William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: Study in Brown ; Year: 1955; Genre: Hard Bop Jazz This is one of Clifford Brown's main big compositions that he authored and is a great piece of music all around and then some. It still amazes me his skill as a musician, writer and band leader; I could only imagine where jazz music would be if he had not died in that car accident at such a young age.   Hear Sandu on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Rush - Between Sun & Moon   My song pick 2 years ago today: Styx - Superstars My song pick 3 years ago today: Kajagoogoo - Too Shy My song pick 4 years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Summer and Lightning My song pick 5 years ago today: Cheap Trick - Surrender My song pick 6 years ago today: The Kinks - Autumn Almanac My song pick 7 years ago today: Stevie Wonder - Skeletons My song pick 8 years ago today: The Grass Roots - Sooner or Later My song pick 9 years ago today: Felix Mendelssohn - Op. 56 - Symphony No. 3 (Sco...

From: Clifford Brown & Max Roach ; Year: 1954; Genre: Hard Bop Jazz Thought I'd go ahead and pick another one from this incredible quintet since they were on my mind. This is their rendition of a song originally written by Victor Young; I absolutely love what they did with it. Hear Delilah on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Queen - My Fairy King My song pick 2 years ago today: Foo Fighters - Baker Street My song pick 3 years ago today: The Supremes (Diana Ross & the Supremes) - Back in My Arms Again My song pick 4 years ago today: Toto - Hydra My song pick 5 years ago today: Soundgarden - Hunted Down My song pick 6 years ago today: The (Detroit) Spinners - Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me, Girl My song pick 7 years ago today: John Fogerty - Rock and Roll Girls My song pick 8 years ago today: Dream Theater - On the Backs of Angels My song pick 9 years ago today: Hawkwind - Right to Decide My song pick 10 years ago today: Survivor - ...

From: Clifford Brown & Max Roach ; Year: 1954; Genre: Hard Bop Jazz/Jazz In my opinion this is arguably one of the best jazz records ever recorded; or at least one of the best Hard Bop Jazz albums in existence. The well-defined melodies keep the instrumentalists from getting too out of control during solos; it's definitely a treat for the ears. Hear Parisian Thoroughfare on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Laura Branigan - Solitaire My song pick 2 years ago today: Simon & Garfunkle - Scarborough Fair/Canticle My song pick 3 years ago today: Uriah Heep - Easy Livin' My song pick 4 years ago today: Motörhead - Overkill My song pick 5 years ago today: The Guess Who - 6 A.M. or Nearer My song pick 6 years ago today: "Weird Al" Yankovic - Eat It My song pick 7 years ago today: Queensrÿche - Jet City Woman My song pick 8 years ago today: Frank Zappa - Mudd Club My song pick 9 years ago today: U2 - I Will Follow My song pick 10 yea...

From: Brown and Roach Incorporated ; Year: 1954; Genre: Jazz For a while now I haven't been picking any old-school jazz, so I thought I would. It still amazes me every time I listen to Clifford Brown; a great musician who only recorded four years before his tragic death at the age of 25, and in those four years elevated himself to that of a jazz great. Heck, how many can say they have written songs that went on to become full-blown jazz standards before the age of 25? I cannot even fathom where he would've been if hadn't gotten into that car accident. Anyway, this is the amazing duo of Clifford Brown and Max Roach and their band of renown's bop era take on the classic jazz standard Stompin' at the Savoy . I love how they mixed a few forms of jazz throughout their cover: you can hear bebop, hard bop, west coast (cool jazz), along with the swing of the original just to name a few. Hear Stompin' at the Savoy on YouTube. My song pick a year ago toda...

1000 Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Daahoud Made it to my 1000th song pick! I was thinking about a good song for this post, I couldn't think of a better tune than this piece of Hard Bop Jazz from the incomparable Clifford Brown and Max Roach. For those trying to pronounce the song's title, I believe that Daahoud is pronounced Da-How-D. As I have said before, Hard Bop Jazz is one of my favourite forms of Jazz; this is a fine example of the sub-genre. It still amazes me just how much Clifford Brown accomplished in just the few years before his tragic death at the age of 25. Here is a recording of the song on YouTube. Here is a live recording on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Rammstein - Engel My song pick two years ago today: Frank Sinatra - Fly Me to the Moon +

This is a beautiful piece of Jazz I have been working on to learn recently; I really needed add it to my list. This song was written by the Jazz great: Trumpeter Clifford Brown for his wife who he referred to as his "Joy Spring." It is sad that such an incredible artist lost his life at such a young age, but he did accomplish a lot in the short time he was around. Here is a recording of the song on YouTube. Here is an alternate version of the song on YouTube. +