Memorial Album (Clifford Brown album)

New Star on the Horizon
New Star on the Horizon
Studio album by Clifford Brown
Released	1953
Recorded	August 28, 1953
Studio	Audio-Video Studios, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Label	Blue Note; BLP 5032
Producer	Alfred Lion
Clifford Brown chronology

New Faces – New Sounds
New Faces – New Sounds
Studio album by the Lou Donaldson Quintet
Released	1953
Recorded	June 9, 1953
Studio	WOR Studios, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Label	Blue Note; BLP 5030
Producer	Alfred Lion
Clifford Brown chronology

Memorial Album
Memorial Album
Compilation album by Clifford Brown
Released	Mid September 1956
Recorded	June 9, 1953; August 28, 1953;
Studio	WOR Studios, NYC; Audio-Video Studios, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	71:08
Label	Blue Note; BLP 1526
Producer	Alfred Lion
Clifford Brown chronology

Memorial Album is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown recorded on June 9, 1953 and August 28, 1953 and released on Blue Note in September 1956. The two sessions were originally released on ten-inch LPs as New Faces – New Sounds (1953) (credited to Lou Donaldson–Clifford Brown) and New Star on the Horizon (1953), respectively.^[1]^[2]

Background

Apart from a few obscure recordings, the album represents the first tracks recorded under Brown's leadership.

Release history

The 2001 RVG Edition of the album features a re-organized track listing and remastering. Van Gelder says in the liner notes that "the original LP mixed various sessions in incomplete form", while the CD reissue "presents the music of each session as it was recorded and in complete form."^[3] The reissue also contains alternate takes that were originally released on vinyl as Alternate Takes in the U.S. and More Memorable Tracks in Japan.^[2]^[4]

Legacy

Blue Note annotator Bob Blumenthal for the 2001 re-issue called the compilation an early chapter "in the tragically brief legacy of one of the greatest musicians in jazz history. They helped introduce trumpeter Clifford Brown to the world, contributed to his meteoric rise to prominence, and set an incredibly high standard for debut recordings that successive generations have found difficult to match."^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]

The AllMusic review by Alex Henderson stated: "Recorded in 1953, the material on this 18-track CD isn't quite as essential as some of Brown's work with drummer Max Roach in 1954 and 1955, but is still superb... Casual listeners would be better off starting out with some of Brown's recordings with Max Roach; nonetheless, seasoned fans will find that this CD is a treasure chest".^[5]

Track listing

Original 12" LP (1956, BLP 1526)

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded
1.	"Hymn of the Orient"	Gigi Gryce	August 28, 1953
2.	"Easy Living"	Ralph Rainger Leo Robin	August 28, 1953
3.	"Minor Mood"	Clifford Brown	August 28, 1953
4.	"Cherokee"	Ray Noble	August 28, 1953
5.	"Wail Bait"	Quincy Jones	August 28, 1953

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded
1.	"Brownie Speaks"	Clifford Brown	June 9, 1953
2.	"De-Dah"	Elmo Hope	June 9, 1953
3.	"Cookin'"	Lou Donaldson	June 9, 1953
4.	"You Go to My Head"	J. Fred Coots Haven Gillespie	June 9, 1953
5.	"Carvin' the Rock"	Hope Sonny Rollins	June 9, 1953

2001 CD reissue

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded	Length
1.	"Bellarosa"	Elmo Hope Sonny Rollins	June 9, 1953	4:14
2.	"Carvin' the Rock"	Hope Rollins	June 9, 1953	3:56
3.	"Cookin'"	Donaldson	June 9, 1953	3:14
4.	"Brownie Speaks"	Brown	June 9, 1953	3:46
5.	"De-Dah"	Hope	June 9, 1953	4:51
6.	"You Go to My Head"	Coots Gillespie	June 9, 1953	4:19
7.	"Carvin' the Rock"		June 9, 1953	3:51
8.	"Cookin'" (alternate take)	Donaldson	June 9, 1953	3:08
9.	"Carvin' the Rock" (alternate take 2)		June 9, 1953	4:05
10.	"Wail Bait"	Jones	August 28, 1953	4:02
11.	"Hymn of the Orient"	Gryce	August 28, 1953	4:07
12.	"Brownie Eyes"	Jones	August 28, 1953	3:56
13.	"Cherokee"	Noble	August 28, 1953	3:27
14.	"Easy Living"	Rainger Robin	August 28, 1953	3:44
15.	"Minor Mood"	Brown	August 28, 1953	4:34
16.	"Wail Bait" (alternate take)	Jones	August 28, 1953	4:07
17.	"Cherokee" (alternate take)	Noble	August 28, 1953	3:42
18.	"Hymn of the Orient" (alternate take)	Gryce	August 28, 1953	4:01

