Clifford Brown, Last Recording: Donna Lee

[Live4Trumpet25]

What album is this?

[MrDr143]

@Live4Trumpet25 the beggining and the end

greaT ALBUM

[bossface009]

holy shit. wish it was better quality tho

[VonNashman]

My top ten: 1) Pops 2) Brownie 3) Miles 4) Buck Clayton 5) Booker Little 6) Freddie Hubbard 7) Lee Morgan 8) Roy Eldgridge 9) Wynton 10) Dizzy

[alexjrmarino]

@VonNashman and what about fats navarro the fat girl??? com'on

[VonNashman]

@alexjrmarino He's #11.

[dagangstah]

@VonNashman Thats a pretty respectable top 10 but the order is jacked up.

[VonNashman]

@dagangstah What's yours?

[dagangstah]

@VonNashman 1. Louis Armstrong 2. Clifford Brown 3. Dizzy Gillespie 4. Miles Davis 5.Clark Terry 6.Lee Morgan 7.Wynton Marsalis 8.Booker Little 9.Freddie Hubbard 10. Fats Navarro

Its really hard to rank them though because they're all so good and almost equally amazing.The only real problem I had with yours was that Dizzy was so low.

[VonNashman]

@dagangstah Fair enough about Diz. I completely acknowledge his contributions, and he's in my top 10, he just isn't my fave. I can't argue though with someone putting him higher on one of their lists, that's for sure. Happy to see Pops where he belongs on yours! That's the only one beyond debate! Cheers.

[ingvar198]

the car was driven by Powells wife

[JCR1992]

@annehurstian No Lee Morgan?

[rosatijazz23]

: ) ARTICULATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Goldfill23]

during some parts of the solo, it seems as cliffords notes are going higher and higher. to the havens possibly . just a theory

[CrandMackerel]

Wynton can't touch this shit, despite all the Armani he can don and ass he can pull.

[trumpetman2525]

@annehurstian

no chet??

[HJWins]

1. Harry James

2. Roy Eldridge

3. Pops

4. Clifford Brown

5. Bobby Hackett

6. Dizz

7. Early Miles Davis

8. Wild Bill Davison

9. Larry Lunetta

10. Wynton

[rtifishul]

@ender2999 Fuck you asshole, Pops is the father of jazz.

[ender2999]

@rtifishul

Whoah, I was totally thinking of someone else. Clint "Pops" McLaughlin for some reason was in my head. Still a shit list, though! Harry James at 1? HAHA

[floripondo]

excelente tema y manso solo

[beabalanced]

I Love Jazz music!!!!!  ENCORE!!!

[DeluxeHobo]

I would love to hear this in good sound quality :)

[curtnevan]

Thanks for the info. Richie Powell's WIFE! Figures!

[davidfromcali]

This was not his last recording, this is a very common mistake that many people believe, but this recording was actually about a year before he died. Of course he's obviously still awesome!

[HitzvilleTV]

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[alionesaxman]

Reading how "brownie" is still shocking folks makes me proud to be a native of Wilmington, DE. His teacher was Mr. Robert "Boysie" Lowery and i too was blessed to study in some of the same houses in some cases. Google Mr. Boysie all u jazz heads, and Anthony "The Big Cat" Smith who took me under his wing sharing some of that great technical skill(classes)

[aloedajazzite]

originality lights up things!

clifford brown did that.

respect to a great jazz pioneer!!!

[JazzJonnie]

Excellent. Never heard this before. Thanks for astonishing posting....

[SIRONEDRAGON]

Brownie was amazing : ) !!!

[blackguy119]

Who are the f***ing 2 people who didn't like this?

[viktor2710]

I like it how it's in A major. What a legend.

[superman53535]

@viktor2710 its not in A major. its in concert Ab major and for trumpet that's Bb major.

[BrannenSaxGuy]

This is like the only trumpet player I've heard solo like a sax player.

[obleix2000]

I think that's my favorite rendition of Donna Lee.

[rsalvucc1]

I once listened to a recording of Clifford practicing. Thousands of hours went into this. My Lord.

[XfreeXskierX31X]

Clifford, pianist Richie Powell and wife, were killed in a car accident during the early morning hours of June 26, 1956. They were on their way to meet Roach for a gig in Chicago when Powell's car, driven by his wife, skidded off the wet Pennsylvania Turnpike

[mophahias]

Imagine what his career would have been like if he hadn't passed away so soon. I mean, he had already accomplished so much in the time that he was alive!

