Memorial (Clifford Brown album)

Memorial is a 1956 jazz album by late trumpeter Clifford Brown. It was originally released on the Prestige label as PRLP 7055. It principally includes fast bop pieces, also arranged for a brass section. Ira Gitler, who was supervising session for Prestige label at the time, confessed he 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".^[1]

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

Recorded on June 11, 1953 in New York City; tracks 1, 2, 3 and 4 recorded on September 15, 1953 in Stockholm.

Personnel

On tracks 1-4

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

On tracks 5-9

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

Additional personnel

• Ira Gitler - supervision (on tracks 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
• Doug Hawkins - engineer (on tracks 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
• Quincy Jones - supervision (on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4)

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