This article is about the U.S. jazz trumpeter. For the U.S. judge, see Clifford F. Brown. For Eurovision head, see Clifford Brown (Eurovision).
Clifford Brown
Brown c. 1956
Background information
Birth name
Clifford Benjamin Brown
Born
(1930-10-30)October 30, 1930 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Died
June 26, 1956(1956-06-26) (aged 25) Bedford, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician, composer
Instrument(s)
Trumpet, piano
Years active
1949–1956
Musical artist
Clifford Benjamin Brown[1] (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an American jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer. He died at the age of 25 in a car crash,[2] leaving behind four years' worth of recordings. His compositions "Sandu", "Joy Spring",[3] and "Daahoud"[4] have become jazz standards.[5] Brown won the DownBeat magazine Critics' Poll for New Star of the Year in 1954; he was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 1972.[2]
^Catalano, Nick (2000). Clifford Brown: The Life and Art of the Legendary Jazz Trumpeter. New York, New York: Oxford University Press. p. 9. ISBN 0-19-510083-2.
^ ab"Clifford Brown | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
^"Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Joy Spring)". JazzStandards.com. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
^"Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Daahoud)". JazzStandards.com. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
^Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; Priestley, Brian (2004). The Rough Guide to Jazz. Rough Guides. p. 102. ISBN 1-84353-256-5.
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