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Love this trio.

The Red Garland Trio - Groovy
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Sweet sweet jazz album on afternoon :)

To my ear one of the most beautiful sounds in music is the trumpet playing of Clifford Brown or 'Brownie' who died in a car accident aged 25 in 1956. Fortunately we have recorded performances to remember him by. Brownie did not smoke or drink and he has influenced an array of trumpet players and other musicians too as a result of his music-making. Sonny Rollins said of him, "Clifford was a profound influence on my personal life. He showed me that it was possible to live a good, clean life and still be a good jazz musician."

He had great technique and has made recordings playing music at various tempi but it is his ballad playing that really grabs me. His extraordinary musical tone, his phrasing and they way he played with great emotion has always moved me.

Here is a lovely example of what I mean, try and ignore Neal Hefti's saccharine string arrangement, this one's for Ivor:


and Stardust, oh beautiful Brownie:


and on TV with Max Roach:

Seán wrote:To my ear one of the most beautiful sounds in music is the trumpet playing of Clifford Brown or 'Brownie' who died in a car accident aged 25 in 1956. Fortunately we have recorded performances to remember him by. Brownie did not smoke or drink and he has influenced an array of trumpet players and other musicians too as a result of his music-making. Sonny Rollins said of him, "Clifford was a profound influence on my personal life. He showed me that it was possible to live a good, clean life and still be a good jazz musician."

He had great technique and has made recordings playing music at various tempi but it is his ballad playing that really grabs me. His extraordinary musical tone, his phrasing and they way he played with great emotion has always moved me.

Here is a lovely example of what I mean, try and ignore Neal Hefti's saccharine string arrangement, this one's for Ivor:


and Stardust, oh beautiful Brownie:

By sheer coincidence (well no, we were talking about Brownie just yesterday) I've had this on repeat all day in the shop...

Ivor wrote: By sheer coincidence (well no, we were talking about Brownie just yesterday) I've had this on repeat all day in the shop...

Glad to hear it Ivor. All this chat has made me thirsty, I must join my lovely wife and open another bottle of your Mas do Novi, it's a cracker.

Recorded in 1999 as a tribute to trumpeter, composer and arranger Herbie Phillips.



Trombonist Andy Martin solos on Mandel & Mercer's song, Emily:

Think I will give up on the 'buildanatomicbomb' thread for awhile and start catching up on all the suggestions on this thread.

tony wrote:Think I will give up on the 'buildanatomicbomb' thread for awhile and start catching up on all the suggestions on this thread.

Seán wrote:

tony wrote:Think I will give up on the 'buildanatomicbomb' thread for awhile and start catching up on all the suggestions on this thread.

Take it the bits and bytes brigade dont float your boat Sean! Don't blame you. I think you can end up chasing your tail rather than just enjoying the music