Clifford Brown & Max Roach

Study In Brown Clifford Brown & Max Roach Limited edition

The Max Roach-Clifford Brown Quintet started its

run in the beginning of 1954 with tenor saxophonist

Teddy Edwards, bassist George Bledsoe and pianist

Carl Perkins. Shortly after, Edwards, Perkins and

Bledsoe left the group. The piano and bass chairs

were soon filled by pianist Richie Powell (Bud

Powell's younger brother), bassist George Morrow,

and tenor saxophonist Harold Land. The sessions

with Land on tenor sax were issued on the albums

Clifford Brown & Max Roach, Brown & Roach Inc.

and the present Study in Brown. Land was forced

to return to Los Angeles for family reasons at the

tail end of 1955, which set the stage for the young

Sonny Rollins to take his place. However, this

fantastic formation was destined to end in tragedy,

for in the early morning hours of June 26, 1956,

Clifford Brown died in a car accident (at the age of

25) along with pianist Richie Powell and the latter's

wife.