condition (record/cover): NM / NM

Obi and insert included.

California, 1954: the birth of the Clifford Brown - Max Roach quintet, one of the perfect bands in the history of this music, captured live at the very start of its short miracle. Brownie's tone alone is worth the price - warm, huge, effortless at any tempo, joy made audible - and Roach frames him with the melodic drumming that made their partnership the gold standard of the hard bop era. These concert recordings have a looseness the studio dates polish away: the young band discovering nightly what it was capable of. Japanese GNP Crescendo mono pressing of a foundational live document. Trumpet players: approach with humility.