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Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street
Studio album by Clifford Brown, Max Roach
Released	1956
Recorded	January 4 and February 16–17, 1956
Genre	Jazz, hard bop
Length	46:03
Label	EmArcy, Verve, Trip Records (reissue)
Producer	Bob Shad
Clifford Brown chronology
Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1955) Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956)
Max Roach chronology
The Charles Mingus Quartet plus Max Roach (1955) Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956) Max Roach + 4 (1956)

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
Tom Hull	A−

Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (also known as At Basin Street) is a 1956 album by the Clifford Brown and Max Roach Quintet, the last album the quintet officially recorded. Apart from Sonny Rollins Plus 4, it was the last studio album Brown and pianist Richie Powell recorded before their deaths in June that year. The title is a reference to the Basin Street East jazz club, where the quintet had performed several times.

Track listing

All tracks arranged by Richie Powell except 6.

1. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 7:33
2. "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:13
3. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 9:13
4. "Powell's Prances" (Richie Powell) – 3:28
5. "Time" (Richie Powell) – 5:03
6. "The Scene Is Clean" (Tadd Dameron, arr. Dameron) – 6:04
7. "Gertrude's Bounce" (Richie Powell) – 4:09

   Bonus tracks included on the 2002 CD release:

8. "Step Lightly (Junior's Arrival)" (Benny Golson) – 3:33
9. "Flossie Lou" (Dameron) – 3:55
10. "What Is This Thing Called Love? (alternate take)" – 8:18
11. "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (breakdown)" – 0:45
12. "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (alternate take)" – 3:53
13. "I'll Remember April (breakdown)" – 1:25
14. "I'll Remember April (alternate take)" – 9:42
15. "Flossie Lou (alternate take)" – 4:00

Personnel

• Clifford Brown - trumpet
• Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
• Richie Powell – piano, celesta
• George Morrow – double bass
• Max Roach – drums

Critical reception

The album was identified by Scott Yanow in his AllMusic essay "Hard Bop" as one of the 17 Essential Hard Bop Recordings.

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 31. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). London: Penguin Books. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
4. Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
5. Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street at AllMusic
6. Yanow, Scott. "Hard Bop". - Allmusic. - accessed December 7, 2009.

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