I Remember Clifford (song)

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I Remember Clifford is the name of a jazz threnody written by jazz tenor saxophone player Benny Golson in memory of Clifford Brown, the influential and highly-rated jazz trumpeter who died in an auto accident when he was only 25 years old; he and Golson had done a stint in Lionel Hampton's band together.

The song became an instant standard, as musicians paid tribute to Brown by recording their personal reading of it. Golson later said:

[it] took me several weeks, but I'd never written a composition like it before. I wanted to create a melody that the public would remember, and associate it with [him].

I Remember Clifford is also the name of an album by Arturo Sandoval; the entire album is a tribute to Brown, who was a great influence on Sandoval, and features Golson's tune.

[edit] Notable recordings of I Remember Clifford

  • Dizzy Gillespie, The Big Band Sound of Dizzy Gillespie (Verve, 1957)
  • Art Farmer & Benny Golson, Meet The Jazztet
  • Arturo Sandoval, I Remember Clifford (GRP Records, 1992)

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