[bluesingroove]

last recording? damn....that shit gives me chills

[Murple333]

@bluesingroove Died within a few hours of this performance, I believe.

[betatrumpet]

Charles "Buddy" Bolden for the win... He IS the first documented Pioneer of Jazz and Instrumental Style.

[gregopvuur]

the only problem with that being that Buddy Bolden was never documented on recording. We only have people talking about how he sounded, which, as you can tell from the comments on this video alone, isn't a reliable source at all.

[steinsteel]

We dont hear that syncopated do ba ri bee pa ra bow in the modern trumpet players.Sure wish these ld but timeless things were new.These were the boys

[curtnevan]

To usefulmusic, this was recorded in Philadelphia in '56, with 16 yr. old Lee Morgan in attendence. After the show, Brownie, Richie Powell and his wife got into Clifford's car to head up to New York for a late gig. They never made it. However it happened, Brownie crashed the car killing all three. After his mourning was over, #1 fan Lee Morgan kept the fire burning and went on to the success CB was deprived of. Morgan brings spontaneity and humor to the Clifford Brown tradition, soul too!

[logalogalog]

That's what they write on the album jacket but it isn't true. The sax player who plays with Clifford on this album, Ziggy Vines said that it was in 1955 and if Clifford had died that evening after the gig, he would have remembered it. (I got this from Clifford Brown's biography by Dr. Nick Catalano)

[davidfromcali]

@curtnevan That's very moving and emotional, but not quite how it happened, sorry. This was played and recorded on May 31st, 1955. Clifford died in 1956. And just a little more info, we don't know who was driving the car. Max Roach was asked about it and he said that he believes Clifford began the trip as driver, then let Powell drive so he could sleep, then Richie passed the keys to his wife. This is guessed because they stopped for gas while Richie's wife was driving.

[MrRemiCormier]

@davidfromcali It's actually Mrs Powell who was driving. Richie on the passenger seat and Clifford in the back. tragicaly no body survived...

[usefulmusic]

Can anyone fill in for me where and when this was recorded and who were the other musicians? Merci d'avance. How many other boppers play interesting lines at that speed? Very few.

[logalogalog]

1955. It was a jazz club in Philly.

[hazrdus]

lee morgan is amazing(and doped out) but couldnt BOP like Clifford.

[jimg14744]

Lee Morgan!... at times he sounded like Clifford and other times he sounded like Donald Byrd He never had a voice of his own.

[anthrax1218]

Not true. Morgan was obviously heavily influenced by Brownie, but that squealing? Neither Brown, nor Byrd ever squealed the way Morgan did. On "Candy," that's Lee squealing like no other.

[jimg14744]

Speaking of Bill Evans, I would love to had heard Bill and Clifford together.

[Mattytheman91]

@jimg14744 you can on Oliver Nelson's Blues and the Absract Truth I believe

[MilesTrane21]

No, that's Freddie Hubbard on that recording.

[Mattytheman91]

@MilesTrane21 yes you are right :P Know I FEEL STUPID :L

[KrummyBear]

Bopin hard.... This is the best kind of music.. Un equivocally.

[dirtyfrenchie]

merci pour cette tolèrance et cette ouverture d'esprit

[Zarniwoop9]

clifford brown died at twentyfive?????

[OscarPetersonFan]

Sadly yes

[mrstrings65]

too bad that richie Powell was so overshadowed by his monster of a player Bud

[PAF149]

Bud Powell was the VERY BEST pianist in the jazz wolrd !.IMO

[Ktmdog]

Art Tatum might have something to say about that.

[rosenti]

Dont over-analyse it, music is a form of expression. You're meant to be feeling what he is feeling, everyone is different, so it's a variety of emotion to each artist.

Enjoy the music, that's what matters :)

[mrstrings65]

good point Rosenti, that is what is wrong with the music schools, they emphasise what can be done with certain scales and modes at the expense of playing what you feel, Bill Evans said people tried to capsulise his style into a musical theorum, then he said " it's not...it's feeling !!

