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Title: Essential recordings
Review: Clifford Brown (tp) Harold Land (ts) Richie Powell (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d) Rec. 2/55 for EmArcy.Brilliant recordings that every modern jazz fan should have. Although everything on this CD is fantastic, highlights include "Sandu," a marvelous blues composition by Brownie, and the standard "If I Love Again," which is taken way up tempo and burns! "Cherokee" is also done very fast, with excellent results. "Gerkin for Perkin" is also a blues, but somewhat different - it's a great theme. Clifford Brown made some major jazz statements during his all-too-brief life, and many of them can be found on this CD. Highly recommended.
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