Product details
- Label EmArcy
- Artist Clifford Brown And Max Roach
- Format 1LP
- Country Germany
- Released Date 2021
- Genre Jazz
- Sealed Yes
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Condition: Sealed (New)
Study In Brown by Clifford Brown And Max Roach.
Recorded across two February 1955 sessions, this record captures one of the great partnerships in modern jazz at its creative peak. The Clifford Brown and Max Roach group represented the crest of hard bop, pairing a trumpet prodigy with one of the most inventive drummers the music has ever known. It's a document made all the more poignant by history, and its standing among the essential jazz albums of the decade has only grown in the decades since its original EmArcy release.
Much of what makes it compelling is the interplay between its players. Brown's trumpet is warm, agile, and endlessly melodic, while Roach drives everything forward with a rhythmic imagination that never settles for mere timekeeping. Harold Land's tenor saxophone offers a robust foil in the front line, and the rhythm section of Richie Powell on piano and George Morrow on bass keeps the whole enterprise swinging with poise and drive. It's an ensemble where every voice earns its place.
This Acoustic Sounds Series reissue treats the music with the respect it deserves, mastered and lacquer-cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling and supervised by Chad Kassem. The gatefold features Herman Leonard's photography, and a color insert points toward companion titles in the series. A repress drawn from the boxset edition, it's a beautifully realized pressing for collectors who want this classic to sound its best.
Pressing Details:
Track Listing:
A1. Cherokee
A2. Jacqui
A3. Swingin'
A4. Lands End
B1. George's Dilemma
B2. Sandu
B3. Gerkin For Perkin
B4. If I Love Again
B5. Take The A Train
Credits:
George Morrow - Bass
Max Roach - Drums
Ryan Smith (2) - Lacquer Cut By
Ryan Smith (2) - Mastered By [LP Mastering By]
Herman Leonard - Photography By [Inside Gatefold Photography]
Richie Powell - Piano
Chad Kassem - Supervised By [LP Reissue Supervisor]
Harold Land - Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax]
Clifford Brown - Trumpet
Notes:
From back cover:
Inside Gatefold Photography © Herman Leonard Photography, LLC
A Verve Records release. Originally released in 1955 by EmArcy. © 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
From labels:
Recorded: Feb. 23, 25, 1955
Includes color insert for other titles in Acoustic Sounds Series.
This version is a repress from boxset [r=4497482]
Runout details:
Both sides are etched except "STERLING" is stamped.
Artist: Clifford Brown And Max Roach
Format: 1LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: EmArcy
Catalog Number: B0032412-01
Release Year: 2021
Country: Germany
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