[omleaninto]

very fluid lines on the trumpet awesome tone despite quality of sound...brownie left this world too young...him richie powell and charlie christian all died in early 20's with so much potential but i guess thats life

[DGordon191]

Clifford can strait up play!!

[betatrumpet]

cormier0007 im with you 100% your opinion matters!

[barbonestreet]

To all you young guys out there. Louis Armstrong changed the way jazz was played. He was the father of swing, he was the father of the jazz solo, he was THE most influential jazz musician during the first 50 years in jazz., if not the first 100. Those of you who may not know this, should study jazz history and realize that without Louis , there would be no Brown. Yes, I knew and spoke to both of them more than once about the subject.

[betatrumpet]

... And without, Buddy Bolden, there would be no: Louis Armstrong Dizzy Gillespie Booker Little Lee Morgan Chet Baker Ingrid Jensen Woody Shaw Freedie Hubbard Greg Gisbert ... and every other Jazz Trumpet Player that has contributed this to our wonderful industry. Someone had to start it all, and that was King Bolden. =]

[PAF149]

what about Jabo Smith?? without him there would have been NO Louis Armstrong!~

[betatrumpet]

those comments were directed towards ender2999.

[betatrumpet]

Buddy Bolden is the Godfather of Jazz Trumpet =]

[betatrumpet]

You know honestly, who are you to judge his Tastes and his Opinions? I dont want to throw more fuel on the fire, but Music is such a diverse language, and it most certainly appeals to a diverse people.

[betatrumpet]

One person's opinion could be abhorrent to the social norm. I think that Brown is a Visionary but whos to say that Chet Baker or Buddy Bolden or even Pops couldn't match up to Clifford? You cant, each and every musician that has made a positive impact on Our industry is Singular and Unique in their own way.

Food for thought...

[JROB1989]

This was not his last recording

[stevekindler]

One of the great tragedies of jazz,

the untimely passing of Clifford Brown

[ralph23100]

How can you list a top 10 alltime trumpet players and not have Louis Armstrong on the list??? Now that is what I find truly amazing?

[cormier0007]

because i wouldnt even put louis armstrong in the top 100... i have a better technique than louis armstrong and im 16... i can play higher faster and stuff... louis armstrong isnt the best trumpet player... but hes obviously in the top 10 entertainers of all time

[lleonarte]

Well, you´re sixteen so you can be forgiven. You lack historical perspective and understanding of what a good trumpet player is. No doubt, Browine could play a thousand times better that Armstrong... but those guys wouldn´t have existed without him. Louis Armstrong led the way for many, plus what a feeling he had. Musicians tend to oversimplify music and make all about technique... but believe me, there´s a lot more to it.

[mwljazzguitar]

Yeah, I agree. I think it was Miles Davis that said "you can't play anything on a horn that pops hasn't already played". Obviously, you can, but what he meant was Louis Armstrong was the innovator and damn-near creator of jazz trumpet.

[JROB1989]

Definitely man, Louis Armstrong would have to be in the top 10, at his time he was the best. Just because someone isn't great with technique or playing high doesn't mean they're not great. Look at Miles Davis, his intonation wasn't very good, but his feel and phrasing is genius.

[cormier0007]

i think u guys misunderstood what i wanted to say.. like i said in the other comment that list is my favorite players... not the best players or the one who created jazz or w/e ... and i totally understand how good is louis armstrong... i just think hes a better jazzman and entertainer than a trumpeter... thats also why hes one of my favorite jazz players of all time.. bu yeah if i wanted to hear a killer trumpet solo i wouldnt listen to louis armstrong. (sry for my english and if u dont agree)

[ender2999]

Dude, don't be so ignorant.

[cormier0007]

ender , first or all ive never ''dissed'' louis armstrong... like i said in another video (when u ''dissed'' me again) he's one of my favorite players... and i understand that he created jazz and blablabla... i dont wanna get into that again.. the only thing i meant is that hes not in my top 10 best technical players... and i think any1 that ever touched a trumpet would agree with me... dont try to say im hating louis armstrong lol... and stop leaving a comment to everything i say

[cormier0007]

Again, ill try to exlpain myself with my poor english... I was talking about technical players... i know that louis armstrong is THE most important trumpet player and even jazzman of all time... but my list is about who i think can phrase better and who has the best technique and stuff like that... so yeah maybe u dont agree with me but i just wanted to explain that thats not what i meant

[intrepidpooch]

@cormier0007 Wow you must be pretty amazing, you're better than Pops...and you're only 16! Dude, really? You need to go listen to West End Blues or watch the video of him playing Dinah and after that I think you'll have a different opinion. That's great that you dig Clifford and Freddie though and I'm also impressed to see Fats and Clark Terry on your list though, that's great to see a young person passionate about jazz today, keep listening and shedding!

