I Remember Clifford (song)

I Remember Clifford (song)

"I Remember Clifford" is the name of a jazz threnody written by jazz tenor saxophone player Benny Golson in memory of Clifford Brown, the influential and highly-rated jazz trumpeter who died in an auto accident when he was only 25 years old; he and Golson had done a stint in Lionel Hampton's band together.

The song became an instant standard, as musicians paid tribute to Brown by recording their personal reading of it. Golson later said:

: " [it] took me several weeks, but I'd never written a composition like it before. I wanted to create a melody that the public would remember, and associate it with [him] ."

"I Remember Clifford" is also the name of an album by Arturo Sandoval; the entire album is a tribute to Brown, who was a great influence on Sandoval, and features Golson's tune.

Notable recordings of "I Remember Clifford"

* Dizzy Gillespie, "The Big Band Sound of Dizzy Gillespie" (Verve, 1957)
* Art Farmer & Benny Golson, "Meet The Jazztet"
* Arturo Sandoval, "I Remember Clifford" (GRP Records, 1992)

External links

* [http://www.cliffordbrown.net/quotes/golson.html Brownie Quotes - Benny Golson] Golson's description of hearing of Brown's death
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDbrxLz20JY Lee Morgan's version on YouTube]


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