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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
Helen Merrill
Released1994
RecordedJanuary 21–23, 1994
GenreJazz
Length62:47
LabelVerve
ProducerHelen Merrill, Jean-Philippe Allard
Helen Merrill chronology
Helen Merrill with Strings
(1994) 		Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown
(1994) 		You and the Night and the Music
(1998)

Merrill had recorded an album with Brown in 1954.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
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

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  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

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Musicians

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

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  1. ^ a b c "Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown". Allmusic. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
  2. ^ a b 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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