Clifford Brown & Max Roach
Catalog #3145433062
compact disc
reissue†release†date†2/29/2000
original†releasing†l abel†EmArcy Records
Clifford Brown & Max Roach

In the spring of 1954, with Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis
between career moves, Clifford Brown was turning heads with
his bod new jazz trumpet sound. At the same time, Max
Roach, a young drummer who had played a supportive role on
the New York bebop scene, was ready to step into the
spotlight himself. When Roach formed a group in Los Angeles
that spring, he asked the youg Brown to be his co-leader, and
the two of them joined forces, eager to create something new
and unprecendented.


Brown and Roach didn't waste any time making that happen.
They created a distinctive repertoire that mixed originals and
standards, with an emphasis on fresh melodic concepts and
scorching tempos. This reissue charts the band's develpment
from its California origins to its relocation to the East -- the
beginning of its reign as the greatest jazz combo of its time.

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Original recordings produced by Bob Shad


Tracks 1-5, 8, 10, and 11 recorded at Capitol Studios,
Hollywood in August 1954: tracks 1 and 2 on August 2; track
5 on August 3; tracks 3, 4, 8, 10, and 11 on August 6

Tracks 6, 7, and 9 reocrded at Capitol Studios, New York City
on February 24, 1955
1.Delilah
2.Parisian Thoroughfare
3.Daahoud
4.Joy Spring
5.Jordu
6.The Blues Walk
7.What Am I Here For?
8.These Foolish Things
9.The Blues Walk (Alternative Take)
10.Daahoud (Alternative Take)
11.Joy Spring (Alternative Take)