Clifford Brown: What is This Thing Called Love

This lengthy, minimally arranged track provides an opportunity to compare and contrast the improvising styles of three popular trumpet players of the day, the veteran Clark Terry and younger stars Clifford Brown and Maynard Ferguson. Browns superbly crafted solo illustrates why he was one of the most influential trumpeters of all time. All the others get extended solos as well, including pioneering bebop drummer Max Roach and two hard-driving West Coast saxophonists, altoist Herb Geller and tenorist Harold Land.