The_Beginning_and_the_End_(Clifford_Brown_album)

<i>The Beginning and the End</i> (Clifford Brown album)

The Beginning and the End (Clifford Brown album)

1973 compilation album by Clifford Brown

The Beginning and the End (Columbia Records, 1973) is a Clifford Brown compilation album. The album opens with two tracks that Clifford Brown recorded with Chris Powell's Blue Flames in 1952, and ends with recordings of a session held at Music City Club in Philadelphia in 1956.[1] According to the liner notes, they are "The first and last recorded performances of one of the greatest soloists in the history of Jazz."[3] According to Nick Catalano's biography of Clifford Brown, the Music City Club session could have taken place on May 31, 1955.[4]

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Reception and legacy

The AllMusic reviewer concluded that "Clifford Brown's playing on this date is so memorable that the LP is essential for all jazz collections."[1] Fellow trumpeter Christian Scott said that as a child he heard the album and thought that Brown "had a lot of heart and was compassionate".[5] Returning to the album much later, he realised that Brown "was playing some pretty impossible things on the instrument [...] There's stuff that this guy did with the instrument that many fifty year old trumpet players would never attempt".[5]

Track listing

  1. "I Come from Jamaica" (Chris Powell)  – 2:39
  2. "Ida Red" (Chris Powell)  – 2:00
  3. "Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter)  – 11:38
  4. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 11:04
  5. "Donna Lee" (Charlie Parker) – 7:11

Personnel

Tracks 1–2

Tracks 3–5

  • Billy Root – tenor saxophone
  • Ziggy Vines – tenor saxophone
  • Sam Dockery – piano
  • Adolph "Ace" Tisone – bass
  • Ellis Tollin – drums

References

  1. [1]
    Clifford Brown – The Beginning and the End: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  2. [2]
    Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. [3]
    "Clifford Brown – The Beginning and the End (Vinyl, LP, Album)". discogs. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  4. [4]
    Catalano, Nick (2000). Clifford Brown: The Life and Art of the Legendary Jazz Trumpeter. New York City: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510083-2.
  5. [5]
    Ellis, William (April 10, 2013). "Christian Scott: Clifford Brown, The Beginning of the End". allaboutjazz. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
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