Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown

Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown is an album by Helen Merrill, recorded in tribute to the trumpeter Clifford Brown.[1]

Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 12, 1998
Recorded1995
GenreJazz
Length62:47
LabelVerve
ProducerHelen Merrill, Jean-Philippe Allard
Helen Merrill chronology
Helen Merrill with Strings
(1994)
Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown
(1998)
You and the Night and the Music
(1998)

Merrill had recorded an album with Brown in 1954.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album four and a half stars and said that "Throughout the often emotional date, Helen Merrill is heard in top form, giving plenty of feeling to the lyrics while leaving room for the guest trumpeters".[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as a "classic session [... that] acted as a superb vehicle for Merrill's individual approach to time".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Your Eyes" (Clifford Brown, Helen Merrill) – 6:17
  2. "Daahoud" (Clifford Brown) – 2:58
  3. "(I Was) Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 5:16
  4. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) – 7:00
  5. "Joy Spring" (Brown) – 3:59
  6. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 7:14
  7. "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 6:18
  8. "Brownie" (Torrie Zito) – 5:04
  9. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 4:33
  10. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 4:53
  11. "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 3:52
  12. "Gone with the Wind" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 2:28
  13. "Largo" (Samuel Barber, Antonín Dvořák) – 2:55

Personnel

Performance
Production
  • Patrice Beauséjour – art direction
  • Mark Agostino – assistant engineer
  • Brian Kinkland
  • Arthur Friedman
  • Jay Newland – engineer, mastering, mixing
  • Aissa Martin – hair stylist, make-up
  • Beth Kelly – photography
  • Cheung Ching Ming
  • Jean-Philippe Allard – producer

References

  1. "Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown". Allmusic. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 993. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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