[jazzguitardotcom]

Don't forget Fats Navarro.

[chewydavis]

tom harrell

mike metheny

[runeskyler]

1. Freddie Hubbard

2. Dizzy Gillespie

3. Clifford Brown

4. Lee Morgan

5. Arturo Sandoval

6. Wynton Marsalis

7. Clark Terry

8. Miles Davis

9. Waymond Reed

10. Bobby Shew

[cormier0007]

1. (young) wynton marsalis

2. clifford brown

3. Freddie hubbard

4. fats navarro

5. clark terry

6. harry james

7. maurice andré

8. miles davis

9. chris botti

10. maynard ferguson

[mataque]

I will say you all forgot to set the best classical trumpet player on the list. hakan hardenberger. too bad he dont play som jazz to.

[cormier0007]

the thing is im not putting the ''best players'' im putting my favorites :) and im not a big classical fan even tough wynton is a beast both in classic and jazz (sry for my english)

[ender2999]

You know nothing.

[cormier0007]

lol i think i know my favorite players more than you.. and im probably sure u dont even know what a trumpet is and ur just being an annoying faggot

[ender2999]

I'm most likely a better player than you, and I for sure have better taste. I saw your comments dissing Louis on some other video. So don't open your mouth about things you know nothing about.

[cormier0007]

ender... if u can post a video of u playing.. plz do and ill try to get u a video of me... then i hope we both see we are good players with just different tastes

[jeff2sabbag]

AMAZING !! Clifford Giant trompet MASTER !!!

Who is this PIANIST ???

Tks for post mr. JAZZART1 Big Hug from Brazil

Jeff

[matoflash]

Sam Dockery is at the piano.

(Ace Tisone bass, Ellis Tollin drums)

[jeff2sabbag]

Great !! tks again !!

[Shmecklecka]

Perhaps the best recording of a trumpet solo ever. One wonders what was missed... Hi Fi was wasted on the worst of american music. With Cifford died the best thing this nation produced.

[the08boy]

Favorite Trumpeters: 1. Clifford Brown 2. Lee Morgan 3.Freddie Hubbard 4.Dizzy Gillespie 5.Booker Little 6. Kenny Durham 7. Blue Mitchell 8. Miles Davis 9. Terrance Blanchard 10. Wallace Ronney

[aslom44]

Fats Navarro is missing. Agree, Clifford was the best, but where is Chet Baker? nd Durham? It's Dorham, you stupid. And Diz is too high on your list!

[matrikula018]

fuck you !!!

[BuckshotLaFunke]

I also love Art Farmer (who could play like Navarro if he so liked!), Clark Terry, and Bill Hardman with his talkative style. And I mustn't forget Don Cherry with his free jazz but down home feeling.

[littleks]

don't forget Nat Adderley; and where is Louis Armstrong!?

[BuckshotLaFunke]

Holy smoke, littleks, you're right! Nat Adderley, a 'friend' of mine. And Louis of course. And how about Bix with his bell-like sound?

[matrikula018]

don't forget chris botti... and chris angell

[kingoliver45]

my favorites are 1.Louis Armstrong 2.King Oliver 3.Wynton Marsalis 4.Kenny Dorham 5.Booker Little 6.Miles Davis 7.Bobby Hackett 8.Chet Baker 9.Blue Mitchell 10.Clifford Brown If I left anybody out besides Dizzy, let me know!!!

[loootbeen]

Lee morgan!

[mrbird00]

Woody Shaw is missing from the list!

[matrikula018]

where is art tratum?

[XenomeJane]

Thumbs up for Art... Tatum.

[fdarriet]

People, listen to Barrosinho, trumpet player from Brazil, you may be surprised, and he is still alive, just don 'at have someone to take him around the world. abs (between his favorite trumpet players Booker Little, Idriss sulieman, and of course Clifford Brown Lee morgan and so on...)

