Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown
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1994 studio album by Helen Merrill
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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Recorded | January 21–23, 1994 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 62:47 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Helen Merrill, Jean-Philippe Allard | |||
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Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown is an album by Helen Merrill, recorded in tribute to the trumpeter Clifford Brown.[1]
Merrill had recorded an album with Brown in 1954.
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| Source | Rating |
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| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [2] |
AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "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
- "Your Eyes" (Clifford Brown, Helen Merrill) – 6:17
- "Daahoud" (Clifford Brown) – 2:58
- "(I Was) Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 5:16
- "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) – 7:00
- "Joy Spring" (Brown) – 3:59
- "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 7:14
- "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 6:18
- "Brownie" (Torrie Zito) – 5:04
- "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 4:33
- "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 4:53
- "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 3:52
- "Gone with the Wind" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 2:28
- "Largo" (Samuel Barber, Antonín Dvořák) – 2:55
Personnel
Musicians
- Helen Merrill – vocals
- Roy Hargrove – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Tom Harrell
- Wallace Roney – trumpet
- Lew Soloff
- Roy Soloff
- Torrie Zito – arranger, director, keyboards, music direction
- Kenny Barron – piano
- Rufus Reid – double bass
- Victor Lewis – drums
Production
- Helen Merrill – producer
- 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 2 3 "Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown". Allmusic. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
- 1 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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