Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown

Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown
Studio album by Helen Merrill
Released	1994
Recorded	January 21–23, 1994
Genre	Jazz
Length	62:47
Label	Verve
Producer	Helen Merrill, Jean-Philippe Allard
Helen Merrill chronology
Helen Merrill with Strings (1994) Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown (1994) You and the Night and the Music (1998)

Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown is an album by Helen Merrill, recorded in tribute to the trumpeter Clifford Brown.

Merrill had recorded an album with Brown in 1954.

Reception

Professional ratings

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Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "Throughout the often emotional date, Helen Merrill is heard in top form, giving plenty of feeling to the lyrics while leaving room for the guest trumpeters". The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as a "classic session [... that] acted as a superb vehicle for Merrill's individual approach to time".

Track listing

1. "Your Eyes" (Clifford Brown, Helen Merrill) – 6:17
2. "Daahoud" (Clifford Brown) – 2:58
3. "(I Was) Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 5:16
4. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) – 7:00
5. "Joy Spring" (Brown) – 3:59
6. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 7:14
7. "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 6:18
8. "Brownie" (Torrie Zito) – 5:04
9. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 4:33
10. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 4:53
11. "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 3:52
12. "Gone with the Wind" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 2:28
13. "Largo" (Samuel Barber, Antonín Dvořák) – 2:55

Personnel

Musicians

• Helen Merrill – vocals
• Roy Hargrove – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Tom Harrell
• Wallace Roney – trumpet
• Lew Soloff
• Roy Soloff
• Torrie Zito – arranger, director, keyboards, music direction
• Kenny Barron – piano
• Rufus Reid – double bass
• Victor Lewis – drums

Production

• Helen Merrill – producer
• Patrice Beauséjour – art direction
• Mark Agostino – assistant engineer
• Brian Kinkland
• Arthur Friedman
• Jay Newland – engineer, mastering, mixing
• Aissa Martin – hair stylist, make-up
• Beth Kelly – photography
• Cheung Ching Ming
• Jean-Philippe Allard – producer