Clifford Brown & Max Roach: Land's End

Track

Land’s End

Group

Clifford Brown / Max Roach Quintet

CD

Study in Brown (Emarcy 814646)

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Musicians:

Clifford Brown (trumpet), Max Roach (drums), Harold Land (tenor sax), Richie Powell (piano), George Morrow (bass).

Recorded: New York, February 23, 1955

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Rating: 89/100 (learn more)

The Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet was one the premier hard-bop ensembles, with both trumpeter Brown and drummer Roach ranked among the top exponents of their instruments. But the group also had at one time a hard-swinging, soulful tenor man in Harold Land. Although Land was not especially known as a composer, his mournful “Land’s End” is a melodic gem that the quintet, and especially Land and Brown, imbue with great feeling.

Reviewer: David Franklin

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