For 22-year-old trumpeter Clifford Brown, the summer of 1953 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was transformative. Playing with bebop elders, he cumulatively opened the door for what came next: a ...

The trumpet is a cruel—yet loving—mistress. It can announce the slightest executional blemish, instantly betraying its player's most sincere efforts, while also allowing its lover to express every ...

Clifford Brown’s life may have ended in tragedy, but his legacy lives on, full of joy. Each June Wilmington celebrates that legacy. That legacy will be celebrated in association with the annual DuPont ...

A Thursday celebration in Wilmington will mark what would have been the 85th birthday of native son jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown. "We just felt the need not to let this significant birthday pass ...

SOMETIME in 1954, when he was twenty-four years old, the trumpeter Clifford Brown became one of the greatest jazz soloists. His playing, already celebrated for its fluency and imagination took on a ...

The Newport Jazz Festival was just one year old when the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet blazed onto its stage in 1955. By 1960, when pianists Dave Brubeck and Horace Silver each played a rollicking ...

Jazz fans have dodged raindrops this week to enjoy the 36th annual Clifford Brown Jazz Festival. Hundreds spread out blankets and chairs across Wilmington’s central lawn, Rodney Square. The festival ...