''Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street'' (also known as ''At Basin Street'') is a 1956 album by the Clifford Brown and

Max Roach Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history. He wo ...

Quintet, the last album the quintet officially recorded. Apart from ''

Sonny Rollins Plus 4 ''Sonny Rollins Plus 4'' is a jazz album by Sonny Rollins, released in 1956 on Prestige Records. On this album Rollins plays with the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet. The album was the last recording including pianist Richie Powell and Brown, as ...

'', it was the last studio album Brown and pianist Richie Powell recorded before their deaths in June that year. The title is a reference to the Basin Street East jazz club, where the quintet had performed several times.

Track listing

All tracks arranged by Richie Powell except 6. # " What Is This Thing Called Love?" (

Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in film. Born to ...

) – 7:33 # " Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" ( Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:13 # " I'll Remember April" (

Gene de Paul Gene Vincent de Paul (June 17, 1919 – February 27, 1988) was an American pianist, composer and songwriter. Biography Born in New York City, he served in the United States Army during World War II. He was married to Billye Louise Files (Nove ...

, Patricia Johnston,

Don Raye Don Raye (born Donald MacRae Wilhoite Jr., March 16, 1909 – January 29, 1985) was an American songwriter, best known for his songs for The Andrews Sisters such as " Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", " The House of Blue Lights", "Just for a Th ...

) – 9:13 # "Powell's Prances" ( Richie Powell) – 3:28 # "Time" ( Richie Powell) – 5:03 # "The Scene Is Clean" ( Tadd Dameron, arr. Dameron) – 6:04 # "Gertrude's Bounce" (Richie Powell) – 4:09 #: ''Bonus tracks included on the 2002 CD release:'' # "Step Lightly (Junior's Arrival)" (

Benny Golson Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929) is an American bebop/ hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before launc ...

) – 3:33 # "Flossie Lou" (Dameron) – 3:55 # "What Is This Thing Called Love? (alternate take)" – 8:18 # "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (breakdown)" – 0:45 # "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (alternate take)" – 3:53 # "I'll Remember April (breakdown)" – 1:25 # "I'll Remember April (alternate take)" – 9:42 # "Flossie Lou (alternate take)" – 4:00

Personnel

* Clifford Brown -

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Sonny Rollins Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as ...

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

* Richie Powell –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...

celesta The celesta or celeste , also called a bell-piano, is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks similar to an upright piano (four- or five- octave), albeit with smaller keys and a much smaller cabinet, or a large wooden music box ...

* George Morrow –

double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox addit ...

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Critical reception

The album was identified by

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in his

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essay "Hard Bop" as one of the 17 Essential Hard Bop Recordings.Yanow, Scott. "Hard Bop" -

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References

Clifford Brown albums Max Roach live albums Albums produced by Bob Shad EmArcy Records live albums 1956 live albums Hard bop albums Verve Records albums {{1950s-jazz-album-stub