Clifford Brown
USA
Born: 30 October 1930
Died: 26 June 1956
Years Active: 50
Genres: Jazz
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Clifford Brown's death in a car accident at the age of 25 was one of the great tragedies in jazz history. Already ranking with Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis as one of the top trumpeters in jazz, Brownie was still improving in 1956. Plus he was a clean liver and was not even driving; the up-and-coming pianist Richie Powell and his wife (who was driving) also perished in the crash. Clifford Brown accomplished a great deal in the short time he had. He started on trumpet when he was 15, and by 1948 was playing regularly in Philadelphia. Fats Nava...
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- Max Roach (11)
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- Booker Little (4)
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Influenced by
- Miles Davis (281)
- Duke Ellington (169)
- Dizzy Gillespie (84)
- Louis Armstrong (74)
- Charlie Parker (59)
- Roy Eldridge (4)
- Fats Navarro (1)
Followers
- Freddie Hubbard (41)
- Sarah Vaughan (23)
- Donald Byrd (18)
- Woody Shaw (17)
- Art Blakey (15)
- Terence Blanchard (15)
- Dinah Washington (12)
- Randy Brecker (11)
- Wilbur Harden (6)
- Blue Mitchell (5)
- Tom Harrell (4)
- Paul Quinichette (2)
- Ernie Wilkins (1)
Performed Songs By
- Sonny Rollins (51)
- Quincy Jones (44)
- Benny Goodman (29)
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- George Gershwin (4)
- Duke Jordan (3)
- Tadd Dameron (2)
- Kurt Weill (0)
- Ray Noble (0)
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