Lou Donaldson–Clifford Brown – New Faces – New Sounds 10" LP (1953, BLP 5030)

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded
1.	"Carvin' the Rock"	Elmo Hope Sonny Rollins	June 9, 1953
2.	"You Go to My Head"	J. Fred Coots Haven Gillespie	June 9, 1953
3.	"De-Dah"	Elmo Hope	June 9, 1953

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded
1.	"Brownie Speaks"	Clifford Brown	June 9, 1953
2.	"Cookin'"	Lou Donaldson	June 9, 1953
3.	"Bellarosa"	Elmo Hope Sonny Rollins	June 9, 1953

New Star on the Horizon 10" LP (1954, BLP 5032)

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded
1.	"Cherokee"	Ray Noble	August 28, 1953
2.	"Easy Living"	Ralph Rainger Leo Robin	August 28, 1953
3.	"Wail Bait"	Quincy Jones	August 28, 1953

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Date recorded
1.	"Minor Mood"	Clifford Brown	August 28, 1953
2.	"Hymn of the Orient"	Gigi Gryce	August 28, 1953
3.	"Brownie Eyes"	Philly Joe Jones	August 28, 1953

Personnel

Musicians

June 9, 1953

Clifford Brown – trumpet
Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
Elmo Hope – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums
- recorded at WOR Studios, NYC

August 28, 1953

Clifford Brown – trumpet
John Lewis – piano
Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone, flute
Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
Percy Heath – bass
Art Blakey – drums
- recorded at Audio-Video Studios, NYC

Technical personnel

Alfred Lion – producer
Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
Francis Wolff – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes

References

^ ^a ^b Billboard Sept 29, 1956
^ ^a ^b Clifford Brown discography accessed January 28, 2011
^ ^a ^b 2001 liner notes
^ "Clifford Brown - More Memorable Tracks aka Alternate Takes". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed January 28, 2011

[''Billboard''_Sept_29,_1956-1] Billboard Sept 29, 1956

[Clifford_Brown_discography-2] Clifford Brown discography accessed January 28, 2011

[liner_notes-3] 2001 liner notes

[4] "Clifford Brown - More Memorable Tracks aka Alternate Takes". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved January 26, 2024.

[Allmusic-5] Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed January 28, 2011

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Clifford Brown
Years given are for the recording(s), years in square brackets refer to the listed 12" LP/CD release.
Albums as leader	(Blue Note, 1953 [1956]) Memorial (Prestige, 1953 [1956]) Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose, 1954)/Jazz Immortal ([1956]) Jam Session (with Clark Terry & Maynard Ferguson, 1954)
Co-led/with Max Roach	Best Coast Jazz (1954) Clifford Brown All Stars (1954) Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954) Brown and Roach Incorporated (1954) Daahoud (1954) Clifford Brown with Strings (1955) Study in Brown (1955) Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956) Sonny Rollins Plus 4 (CB/MRQ, 1956)
Sideman with others	A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (Art Blakey, 1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (Art Blakey, 1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 (Art Blakey, 1954) Dinah Jams (Dinah Washington, 1954) Helen Merrill (1954) Sarah Vaughan (1954)
Compilations	Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years (with Max Roach, [1995])

Elmo Hope
The year(s) indicated apply to the recording(s), not the first release.
As leader	Trio and Quintet (1953–57) Meditations (1955) Hope Meets Foster (1955) Informal Jazz (1956) Elmo Hope Trio (1959) Here's Hope! (1961) High Hope! (1961) Homecoming! (1962) Hope-Full (1962) Sounds from Rikers Island (1963) The Final Sessions (1966)
As sideman	(Clifford Brown, 1953) Moving Out (Sonny Rollins, 1954) Lights Out! (Jackie McLean, 1956) Sonority (Curtis Counce, 1956–58) Exploring the Future (Curtis Counce, 1958) The Fox (Harold Land, 1959)