[bobilleg74]

Such an ear for melody. Fantastic!

[BRazor78]

As great as this recording is, you NEED to check out the video response of Wynton Marsalis playing this tune. It's amazing.

[MacAddict107]

Clifford is just one of those soloists who makes it look absolutely effortless...like Coltrane. He's my favorite trumpet player ever, with Dizzy a close second.

And playing my favorite song! Yay!

[HendrixcommaMartin]

Miles??? Come on man, your killing me!

[MacAddict107]

Miles was great, but in a different way. Clifford and Dizzy had great technique and had a "laughing" tone to their playing, whereas Miles was either slow, mellow, and sad, or bitingly fast and almost angry sounding. I can just relate to Clifford and Dizzy immediately, whereas Miles you have to think about it to enjoy it.

But he's definitely in my top 5. I might put Satchmo third, then Miles, then...I dunno. Sandoval or something.

[drlluc]

sandoval sucks

lee morgan, freddie hubbard, those are better than dizzy

[MacAddict107]

Yeah, I don't know quite why I said Sandoval. Somehow I drew a blank on trumpet players for a sec. I still like Dizzy over Lee Morgan, just because Dizzy was such an innovator. Revised Personal Favorite Trumpeters: 1. Clifford Brown 2. Dizzy Gillespie 3. Louis Armstrong 4. Miles Davis 5. Chet Baker (partially because of his voice) 6. Freddie Hubbard 7. Jon Faddis 8. Clark Terry 9. Wynton Marsalis 10. Randy Brecker (Because he's always instantly recognizable)

[drlluc]

but i agree, clifford is the man

[larrygaines]

What can you say. Clifford Brown is exceptional. He left us to soon.

[trumpetsav]

hmm i dont think this recording does his tone justice :C

[protocol66]

This was recorded by a tape machine in someone's living room the night that he died. I can deal with the tone... :-)

[trumpetsav]

I disagree with your information. It is a shame the quality is not better

[tbcass]

Do you mean it wasn't recorded by a tape machine in someone's living room? Regardless the sound quality is poor.

[logalogalog]

No, it wasn't the night that he died.

[jazzbo123]

Terrible tone and all but one magnificent solo.

I saw Clifford in NYC( Birdland I think) and was  dissapointed because Harold Land wasn't on tenor.His replacement I hadn't heard of at that time, but Sonny Rollins made me a fan.

Incidentally on the same bill that night was Earl Gardener.

[trumpetsav]

damn i am jealous of you... if only i was born 60 years earlier.

[deanasimms]

Brownies tone is amazing! Even on this old recording. It's the technology of the way it was recorded. I read where is wife would bring her tape recorder to his gigs.

Wow, you are so blessed to have been there. Not many have the bragging rights for this wonderful experiences. You go!!!

[barbcatlin]

Get Nick Catalano's book, "Clifford Brown, The Life and Art of the Legendary Trumpeter" Oxford University Press, 2000." It tells the whole story; dig the "Cuba" quote at the end.

[logalogalog]

I love that book!

[operadoc]

I have this recording and have had it for several years. Of course it is wonderful but I sometimes cannot listen to it because I know that he will be dead hours after finishing. It can be haunting as a result

[conn6m]

Wrong. I have this record to. Clifford Brown did not die hours after this was recorded. The record info is incorrect. It was actually recorded the same date but in 1955. One year to the day earlier - unusual but true.

[hpeterkawaja]

this was not recorded in the same year of CB's death. I think the last recording was the live performance w/ sonny rollinsa, harold land, richie, in a restaurant. I feel so bad that CB's style is so overlooked in contemporary jazz. As i understand it, he was trying to approach jazz like the classical guru's (bach, vivaldi, Handel, etc) and experimented with integrating a sort of structured/study-able jazz form right before his death. such a great loss.

[protocol66]

Perhaps this recording isn't his last, but his last was at a jam session at someone's house. It's on the recording "The Beginning and The End." The creepy part is that at the endf of the recording you can hear Clifford say "Well, I really need to go now..." and you wish you could make him stay instead. So sad.

[TheOverlordDale]

Wow.

[DANI16111980]

ese clifford increible como siempre!! el tema es de de davis

[KOKOYAMS]

wow! the ideas abd phrasing

i have been looking forbthis recording