I Remember Clifford (song)

"I Remember Clifford" is an instrumental jazz threnody written by jazz tenor saxophonist Benny Golson in memory of Clifford Brown, the influential and highly regarded jazz trumpeter who died in an auto accident at the age of 25. Brown and Golson had previously worked together in Lionel Hampton's 1953 band.

The song was first recorded by Donald Byrd and Gigi Gryce in February 1957.

Notable recordings

• Bob Acri – Bob Acri (Blujazz, 2004)
• Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers – 1958 – Paris Olympia (Fontana, 1958)
• Donald Byrd – Jazz Lab (Columbia, 1957)
• George Cables – Circle (Contemporary, 1979)
• Ray Charles – My Kind of Jazz (1970)
• Kenny Dorham – This Is the Moment! (Riverside, 1958)
• Don Ellis – Shock Treatment (1968)
• Stan Getz and Kenny Barron – ' (1991)
• Dizzy Gillespie – Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Verve, 1957)
• Benny Golson – Stockholm Sojourn (Prestige, 1964)
• Roy Hargrove – The Tokyo Sessions (1991)
• Woody Herman – Woody Live East and West (CBS, 1965)
• Milt Jackson – Bags' Opus (United Artists, 1958)
• The Jazztet – Meet the Jazztet (Argo, 1960)
• Quincy Jones – The Birth of a Band (1959)
• The Manhattan Transfer – Vocalese (1985)
• Hugh Masekela – Almost Like Being in Jazz (Chissa, 2005)
• Carmen McRae – Carmen for Cool Ones (1958)
• Helen Merrill – ' (1995)
• Modern Jazz Quartet – European Concert (Atlantic, 1960)
• Modern Jazz Quartet – Dedicated to Connie (Atlantic, recorded May 1960, released 1995)
• James Moody – Moody with Strings (Argo, 1960)
• Lee Morgan – Lee Morgan Vol. 3 (Blue Note, 1957)
• Oscar Peterson – Something Warm (Verve, 1962)
• Bud Powell with Don Byas – A Tribute to Cannonball (Columbia, 1961 [1979])
• Buddy Rich – Blues Caravan (Verve, 1961)
• Sonny Rollins with Thad Jones – Now's the Time (RCA Victor, 1964)
• Masayoshi Takanaka "Brasilian Skies" (Kitty Records, 1978)
• Arturo Sandoval – I Remember Clifford (GRP, 1992)
• Dinah Washington – The Queen (Mercury, 1959)
• Bill Wurtz – Jazz Green Giant (2014)
• Peter Delano – Peter Delano (Verve, 1993)
• Art Farmer & Benny Golson – Meet The Jazztet (Argo, 1960)
• Don Byrd – Gigi Gryce – Jazz Lab (Columbia, 1957)
• John Lewis – The Wonderful World of Jazz (Atlantic, 1961)

References

External links

• Brownie Quotes – Benny Golson Golson's description of hearing of Brown's death
• Article at jazzstandards.com
• The 804 Music Group