Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown | |
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Brown c. 1956 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Clifford Benjamin Brown |
| Born | October 30, 1930 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Died | June 26, 1956 (aged 25) Bedford, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Trumpet, piano |
| Years active | 1949–1956 |
Clifford Benjamin Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an American jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer. He died at the age of 25 in a car crash, leaving behind four years' worth of recordings. His compositions "Sandu", "Joy Spring", and "Daahoud" have become jazz standards. Brown won the DownBeat magazine Critics' Poll for New Star of the Year in 1954; he was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 1972.