構成数 | 4枚

合計収録時間 | 05:17:22

Personnel: Stu Williamson (vocals, trombone); Sarah Vaughan (vocals); Jimmy Gourley (guitar); Herbie Mann (fiddle); Vance Wilson (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Gigi Gryce, Lou Donaldson, Anthony Ortega, Arne Domnerus (alto saxophone); Jimmy Heath (tenor saxophone, bass saxophone); Clifford Solomon, Harold Land, Paul Quinichette, Teddy Edwards, Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone); William Boucaya (bass saxophone); Fred Gerard, Idrees Sulieman, Fernand Verstraete, Art Farmer (trumpet); Bill Tamper, Al Hayse, J.J. Johnson , Jimmy Cleveland, Ake Persson, Benny Vasseur (trombone); Elmo Hope, John Richard Lewis, Henri Renaud, Duke Wells, Jimmy Jones , Richie Powell, Russ Freeman , Tadd Dameron (piano); Jack Noren, Jean-Louis Viale, Benny Bennett, Kenny Clarke, Alan Dawson , Max Roach, Osie Johnson, Philly Joe Jones, Roy Haynes, Art Blakey, Shelly Manne (drums). Liner Note Author: Brian Priestley. Arrangers: Ernie Wilkins; John Richard Lewis; Gigi Gryce; J.J. Johnson ; Jack Montrose; Quincy Jones; Tadd Dameron. Joy Spring is a four-CD, budget-priced box set from the folks at Proper in the United Kingdom. This is a pretty handsome overview that touches on all aspects of Clifford Brown's mighty but tragically brief career. Disc one, "Dial B Fr Beauty" contains sides he cut in 1952 as a member of Chris Powell and the Blue Flames; documents from his stint with Tadd Dameron; tracks from a short-lived quintet with Lou Donaldson, Elmo Hope, Percy Heath, and Philly Joe Jones in 1953, and sides recorded when he was part of J.J. Johnson's Septet -- all these sides virtually chronicle Brown's ascent into the jazz world and serve, so to speak, as a showcase for the first three sides he cut on his own, in a band that included Charlie Rouse, Art Blakey, John Lewis, Gigi Gryce, and Heath, with material arranged by Quincy Jones. Standout cuts are "Wail Bait," and "Hymn of the Orient," as well as Dameron's "Choose Now." Disc two, entitled "Conception," begins with Brown's own sextet and his versions of "Cherokee," and "Brownie Eyes." Later in '53, Brown played with Art Farmer in Sweden, and with a European orchestra that included a number of stalwarts like Walter Williams, Gryce, and Pierre Michelot, with Jones writing the charts. But the coolest stuff here are the sides cut with the Brown/Gryce sextet and octet, these also commence disc three, entitled "Clifford's Axe," which straddles September of 1953 to October of that same year. Disc three is rounded out with the first-ever-performances-on-record of the Clifford Brown-Max Roach quintet as they cut "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" and "Sunset." The final CD in this package is devoted almost exclusively to this last group of musicians -- the Clifford Brown-Max Roach quintet -- documenting the various phases they went through in 1954. From "Dahoud" and "Delilah" to "Jor Du" and their stellar read of "Parisian Thoroughfare." The box set closes with a cut from Sarah Vaughan backed by Brown, Roy Haynes, Paul Quinichette, Herbie Mann, Jimmy Jones, Ernie Wilkins, and Joe Benjamin, on a lovely version of "You're Not the Kind" with a sweet and moving Brown solo. This is a fine introduction to Brown, nicely priced, with decent sound, and it makes a great companion to the excellent Emarcy LPs of the Brown-Roach bands. ~ Thom Jurek