Study in Brown W/ Max Roach

THE FRANCIS WOLFF COLLECTION

4 ORIGINAL ALBUMS 0N 2-CD SET

4-PANEL DIGIPACK

16-PAGE BOOKLET

Presented here are some of the best recordings by the fascinating Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet. Harold Land is the tenor saxophonist on CD1, while Sonny Rollins replaces him on the whole CD2. The group is completed by Richie Powell (Bud Powell’s younger brother) on piano, and George Morrow on bass.

Contained here are the original albums Study in Brown (EmArcy MG36037), Clifford Brown & Max Roach (EmArcy MG26036), Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (EmArcy MG36070) and Sonny Rollins Plus Four (Prestige PRLP7038).

Brown has been praised as the “greatest trumpeter that ever lived” by musicians such as Herb Alpert and Quincy Jones.

PERSONNEL:

CLIFFORD BROWN, trumpet
MAX ROACH, drums
HAROLD LAND, tenor sax (on CD1)
SONNY ROLLINS, tenor sax (on CD2)
RICHIE POWELL, piano
GEORGE MORROW, bass
CD 1 [1-9]: STUDY IN BROWN
CD 1 [10-1: CLIFFORD BROWN & MAX ROACH
CD 2 [1-9]: CLIFFORD BROWN AND MAX ROACH AT BASIN STREET
CD 2 [10-13]: SONNY ROLLINS PLUS FOUR / THREE GIANTS

Recorded in New York, Los Angeles & New Jersey, February 1955-March 1956.

TRACKS:

CD 1: 74:10 Min
01 Cherokee
02 Jacqui
03 Swingin’
04 Land’s End
05 George’s Dilemma
06 Sandu
07 Gerkin for Perkin
08 If I Love Again
09 Take the “A” Train
10 Delilah
11 Parisian Thoroughfare
12 The Blues Walk
13 Daahoud
14 Joy Spring
15 Jordu
16 What Am I Here For?

CD 2: 77:18 Min
01 What Is This Thing Called Love?
02 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
03 I’ll Remember April
04 Powell’s Prances
05 Time
06 The Scene Is Clean
07 Gertrude’s Bounce
08 Step Lightly (Junior’s Arrival)
09 Flossie Lou
10 Valse Hot
11 Kiss and Run
12 I Feel a Song Coming On
13 Pent-Up House