[Dixielandjazz] Trumpet Evolution in Jazz

[Nickdragos at cs.com]

Steve,

For reasons that become quite apparent upon extensive listening, Clifford 
Brown has that remarkable & rare ability to reach across stylistic boundries and 
touch that nerve in many people: "That's GOOD music."

As someone whose former job forced him to constantly broadcast rrepetitious 
jazz playlists, it was always a breath of fresh delight to sneak in a Clifford 
Brown/Max Roach classic like "Jordu", "Parisian Thoroughfare", "Sandu", and 
others (instead of playing the same cuts of Boby Hutcherson & Pat Metheny over & 
over......ZZZZZZZZZZ).

Sacramento's Capital Jazz Project (a wonderful group) recently released "A 
Portrait Of Clifford Brown" with guest trumpeter Bobby Shew....great disc! You 
might want to check out their website at: www.capitaljazzproject.org.

He made musical sense, had a personality (with those desperately needed 
ingredients: HUMOR & WIT) beautiful expressed in his playing, and was a 
fundamentally superb musician.....

God, what a loss.

Best Wishes To All,
Nick Dragos, Still-An-Ex-Jazz-D.J., Sacramento, California
NickDragos at cs.com