Clifford Brown
Trumpet Solo on
Parisian Thoroughfare

About

Clifford Brown's trumpet solo is the second of four solos on this recording, following Harold Land on tenor sax. Spanning two choruses of the 32-bar AABA form in F at a driving 182 BPM with a swing feel, Brown then delivers two stunning trumpet choruses, his improvisations marked by the long, flowing phrases and bright, singing tone that defined his artistry. "Parisian Thoroughfare" is a contrafact built on the chord changes of "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," requiring the soloist to navigate a familiar harmonic framework with a different melodic identity. Clifford Brown was just 23 to 24 years old at the time of this recording, already displaying remarkable maturity.

Clifford Brown was 23 to 24 years old at the time.