CLIFFORD BROWN & MAX ROACH Emarcy Albums Mosaic 180 gram 4 LP box set

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CLIFFORD BROWN / MAX ROACH

Emarcy Albums

Limited edition 180 gram Vinyl 4 LP box set. Mosaic Records MRLP 3004. Includes 12 page illustrated Mosaic booklet. COVER: NM-. VINYL: NM- (played through once).

Limited edition box set of 2500.

In 1954, months before the Jazz Messengers, spearheaded by Art Blakey and Horace Silver, formed serendipitously at a Blue Note recordings session, Max Roach was forming his own quintet with Clifford Brown in Los Angeles. It would become the first defining group in the music that would soon be known as hard bop. 

There was some trial and error in landing on the perfect combination of players. But by August, the group's line-up with Harold Land, Richie Powell and George Morrow and a major label deal with Emarcy Records were secured. Four marathon sessions that month yielded "Brown And Roach Incorporated" and most of the second album "Clifford Brown And Max Roach."

What was immediately striking was the fresh sound of the quintet. The remarkable empathy within the group, the careful selection of material and the exciting arrangements by Powell all contributed mightily to that sound. Clifford Brown had come into his own as composer as "Sweet Clifford," "Joy Spring" and "Daahoud" demonstrate. It didn't hurt that Roach and Brown were complete originals and among the greatest performers on their instruments.

Six months later, the ensemble went into the studio to cut 11 gems, two of which were used to complete "Clifford Brown And Max Roach" while the rest formed the third album "Study In Brown." Their growth as a band is evident and, by this time, Powell and Land were also composing for the group.

In late 1955, Harold Land left the quintet for personal reasons. Roach recruited Sonny Rollins, who was available and at the top of his game. The chemistry between Rollins and Brown was immediate. In January and February 1956, they cut the quintet's final album "At Basin Street" which was actually a studio album. On fact, it was stunning studio album from any point of view.

On June 26, 1956, a car accident took the life of Brown and Powell, bringing this brilliant ensemble's legacy to a close. Brown had done many side projects for Emarcy in those two years, but it is the four albums by the quintet that have had the most enduring influence on successive generations of jazz artists. In the words of liner note writer Bob Blumenthal, "the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet created one of the very greatest string of small-group recordings in jazz history, worthy of consideration alongside the Hot Fives and Sevens of Louis Armstrong and the quintets of Charlie Parker and Miles Davis."

Mosaic has returned to the original analog masters of these four seminal albums and remastered them and pressed them on 180-gram vinyl at the renowned Record Technology Inc. plant in Camarillo, California. The booklet boasted a great essay by Bob Blumenthal and a wealth of photographs by Chuck Stewart and Francis Wolff.

Record One
Side A
1. Sweet Clifford (B) 6:34
 (Clifford Brown)
2. (I Don’t Stand A) Ghost Of A Chance With You (B) 7:14\
 (Crosby-Washington-Young) 
3. Stompin’ At The Savoy (C) 6:18
 (Sampson-Razaf-Goodman-Webb)

Record One
Side B:
1. I’ll String Along With You (C) 4:55
 (H. Warren-A. Dubin)
2. Mildama (D) 4:27
 (Max Roach)
3. Darn That Dream (A) 4:00
 (E. DeLange-J. Van Heusen)
4. I Get A Kick Out Of You (C) 7:30
 (Cole Porter)

Record Two
Side A:
1. Delilah (A) 8:05
 (Victor Young)
2. Parisian Thoroughfare (A) 7:16
 (Bud Powell)
3. The Blues Walk (F) 6:44
 (Clifford Brown)

Record Two
Side B:
1. Daahoud (D) 4:04
 (Clifford Brown)
2. Joy Spring (D) 6:50
 (Clifford Brown)
3. Jordu (B) 7:43
 (Duke Jordan)
4. What Am I Here For? (G) 3:08
 (Duke Ellington)

