dameron) - 5:23
8. "Choose Now" [#1] (Dameron) - 4:57
9. "Choose Now" [#2] (Dameron) - 3:26

Tracks 1 – 4 recorded on September 15, 1953 in Stockholm and Tracks 5 – 9 recorded on June 11, 1953 in New York City

Personnel

On tracks 1–4 - (also released as Clifford Brown and Art Farmer with The Swedish All Stars)

• Clifford Brown - trumpet
• Art Farmer - trumpet
• Arne Domnerus - alto sax
• Lars Gullin - baritone sax
• Åke Persson - trombone
• Bengt Hallberg - piano
• Gunnar Johnson - double bass
• Jack Noren - drums

On tracks 5–9 - (also released as A Study In Dameronia)

• Clifford Brown - trumpet
• Benny Golson - tenor sax
• Idrees Sulieman - trumpet
• Gigi Gryce - alto sax
• Herb Mullins - trombone
• Oscar Estell - baritone sax
• Tadd Dameron - piano
• Percy Heath - bass
• Philly Joe Jones - drums

Production

• Quincy Jones - supervision (on tracks 1 – 4)
• Ira Gitler - supervision (on tracks 5 – 9)
• Doug Hawkins - engineer (on tracks 5 – 9)

References

1. "www.discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
2. Original liner notes