Brownie Speaks / Blue Note Albums

Three CD set. Documenting when trumpeter Clifford Brown was on the rise, this 2014 collection covers his three 10-inch albums from 1953 - recorded with J.J. Johnson (JAY JAY JOHNSON WITH CLIFFORD BROWN), Lou Donaldson (NEW FACES NEW SOUNDS) and his own sextet (NEW STAR ON THE HORIZON) - plus legendary live Birdland recordings headlined by Art Blakey, in which Brown is featured along with Donaldson and pianist Horace Silver. While this collection presents the original 10-inch album sequences for the first time since the mid-1950s, the Birdland shows are presented in their original performance sequence for the first time ever. The book-style package includes a 34-page booklet with an essay by Kirk Silsbee, and other elements...