Brown and Roach Incorporated

1955 studio album by Clifford Brown and Max Roach

Studio album by

Clifford Brown and Max Roach

Released

1955

Recorded

August 2, 3, 5 & 6, 1954

Studio

Capitol, 5515 Melrose Ave, Hollywood

Genre

Jazz

Length

40:40

Label

EmArcy
MG 36008

Clifford Brown and Max Roach chronology

Brown and Roach Incorporated
(1955)

Clifford Brown & Max Roach
(1956)

Brown and Roach Incorporated is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown and drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in August 1954 and released on the EmArcy label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars calling it "Near-classic music from a legendary group".^[2]

Track listing

"Sweet Clifford" (Clifford Brown) - 6:41
"I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 7:19
"Stompin' at the Savoy" (Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb) - 6:23
"I'll String Along with You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 4:09
"Mildama" (Max Roach) - 4:30
"Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:02
"I Get a Kick out of You" (Cole Porter) - 7:36

Recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, California on August 2 (track 6), August 3 (tracks 1 & 2), August 5 (tracks 3, 4 & 7) and August 6 (track 5), 1954

Personnel

Clifford Brown - trumpet (tracks 1-3 & 5, 7)
Max Roach - drums
Harold Land - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 5-7)
Richie Powell - piano
George Morrow - bass

References

^ Max Roach discography accessed September 27, 2012
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 27, 2012
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 31. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Clifford Brown

Years given are for the recording(s), years in square brackets refer to the listed 12" LP/CD release.

Albums as
leader

Memorial Album (Blue Note, 1953 [1956])
Memorial (Prestige, 1953 [1956])
Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose, 1954)/Jazz Immortal ([1956])
Jam Session (with Clark Terry & Maynard Ferguson, 1954)

Co-led/with
Max Roach

Best Coast Jazz (1954)
Clifford Brown All Stars (1954)
Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954)
Brown and Roach Incorporated (1954)
Daahoud (1954)
Clifford Brown with Strings (1955)
Study in Brown (1955)
Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956)
Sonny Rollins Plus 4 (CB/MRQ, 1956)

Sideman
with others

A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (Art Blakey, 1954)
A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (Art Blakey, 1954)
A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 (Art Blakey, 1954)
Dinah Jams (Dinah Washington, 1954)
Helen Merrill (1954)
Sarah Vaughan (1954)

Compilations

Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years (with Max Roach, [1995])

v t e Max Roach
Albums	The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953) Max Roach + 4 (1956) Jazz in 3/4 Time (1956–57) The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957–58) Award-Winning Drummer (1958) Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958) MAX (1958) Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958) Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958) Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (1958) Deeds, Not Words (1958) Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (with Abbey Lincoln, 1959) Quiet as It's Kept (1959) Rich Versus Roach (and Buddy Rich, 1959) The Many Sides of Max (1959) Long as You're Living (1960) Parisian Sketches (1960) We Insist! (1960) Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961) It's Time (1962) Money Jungle (and Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, 1962) Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962) The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (and Hasaan Ibn Ali, 1964) Drums Unlimited (1965) Members, Don't Git Weary (1968) Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971) Re: Percussion (M'Boom, Strata-East, 1973) Birth and Rebirth (and Anthony Braxton, 1978) Historic Concerts (and Cecil Taylor, 1979) M'Boom (1979) One in Two – Two in One (and Anthony Braxton, 1979) Pictures in a Frame (1979) The Long March (and Archie Shepp, 1979) In the Light (1982) Live at Vielharmonie (1983) Collage (M'Boom, 1984) It's Christmas Again (1984) Scott Free (1984) Survivors (1984) Easy Winners (1985) Bright Moments (1986) Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (and Dizzy Gillespie, 1989) To the Max! (1990–91)
With Clifford Brown	Best Coast Jazz (1954) Brown and Roach Incorporated (1954) Clifford Brown All Stars (1954) Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954–55) Daahoud (1954) Jam Session (and Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, 1954) Clifford Brown with Strings (1955) Study in Brown (1955) Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956)
Compilations	Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years (1954–60)