Clifford Brown - The Paris Collection

This out-of-print Inner City LP mostly duplicates material available on two Original Jazz Classics CDs although it does include one song ("Deltitnu") not included because trumpeter Clifford Brown does not solo. Three of the songs (plus two alternate takes) feature a big band headed by altoist Gigi Gryce and have both Americans from the 1953 Lionel Hampton Orchestra (including Brown, trumpeter Art Farmer, trombonist Jimmy Cleveland and tenorman Clifford Solomon) and French players (such as pianist Henri Renaud and bassist Pierre Michelot). "Brown Skins" and the tradeoffs by Brown and Farmer on "Keeping Up with Jonesy" (which was arranged and composed by the young Quincy Jones) are noteworthy. The second side showcases Brown and Gryce in a sextet with four songs plus two alternates; "I Cover the Waterfront" and the two versions of "All the Things You Are" are among the highpoints. But since the material is available elsewhere, this hard-to-find Lp can be skipped by.