At Basin Street

by Clifford Brown and Max Roach

At Basin Street cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1956
  • Label: EmArcy
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 29:39
  • Community rating: 4.54/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: George Morrow, Richie Powell, Sonny Rollins

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The final studio album from the legendary quintet, featuring the great Sonny Rollins on tenor saxophone. The session is a blistering hard bop workout, showcasing the incredible technical facility and improvisational brilliance of the entire group.

Genres

Descriptors: bluesy, classic, ballad, virtuosic, profound

Tracklist

  1. What Is This Thing Called Love? (7:33)
  2. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (4:16)
  3. I'll Remember April (9:15)
  4. Powell's Prances (3:29)
  5. Time (5:06)

Credits

  • Clifford Brown and Max Roach - primary artist
  • George Morrow - bass
  • Max Roach - drums
  • Chuck Stewart - photography by
  • Richie Powell - piano, written-by
  • Bob Shad - producer
  • Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone
  • Clifford Brown - trumpet
  • Cole Porter - written-by
  • Paul Francis Webster - written-by
  • Sammy Fain - written-by
  • Don Raye - written-by
  • Gene DePaul - written-by
  • Patricia Johnston - written-by
  • Tadd Dameron - written-by

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