{"product_id":"clifford-brown-and-max-roach-1974-japanese-mercury-mono-lp","title":"Clifford Brown and Max Roach (1974 Japanese Mercury Mono LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVG+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClifford Brown and Max Roach - \u003cem\u003eClifford Brown and Max Roach\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1974 Japanese Mercury Mono Reissue (BT-1331, Nippon Phonogram Co. Ltd.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMax Roach formed this quintet by inviting Clifford Brown to join him in New York in 1954. They selected the remaining musicians together. Harold Land on tenor, Richie Powell on piano and George Morrow on bass completed the group. They recorded the core of this album across three days in Los Angeles in August 1954, with two further tracks added at a New York session in February 1955 before EmArcy released the 12-inch LP that brought all seven pieces together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVictor Young's \"Delilah\" was an unlikely choice. The theme from a Cecil B. DeMille biblical epic had no obvious jazz pedigree. Brown plays it at eight and a half minutes without losing the melody's character, the exotic minor-key writing a natural fit for his warm, mid-range tone. Bud Powell's \"Parisian Thoroughfare\" follows, Brown and Land pushing against Roach's tempo changes with the ease of a group that had already developed genuine collective thinking in the few months since its formation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Daahoud\" and \"Joy Spring\" became standards. Both are built on chord sequences with mid-progression key changes that challenge soloists; both have been recorded many hundreds of times since Brown made them here. \"Joy Spring\" was written for his wife, whom Roach had introduced to Brown when she was working on a thesis arguing that jazz was inferior to classical music. Brown spent time convincing her otherwise. \"Jordu,\" Duke Jordan's blues-based piece, closes Side B with a version that Gary Giddins later called among the finest performances on the record. \"The Blues Walk\" and \"What Am I Here For\" complete the programme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1974 Japanese Mercury mono reissue (BT-1331), manufactured by Nippon Phonogram Co. Ltd.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mercury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43514655670331,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6932.jpg?v=1778806673","url":"https:\/\/lushliferecords.com.au\/products\/clifford-brown-and-max-roach-1974-japanese-mercury-mono-lp","provider":"Lush Life Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}