Clifford Brown: The Life and Art of the Legendary Jazz Trumpeter

Publisher : Oxford University Press

• Clifford Brown is considered one of the most important figures in the history of jazz
• This is the first major biography of the man who is said to be one of the leading influences on contemporary jazz musicians.
• Features a selected and annotated discography
• Catalano reveals how the clean-living and drug-free Brown was a role model for such musicians as Sonny Rollins, who were struggling with drug and alcohol addiction