Clifford Brown & Max Roach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clifford Brown & Max Roach Studio album by Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet Released 1955 Recorded August 2, 3 & 6, 1954 and February 24 & 25, 1955 Genre Jazz Label EmArcy Producer Bob Shad Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet chronology Caravan (1955) Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1955) Clifford Brown All Stars, Jams Vol. 2 (1955)
Clifford Brown & Max Roach is a 1955 album by influential jazz musicians Clifford Brown and Max Roach as part of the Clifford Brown and Max Roach Quintet, described by The New York Times as "perhaps the definitive bop group until Mr. Brown's fatal automobile accident in 1956". The album was critically well received and includes several notable tracks, including two that have since become jazz standards. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. It is included in Jazz: A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings at #34, where it is described by New York Times jazz critic Ben Ratliff as "one of the strongest studio albums up to that time".
Originally released on the EmArcy label, it has been multiply re-issued, including in a 2000 edition by Verve Records that contains additional tracks.
Track listing
Except where otherwise noted, songs composed by Clifford Brown. 01 "Delilah" (Victor Young) – 8:06 02 "Parisian Thoroughfare" (Bud Powell) – 7:19 03 "Daahoud" – 4:05 04 "Joy Spring" – 6:50 05 "Jordu" (Duke Jordan) – 7:50 06 "The Blues Walk" (Chris Woods) – 6:47 07 "What Am I Here For?" (Duke Ellington, Frankie Laine) – 3:11