Best Coast Jazz From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Best Coast Jazz Studio album by Clifford Brown Released 1955 Recorded August 11, 1954 Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California Genre Jazz Length 36:58 Label EmArcy MG 36039 Clifford Brown chronology The Clifford Brown Sextet in Paris (1953) Best Coast Jazz (1954) Clifford Brown All Stars (1954)
Best Coast Jazz is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown featuring tracks recorded in 1954 and released on the EmArcy label.[1] Further tracks from the same sessions were released as Clifford Brown All Stars in 1956 following Brown's untimely death.
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars and Scott Yanow, in his review, states "fine solos all around but Brownie's closing statement cuts everyone".[2] Track listing
01 "Coronado" (Johnny Coles) - 19:46 02 "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 17:12
Personnel
Clifford Brown - trumpet Herb Geller, Joe Maini - alto saxophone Walter Benton - tenor saxophone Kenny Drew - piano Curtis Counce - bass Max Roach - drums