Study in Brown

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Study in Brown
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Released1955
RecordedFebruary 23–25, 1955
StudioCapitol Studios, New York City
Genre Hard bop
Bebop
Length39:53
Label EmArcy
MG 36037
Clifford Brown and Max Roach chronology
Brown and Roach Incorporated
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Study in Brown [4] [5] (EmArcy Records, 1955) is a Clifford Brown and Max Roach album. The album consists predominantly of originals by members of the band. The songs "Lands End", by tenor saxophonist Harold Land, and "Sandu", by Brown, have gone on to become jazz standards. The song "George's Dilemma" is also known as "Ulcer Department". [6] Brown's solo on "Cherokee" is among the most acclaimed solos in jazz. [7]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) – 5:44
  2. "Jacqui" (Richie Powell) – 5:11
  3. "Swingin'" (Clifford Brown) – 2:52
  4. "Lands End" (Harold Land) – 4:57
  5. "George's Dilemma" (Brown) – 5:36
  6. "Sandu" (Brown) – 4:57
  7. "Gerkin for Perkin" (Brown) – 2:56
  8. "If I Love Again" (Jack Murray and Ben Oakland) – 3:24
  9. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:16

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Hall, Tony (3 May 1958). "Clifford Brown's with the 'grits and greens'". Disc . No. 13. p. 18.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 181. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. "Study In Brown: The Hard Bop Homepage". hardbop.tripod.com.
  5. "Clifford Brown" www.jazztrumpetsolos.com Archived 2010-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Mercury Records Catalog: EmArcy 36000 series". www.jazzdisco.org.
  7. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). London: Penguin Books. p. 181. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.