08 February 2022
(Until 08 February)All Day Practice Makes Outstanding Trumpeter – Phantom Dancer 8 February 2022
Greg Poppleton's Phantom Dancer swing jazz radio show
Clifford Brown is this week’s Phantom Dancer feature. Clifford Brown was an outstanding jazz trumpeter who in a career spanning only a few years became a jazz sensation. He composed the jazz standards Sandu, Joy Spring (his nickname for his wife) and Daahoud.
The Phantom Dancer is your non-stop mix of swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV hosted by me, Greg Poppleton. This week’s Phantom Dancer is a ‘classic’from March last year. I can’t go into the studio because I have caught COVID.
Hear past Phantom Dancer online now at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/.
This show will be online after 2pm AEST, Tuesday 8 February at https://2ser.com/phantom-dancer/
CLIFFORD
Clifford Brown came from a musical family. His father organized his four sons, including Clifford, into a vocal quartet. He started playing trumpet at school at ten and began private lessons at age thirteen.
He first went to university as a maths major, but music took over. He played in the fourteen-piece, jazz-oriented Maryland State Band. In June 1950, he was injured in a car accident after a performance. While in the hospital, he was visited by Dizzy Gillespie. Dizzy encouraged him to pursue a career in music. He got back into music despite his severe injuries by playing piano while recuperating.
BROWN
Brown was influenced and encouraged by trumpeter, Fats Navarro. He played for a week with Charlie Parker who was amazed by Brown’s trumpet ideas.
Clifford’s first recordings were with R&B bandleader Chris Powell. He worked with Art Blakey, Tadd Dameron, Lionel Hampton, J. J. Johnson.
He formed a band with Max Roach. Sonny Rollins joined the band and remained a member of the group for the rest of its existence. You’ll hear the Max Roach-Clifford Brown Quintet with Sonny Rollins on live 1956 radio in this week’s Phantom Dancer.
Brown stayed away from drugs and didn’t like alcohol. Rollins, who was recovering from heroin addiction, said that “Clifford was a profound influence on my personal life. He showed me that it was possible to live a good, clean life and still be a good jazz musician.”
Brown also had the habit of practicing all day off-stage, starting from 6am on the band bus. This gave him phenomenal stamina, clarity and tone on the bandstand.
8 FEBRUARY PLAY LIST
Play List – The Phantom Dancer | ||
107.3 2SER Tuesday 8 February 2022 | ||
Set 1 | Big Bands on 1946 Radio | |
Intro + There’s Good Blues Tonight | Hal McIntyre Orchestra (voc) Johnny Turnbull | ‘One Night Stand’ Century Rook Hotel Commodore NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 15 May 1946 |
Without You | Leighton Noble Orchestra | ‘One Night Stand’ Starlight Roof Waldorf-Astoria Hotel NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 21 Jun 1946 |
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes + Perdido (close) | Buddy Morrow Orchestra | ‘One Night Stand’ Roseland Ballroom NYC AFRS Re-broadcast 1 Mar 1946 |
Set 2 | Phil Harris | |
Music in the Moonlight (theme) + Just Friends | Jimmy Grier Orchestra (voc) Dick Webster | Cocoanut Grove Ambassador Hotel TRANSCO Radio Transcription 1932 |
Save The Last Dance For Me | Jimmy Grier Orchestra (voc) Donald Novis | Cocoanut Grove Ambassador Hotel TRANSCO Radio Transcription 1932 |
The More You Hurt Me The More You Make Me Care + Music in the Moonlight (theme) | Jimmy Grier Orchestra (voc) Margaret Lawrence | Cocoanut Grove Ambassador Hotel TRANSCO Radio Transcription 1932 |
Set 3 | West Coast Trad 1949-59 Radio | |
I Cover The Waterfront (theme) + Struttin’ With Some BBQ | Estuary Jazz Band | Pier 23 KGO San Francisco 1959 |
Open + Mississippi Mud | Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band | Beverly Cavern Club KGFJ Los Angeles 28 Jun 1949 |
March of the Bobcats + Honeysuckle Rose + I’ve Got a Right To Sing The Blues (theme) | Jack Teagarden | Club Hangover KCBS San Francisco 24 Apr 1954 |
Set 4 | Clifford Brown | |
Sweet Georgia Brown + What’s New? | Clifford Brown – Max Roach Quintet | Basin Street WCBS CBS NYC 6 May 1956 |
Interview | Clifford Brown interviewed by Willis Connover | ‘Jazz Hour’ Voice of America 1956 |
I Remember Clifford | Oscar Pettiford | Birdland WABC ABC NY 1957 |
Set 5 | Extended Works by Duke Ellington | |
Diminuendo in Blue | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Birdland WNBC NBC NY 30 Jun 1951 |
Crescendo in Blue | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Birdland WNBC NBC NY 30 Jun 1951 |
Black, Brown and Beige Work Song | Duke Ellington Orchestra | ‘Date with the Duke’ 400 Club WJZ Blue NYC 28 Apr 1945 |
Black, Brown and Beige Spiritual | Duke Ellington Orchestra | ‘Date with the Duke’ 400 Club WJZ Blue NYC 28 Apr 1945 |
Set 6 | Harry James Radio Transcriptions | |
Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me | Harry James Orchestra (voc) Helen Forrest | Radio Transcription 1943 |
Caxton Hall Swing | Harry James Orchestra | Radio Transcription 1954 |
Honeysuckle Rose | Harry James Orchestra (g) Allen Reuss | Radio Transcription 1943 |
In The Still of the Night | Harry James Orchestra (voc) Paula Gilbert | Radio Transcription 1954 |
Set 7 | Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 1956 | |
Intro + Song of India | Dorsey Brothers’ Orchestra | Cafe Rouge Hotel Statler WRCA NBC NY 1956 |
Ridin’ Around in the Rain | Dorsey Brothers’ Orchestra (voc) Dolly Houston | Cafe Rouge Hotel Statler WRCA NBC NY 1956 |
Sunny Side of the Street | Dorsey Brothers’ Orchestra (voc) Lynn Roberts | Cafe Rouge Hotel Statler WRCA NBC NY 1956 |
Just For Taking Bows | Dorsey Brothers’ Orchestra | Cafe Rouge Hotel Statler WRCA NBC NY 1956 |
Set 8 | Progressive Jazz Radio | |
A Foggy Day | Carmen McRae | ‘Timex All Star Jazz Show’ CBS TV 30 Dec 1957 |
They All Laughed | Carmen McRae | ‘Timex All Star Jazz Show’ CBS TV 30 Dec 1957 |
Lester Leaps In | Lester Young | ‘Symphony Sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 27 Nov 1948 |
Moose The Mooche + Lullaby of Broadway | Charlie Parker | Birdland WABC ABC NY 9 May 1953 |
