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Clifford Brown, aka “Brownie”, (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an influential and highly-rated American jazz trumpeter. Despite an abbreviated recording career of only 4 years duration (due to his early death), he had a considerable influence on later jazz trumpet players, including Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis, Nicholas Payton, Arturo Sandoval, and especially Valery Ponomarev.
He won the Down Beat critics’ poll for the ‘New Star of the Year’ in 1954; he was inducted into the Down Beat ‘Jazz Hall of Fame’ in 1972 in the critics’ poll. Sandoval described him as “one of what we call the mandatory trumpet players” who was “one of the greatest trumpet players of all time”.
Wilmington, Delaware, (where Brownie was born and is buried), hosts an annual jazz fest in his honor. Sponsored by the cities arts commission known as Citifest, the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival is a FREE week long event held mostly in outdoor venues at various locations in Wilmington. The festival usually occurs the 3rd week in June of each year.
Noteable websites are:
The Clifford Brown Jazz Festival: http://www.cliffordbrownjazzfest.com
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Brown and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Brown_Jazz_Festival
Brownie, the unofficial memorial website: http://cliffordbrown.net
He won the Down Beat critics’ poll for the ‘New Star of the Year’ in 1954; he was inducted into the Down Beat ‘Jazz Hall of Fame’ in 1972 in the critics’ poll. Sandoval described him as “one of what we call the mandatory trumpet players” who was “one of the greatest trumpet players of all time”.
Wilmington, Delaware, (where Brownie was born and is buried), hosts an annual jazz fest in his honor. Sponsored by the cities arts commission known as Citifest, the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival is a FREE week long event held mostly in outdoor venues at various locations in Wilmington. The festival usually occurs the 3rd week in June of each year.
Noteable websites are:
The Clifford Brown Jazz Festival: http://www.cliffordbrownjazzfest.com
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Brown and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Brown_Jazz_Festival
Brownie, the unofficial memorial website: http://cliffordbrown.net
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WilliamStonier wrote:
The biggest reason I look up too this man as a jazz musician is, well his skill of course, but he didn't do drugs and he didn't drink and he dispelled the myth that you needed to do drugs to be able to play soulfully. RIP Clifford.
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bernarducs wrote:
He >>> Miles.
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thenearestdoor wrote:
oh man, if only he had lived another 40+ years ....sigh
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Druid66 wrote:
A shooting star of Jazz. Think: he did what he did in just four years!
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barryvs wrote:
Awesome trumpet player.
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the_Crowder wrote:
... Huh. I honestly thought I was the only one that liked his rendition of Easy Livin' above all else. I was expecting to see Cherokee topping the charts.
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gangstayoda wrote:
holy shit! dude was only 26! just imagine what he could have done. why'd he have to let his wife drive?!
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Godfrey11 wrote:
No better player out there.
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monodelmar wrote:
smoke gets in your eyes <3
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SmertoSlava wrote:
Fantastic!!!
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Erikmar wrote:
♫ Love Jazz ♫
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Frenchytj wrote:
Clifford died 14days before I was born.At the age of 16,I bought his album"The Beginning And The End".My favorite tunes were then"Night in Tunisia"and "Walkin'".Later I preferred his version of"It Might As Well Be Spring"which I loved to play onstage.Even I've hurd hundreds of jazzmen ,he still is my fav! Frenchytj.
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JerryMeandering wrote:
Clifford Brown The Free Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, (Official site: [officialsite]http://www.cliffordbrownjazzfest.com[/officialsite]) all week, June 14–20, 2010 in Wilmington, Delaware. If you will be anywhere near the U.S. Mid-Atlantic east coast, (New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C.) it's only 2 hours drive. Wilmington, Delaware, (where Brownie was born and is buried), hosts an annual jazz fest in his honor. Citifest, the cities arts commission, sponsors the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, a FREE week long event held mostly in outdoor venues at various locations in Wilmington.
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pone2none wrote:
grand!!!
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TheAbbott wrote:
With Strings is one of my favorite jazz albums.
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staaswellcharge wrote:
WOW
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vakho_jaja wrote:
super
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WmVSVN wrote:
Great!
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lukexmartin wrote:
He WAS the next big thing.
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OhYesByAllMeans wrote:
He could have been the next big thing.
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