Remembering Clifford is an album by the saxophonist/composer Benny Golson, recorded in 1997 and released on the Milestone label the following year.[1][2][3][4]
| Remembering Clifford | ||||
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| Studio album by Benny Golson Group | ||||
| Released | May 19, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | March 30 & 31, 1997 | |||
| Studio | Sound on Sound, New York, NY | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 65:40 | |||
| Label | Milestone MCD 9278 | |||
| Producer | Makoto Kimata | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [6] |
The AllMusic review by Cub Koda stated: "Benny Golson was moved by the death of bop trumpeter Clifford Brown to pen the classic 'I Remember Clifford'. Now presented with the opportunity to do an album in honor of his old friend, Golson assembles a sextet and presents an album that takes the idea of 'I Remember Clifford', thoroughly updates it, and extends it across an hour of great music on this disc ... With some great music on tap, there's no level at which this album does not succeed".[5]
JazzTimes' Bill Bennett observed: "Benny Golson has produced some of the finest compositions in the hard bop tradition, foremost among them his elegy for Brownie, 'I Remember Clifford'. Trading on that is surely Golson’s right, even after 40 years-perhaps because after 40 years-we know for a fact that the tune is a certifiable classic".[7]
Track listing
editAll compositions by Benny Golson except where noted
- "Brown Immortal" – 7:23
- "Five Spot After Dark" – 7:31
- "Dear Old Stockholm" (Traditional) – 8:22
- "Matinee" – 5:50
- "You're the First to Know" – 6:25
- "Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) – 9:01
- "Tito Puente" – 7:23
- "Horizon Ahead" – 5:57
- "Ever More" – 7:48
Personnel
edit- Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
- John Swana – trumpet
- Ron Blake – tenor saxophone
- Mike LeDonne – piano
- Peter Washington - bass
- Joe Farnsworth – drums
- Tito Puente, Carlos "Patato" Valdes – percussion (track 7)
Production
editReferences
edit- ^ Both Sides Now: Milestone Label Discography accessed March 26, 2019
- ^ Jazzlists: Milestone Records 9000 series discography accessed March 26, 2019
- ^ Benny Golson website: discography accessed March 26, 2019
- ^ Jazzdisco: Benny Golson catalog accessed March 26, 2019
- ^ a b Coda, Cub. Benny Golson: Remembering Clifford – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 569. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Bennett, B., JazzTimes Review, accessed March 26, 2019