Clifford Quotes
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Many of these Clifford quotes celebrate the sound of Bebop trumpeter Clifford Brown, whose recordings still shape how players describe tone and feel.
I sounded like myself. People be saying I sound like Miles or Clifford Brown.
There have been many great musicians that, Clifford Brown is one great example, I mean he died very early, 25.
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If we are going to list guitar influences, the biggest one by far is Wes Montgomery. Also, Gary Burton was obviously huge for me in a number of ways. But beyond that, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard.
My father was a jazz tenor sax player. He played in a lot of big bands. So I had that sound around me all the time. The first record that really caught my ear was Clifford Brown's 'Brownie Eyes.' I...
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As an actor, to go and see those shows - great plays like 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and Clifford Odets's 'Golden Boy' - it's so exhilarating. I'd personally love to perform the role of Jerry in Edward Albee's 'The...
I really enjoy listening to players on the cusp of swing into bebop like Charlie Shavers, Clifford Brown and Clark Terry. They balance immense facility on their instrument with rhythm, melody, and more complex harmonies of the time.
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Others set Clifford Brown next to peers like Coltrane, a reminder of how short his career was against his lasting influence.