Record Three 
Side A:
1. Cherokee (G) 5:40
 (Ray Noble)
2. Jacqui (G) 5:04
 (Richie Powell)
3. Swingin’ (E) 2:47
 (Clifford Brown)
4. Land’s End (E) 4:47
 (Harold Land)

Record Three
Side B:
1. George’s Dilemma (F) 5:29
 (Clifford Brown)
2. Sandu (G) 4:48
 (Clifford Brown)
3. Gerkin For Perkin (E) 2:51 
 (Clifford Brown)
4. If I Love Again (F) 3:17
 (J. Murray-B. Oakland)
5. Take The A Train (E) 4:11
 (Billy Strayhorn)

Record Four
Side A:
1. What Is This Thing Called Love? (I) 7:28
 (Cole Porter)
2. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing (I) 4:09
 (P.F. Webster-S. Fain)
3. I’ll Remember April 9:01
 (Raye-DePaul-Johnston)

Record Four 
Side B:
1. Powell’s Prances (H) 3:25
 (Richie Powell)
2. Time 5:58
 (Richie Powell)
3. The Scene Is Clean 6:12
 (Tadd Dameron)
4. Gertrude’s Bounce (H) 4:42
 (Richie Powell)

DISCOGRAPHY
For the purposes of this discography, only the first 12” LP issue is included. 
(A) Clifford Brown (tp), Harold Land (ts), Richie Powell (p), George Morrow (b), Max Roach (d).
    Capitol Studios, LA, August 2, 1954
10856-2 Delilah    MG36036
10857-2 Darn That Dream   MG36008
10858-2 Parisian Thoroughfare  MG36036

(B) same personnel as (A)
    Capitol Studios, LA, August 3, 1954
10859-3 Jordu     MG36036
10860-10 Sweet Clifford   MG36008
10861-7 Ghost Of A Chance With You MG36008
 
(C) same personnel as (A)  
    Capitol Studios, LA, August 5, 1954
10866-8 Stompin’ At The Savoy  MG36008
10867-4 I Get A Kick Out Of You   -
10868-1 I’ll String Along With You   -

(D) same personnel as (A)  
    Capitol Studios, LA, August 6, 1954
10877-4 Joy Spring    MG36036
10878   Mildama    MG36008
10880   Daahoud    MG36036
  
(E) same personnel as (A) 
    Capitol Studios, NYC, February 23, 1955
11358-7 Gerkin For Perkin   MG36037
11359-7 Take The A Train    -
11360-14 Land’s End     -
11361-15 Swingin’     -

(F) same personnel as (A)  
    Capitol Studios, NYC, February 24, 1955
11362   George’s Dilemma   MG36037
11363-15 If I Love Again    -
11364-8 The Blues Walk   MG36036

(G) same personnel as (A)  
    Capitol Studios, NYC, February 25, 1955
11365-11 What Am I Here For?  MG36036
11366-2 Cherokee    MG36037
11367    Jacqui     -
11368-4 Sandu     -

(H) same personnel, except Sonny Rollins (ts) replaces Harold Land
    Capitol Studios, NYC, January 4, 1956
12421-4 Gertrude’s Bounce   MG36070
12423-12 Powell’s Prances    -

(I) same personnel as (H)
    Capitol Studios, NYC, February 16, 1956
12463-7 What Is This Thing Called Love? MG36070
12464-14 Love Is A Many Splendored Thing -

(J) same personnel as (H)
    Capitol Studios, NYC, February 17, 1956
12459-1 I’ll Remember April   MG36070
12460-8 Time      -
12461-16 The Scene Is Clean    -

Album index
Emarcy MG36008  Brown And Roach, Incorporated
Emarcy MG36036  Clifford Brown And Max Roach
Emarcy MG36037  Study In Brown
Emarcy MG36070  Clifford Brown And Max Roach At Basin Street

Original sessions produced by Bob Shad
Produced for release by Michael Cuscuna

Mastered from the original analog tapes by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound, New York City