The Beginning and the End (Clifford Brown album)
| The Beginning and the End | |
|---|---|
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| Compilation album by | |
| Released | 1973 |
| Recorded | March 21, 1952 & June 25, 1956 |
| Venue | Music City Club |
| Genre | Hard bop Bebop |
| Length | 34:22 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Producer | Don Schlitten |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [2] |
The Beginning and the End (Columbia Records, 1973) is a Clifford Brown compilation album. The album opens with two tracks that Clifford Brown recorded with Chris Powell's Blue Flames in 1952, and ends with recordings of a session held at Music City Club in Philadelphia in 1956.[1] According to the liner notes, they are "The first and last recorded performances of one of the greatest soloists in the history of Jazz."[3] According to Nick Catalano's biography of Clifford Brown, the Music City Club session could have taken place on May 31, 1955.[4]
Reception and legacy[edit]
The AllMusic reviewer concluded that "Clifford Brown's playing on this date is so memorable that the LP is essential for all jazz collections."[1] Fellow trumpeter Christian Scott said that as a child he heard the album and thought that Brown "had a lot of heart and was compassionate".[5] Returning to the album much later, he realised that Brown "was playing some pretty impossible things on the instrument [...] There's stuff that this guy did with the instrument that many fifty year old trumpet players would never attempt".[5]
Track listing[edit]
- "I Come from Jamaica" (Chris Powell) – 2:39
- "Ida Red" (Chris Powell) – 2:00
- "Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) – 11:38
- "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 11:04
- "Donna Lee" (Charlie Parker) – 7:11
Personnel[edit]
- Clifford Brown – trumpet (all tracks)
Tracks 1–2
- Chris Powell – vocals, percussion
- Vance Wilson – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Eddie Lambert – guitar
- Duke Wells – piano
- James Johnson – bass
- Osie Johnson – drums
Tracks 3–5
- Billy Root – tenor saxophone
- Ziggy Vines – tenor saxophone
- Sam Dockery – piano
- Adolph "Ace" Tisone – bass
- Ellis Tollin – drums
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Clifford Brown – The Beginning and the End: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "Clifford Brown – The Beginning and the End (Vinyl, LP, Album)". discogs. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ Catalano, Nick (2000). Clifford Brown: The Life and Art of the Legendary Jazz Trumpeter. New York City: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510083-2.
- ^ a b Ellis, William (April 10, 2013). "Christian Scott: Clifford Brown, The Beginning of the End". allaboutjazz. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
