Boxset / Compilation · 1989
Tracklist
Disc 1:
01. Delilah Young 8:07
02. Darn That Dream DeLange, VanHeusen 4:04
03. Parisian Thoroughfare Powell 7:19
04. Jordu Jordan 7:46
05. Sweet Clifford Brown, Brown 6:42
06. Sweet Clifford (Clifford’s Fantasy) [alternate take] Brown 1:48
07. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You [alternate take] Crosby, Washington, Young 3:03
08. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You Crosby, Washington, Young 7:22
09. Stompin’ at the Savoy Goodman, Goodman, Razaf … 6:27
10. I Get a Kick Out of You Porter 7:39
11. I Get a Kick Out of You [alternate take] Porter 8:31
12. I’ll String Along With You Dubin, Warren 4:10
Disc 2:
01. Joy Spring [alternate take] Brown, Brown 6:47
02. Joy Spring Brown, Brown 6:57
03. Mildama [alternate take] Roach 3:41
04. Mildama [alternate take] Roach 3:27
05. Mildama [alternate take] Roach 3:58
06. Mildama [alternate take/#] Roach 4:04
07. Mildama [alternate take/#] Roach 2:17
08. Mildama [alternate take/#] Roach 3:56
09. Mildama Roach 4:34
10. These Foolish Things Link, Marvell, Strachey 3:42
11. Daahoud Brown, Brown 4:04
12. Daahoud [alternate take] Brown, Brown 4:07
Disc 3:
01. Coronado [alternate take] Coles 5:44
02. Coronado [alternate take] Coles 17:59
03. Coronado Coles 19:44
Disc 4:
01. You Go to My Head Coots, Gillespie 17:17
02. Caravan Ellington, Mills, Tizol 15:14
03. Caravan Ellington, Mills, Tizol 3:08
04. Autumn in New York Duke 21:35
Disc 5:
01. Introduction by Bob Shad 1:14
02. What Is This Thing Called Love? Porter 14:54
03. I’ve Got You Under My Skin Porter 5:26
04. No More Camarata, Russell 3:21
05. Move Best, Dacosta 14:37
06. Darn That Dream DeLange, VanHeusen 5:16
Disc 6:
01. You Go to My Head Coots, Gillespie 11:17
02. My Funny Valentine/Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me/Bess, You Is My Woman Bloom, Gershwin, Hammerstein 11:32
03. Lover, Come Back to Me Hammerstein, Romberg 9:54
04. Alone Together/Summertime/Come Rain or Come Shine Arlen, Dietz, Gershwin … 7:21
05. Crazy He Calls Me Russell, Sigman 5:05
06. There Is No Greater Love Jones, Symes 2:17
07. I’ll Remember April DePaul, Johnston, Raye 11:48
Disc 7:
01. September Song Anderson, Weill 5:46
02. Lullaby of Birdland [alternate take] Shearing, Weiss 4:01
03. Lullaby of Birdland Shearing, Weiss 4:02
04. I’m Glad There Is You Dorsey, Mertz 5:11
05. You’re Not the Kind Hudson, Mills 4:45
06. Jim Petrillo, Rose, Shawn 5:52
07. He’s My Guy DePaul, Raye 4:14
08. April in Paris Duke, Harburg, Harburg 6:22
09. It’s Crazy Fields, Rodgers 4:58
10. Embraceable You Gershwin, Gershwin 4:49
Disc 8:
01. Don’t Explain Herzog, Holiday 5:13
02. Born to Be Blue Torme, Wells 5:15
03. You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To Porter 4:21
04. ‘S Wonderful Gershwin, Gershwin 3:15
05. Yesterdays Harbach, Kern 6:01
06. Falling in Love With Love Hart, Rodgers 3:55
07. What’s New? Burke, Burke, Haggart 5:03
08. Portrait of Jenny Burgie, Robinson 3:27
09. What’s New? Burke, Burke, Haggart 3:27
10. Yesterdays Harbach, Kern 3:01
11. Where or When Hart, Rodgers 3:31
12. Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man Hammerstein, Kern 3:47
13. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Harbach, Kern 3:16
14. Laura Mercer, Raksin 3:28
15. Memories of You Blake, Razaf 3:35
16. Embraceable You Gershwin, Gershwin 3:04
17. Blue Moon Hart, Rodgers 3:16
18. Willow Weep for Me Ronell 3:27
19. Stardust Carmichael, Parish 3:24
Disc 9:
01. Gerkin for Perkin Brown, Brown 2:57
02. Take the “A” Train Strayhorn 4:19
03. Land’s End [alternate take] Land 3:08
04. Land’s End Land 4:57
05. Swingin’ Brown, Brown 2:53
06. George’s Dilemma Brown, Brown 5:36
07. If I Love Again Murray, Oakland 3:24
08. The Blues Walk Brown, Brown 6:47
09. The Blues Walk Brown, Brown 6:53
10. What Am I Here For? Ellington, Laine 3:10
