Clifford Brown
Trumpet Solo on
Pent-Up House

About

Clifford Brown's trumpet solo is the first of four improvisations on this definitive recording of one of Rollins's most enduring original compositions. Taking six choruses of the 16-bar form in G at 198 BPM, Brown opens the extended solo section with searing trumpet lines and brilliant tone. His six-chorus statement is a masterclass in building intensity and maintaining invention over a long form, each chorus adding new ideas while sustaining the forward momentum of the performance.

Clifford Brown was 25 to 26 years old at the time.