Title: A quick rundown of a great CD
Product review: The band: Clifford Brown, Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver, Curly Russell, Art Blakey. (Should recognize at least Brown, Silver and Blakey - big names in jazz.)The venue: Birdland - "Jazz Corner of the World"The production: Rudy Van Gelder remaster of a live recording. (Hot, but clean.)The verdict: This is a worthwhile CD and should be in every serious jazz music collector's collection in one form or another (see below). It really swings and is seriously hot live jazz by some of the greatest jazz musicians ever to play music.The caveat: You can buy Clifford Brown'sThe Complete Blue Note & Pacific Jazz Recordings, which contains this CD,A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1,The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 1, and another disc of Clifford's that probably shows up somewhere else but I just haven't found it yet.The summary: If you don't spring for the CB set, get this CD, but be sure and pick up volume one as well for the complete picture of an historic night in jazz history.
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