11. Cherokee Noble 5:43
12. Jacqui Powell 5:12
13. Sandu Brown, Brown 4:57
14. Gertrude’s Bounce Powell 4:13
15. Step Lightly (Junior’s Arrival) Golson 3:36
16. Powell’s Prances Powell 3:30
Disc 10:
01. I’ll Remember April DePaul, Johnston, Raye 9:18
02. I’ll Remember April [alternate take/#] DePaul, Johnston, Raye 1:29
03. I’ll Remember April [alternate take] DePaul, Johnston, Raye 9:41
04. Time Powell 5:08
05. The Scene Is Clean Dameron 6:14
06. Flossie Lou [alternate take/#] Dameron 4:52
07. Flossie Lou [alternate take/#] Dameron 4:04
08. Flossie Lou [alternate take/#] Dameron 3:30
09. Flossie Lou Dameron 3:59
10. What Is This Thing Called Love? [alternate take/#] Porter 8:37
11. What Is This Thing Called Love? Porter 7:40
12. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing [alternate take/#] Fain, Webster 0:48
13. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing [alternate take/#] Fain, Webster 3:53
14. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing Fain, Webster 4:16
Bonus Disc:
01. Flossie Lou Dameron 5:44
Line-up/Musicians
Danny Bank – Flute, Sax (Baritone)
Joe Benjamin – Bass
Walter Benton – Sax (Tenor)
Keter Betts – Bass
Clifford Brown – Trumpet
Bill Claxton – Photography
Curtis Counce – Bass
Tadd Dameron – Arranger
Bobby Donaldson – Drums
Kenny Drew – Piano
Maynard Ferguson – Trumpet
Suenori Fukui – Digital Transfers
Barry Galbraith – Guitar
Herb Geller – Sax (Alto)
Roy Haynes – Drums
Neal Hefti – Arranger, Conductor
Milt Hinton – Bass
Osie Johnson – Drums
Jimmy Jones – Piano
Quincy Jones – Arranger, Conductor, Liner Notes, Assistant
Kiyoshi “Boxman” Koyama – Compilation, Research
Harold Land – Sax (Tenor)
Herman Leonard – Photography
Joe Maini – Sax (Alto)
Junior Mance – Piano
Herbie Mann – Flute
Helen Merrill – Vocals
Dan Morgenstern – Liner Notes
George Morrow – Bass
Oscar Pettiford – Bass, Cello
Richie Powell – Piano
Paul Quinichette – Sax (Tenor)
Max Roach Quintet
Max Roach – Drums
Sonny Rollins – Sax (Tenor)
Bob Shad – Producer, Original Session Producer
Chuck Stewart – Photography, Cover Photo
Clark Terry – Trumpet
Kiyoshi Tokiwa – Editing, Remastering, Digital Remastering
Sarah Vaughan – Vocals
Dinah Washington – Vocals
Ernie Wilkins – Arranger, Conductor
About this release
EmArcy 838 306-2
Recording Date: Aug 2, 1954 – Feb 16, 1956
CD 1&2
Los Angeles, August 2,3,5 & 6, 1954 Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet
CD 3&4
Los Angeles, August 11, 1954 Clifford Brown All Stars
CD 5&6
Los Angeles, August 14, 1954 All Stars Jam Sessions (with Dinah Washington)
CD 7
New York, December 16,18, 1954 Clifford Brown & Sarah Vaughan
CD 8
New York, December 22, 1954 Clifford Brown & Helen Merrill
New York, January 18, 1955 Clifford Brown with Strings
CD 9&10
New York, February 23,24,25 1955 Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet
New York, January 4, 1956 Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet with Sonny Rollins
New York, Feburary 16, 1956 Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet with Sonny Rollins
CD11 is a miniCD containing yet one more version of “Flossie Lou” and it is not really
part of the box.
This output has been partly issued on several LPs and CDs; here is a list of the most relevant ones, for a complete discography refer to the booklet.
EmArcy MG36008 Brown & Roach Inc.
EmArcy MG36036 Clifford Brown & Max Roach Vol. 1 (reissued by Verve)
EmArcy MG36039 Best Coast Jazz
EmArcy MG36002 Jam Session
EmArcy MG36005 Clifford Brown With Strings
EmArcy MG36037 Study In Brown
EmArcy MG36070 At Basin Street
EmArcy MG36102 Clifford Brown All Stars
EmArcy MG36006 Helen Merrill with Clifford Brown
EmArcy MG36004 Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (reissued by Verve)
EmArcy MG36000 Dinah Jams
EmArcy 195J-1 More Study In Brown
EmArcy 195J-2 Jams 2
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