Roy Hargrove latest is Emergence. Nov 10, 2009
Charlie Parker With Strings is a much admired album so too is Clifford Brown with Strings and the great Canadian pianist Oscar Peterson, did on occasion sit in with a big band. Emergence released on the label, finds Roy in the company of nineteen musicians and singer Roberta Gambarini, who is very comfortable in front of a big band. (Suite101.com)
Watch Your Favorite Oakland Church Choir Perform Live at Oracle Arena Aug 28, 2009
A panel of judges including Clifford Brown from KDIA-AM/KDYA-FM and Elvin Ross, Gospel music professional, reviewed the audition tapes submitted by Bay Area church choirs and selected the top choirs to compete. By category, those selected are. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The Best Year in Jazz Ever Jul 17, 2009
Legendary trumpeter Clifford Brown died in a car crash in 1956 at the age of 25. The great saxophonist Lester Young died in 1959 at the age of 49, and. (Slate)
Masekela: Exile tough Apr 3, 2009
I wanted to learn from the same kind of teachers that taught Miles Davis and Clifford Brown and Chad Baker and they were not in South Africa. I hoped that one day I could go and learn some of those things and then come back and teach. (CNN -- International)