Jazz 'Round Midnight: Clifford Brown (1993)

About this title: In line with the series' after-hours policy, the Clifford Brown edition of Jazz 'Round Midnight features the trumpeter on a series of ballads and easy strolling swingers of the highest quality. This, of course, is fortuitous for any fan of Brown's work, considering one gets to really hear his stellar and rich tone in these spacious settings. And he's always in command, whether with arranger Neil Hefti and a string orchestra ("Laura"), supporting vocalists Sarah Vaughan ("Lullaby of Birdland") and Dinah Washington ("No More"), or in the combo he co-led with drummer Max Roach ("Land's End"). A ... read more

Tracks:

1. Land's End [Land]
2. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You [Crosby/Washington]
3. Willow Weep for Me [Ronell]
4. September Song [Anderson/Weill]
5. Where or When [Hart/Rodgers]
6. Born to Be Blue [Torme/Wells]
7. Portrait of Jennie [Tiomkin]
8. No More [Camarata/Russell]
9. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes [Harbach/Kern]
10. Lullaby of Birdland [Shearing/Weiss]
11. Laura [Mercer/Raksin]
12. April in Paris [Duke/Harburg]
13. Time [Powell]
14. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To [Porter]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.