Clifford Brown

American jazz musician (1930–1956) · 1930–1956

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What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani refers to Clifford Brown as one of the greatest jazz trumpeters. He says he loves him, and he counts him among the Americans he reveres and among the things he likes about the United States. Most often he mentions him briefly, as a musical reference. In a session on education in beauty, he observes that this musician is unknown to young people1. Elsewhere, by contrast, he tells of a young man who replays his solos note for note in the metro2. While reading the Phenomenology of Spirit, he mentions him among the individuals who cannot emerge from poverty3. He later takes up the same example, drawn from jazz, in discussing the logics of the subject. In a programme devoted to John Lewis and the question "classical or jazz?", he counts his airy solos among the future classics4. In 2024, he cites him among the elites of humanity5.

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Who is this?

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 Jazz Hall of Fame in 1972.

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