CLIFFORD BROWN ALL STARS

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Clifford Brown All Stars

The music on this out of print Trip LP has been reissued on CD, most notably in a ten-CD set of Clifford Brown's EmArcy recordings. This particular album features an all-star group with trumpeter Brown, the altos of Herb Geller and Joe Maini, Walter Benton on tenor, pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Curtis Counce, and drummer Max Roach. They perform two lengthy numbers, a medium-tempo blues "Coronodo" and the ballad "You Go to My Head." "Coronodo" is climaxed by an exciting tradeoff by the four horns that gets down to two beats apiece. "You Go to My Head" has fine solos all around, but Brownie's closing statement cuts everyone. [In 2002, Best Coast Jazz was reissued with an alternate take of "Coronodo."]

Scott Yanow
Source : http://www.allmusic.com/album/best-coast-jazz-bonus-track-r135390

Clifford Brown All StarsBest Coast Jazz[Bonus Track]

Tracks

1 Coronodo (Coles) 19:58
2 You Go to My Head (Coots, Gillespie) 17:24
3 Coronodo [Rehearsal] (Coles) 5:43

Personnel
Clifford Brown - tp
Herb Geller - as
Joe Maini - s
Walter Benton - ts
Kenny Drew - p
Curtis Counce - b
Max Roach - dr

Recorded in Los Angeles, California ; Agust 11, 1954