OPINION: Clifford Brown and the Great Tree

By Matt Lavelle Hearing the opening of the Clifford Brown birthday broadcast on WKCR at midnight this past Saturday,a 30 hour marathon,got me to reflect again on what I call the trumpet brotherhood,.and Clifford Brown's towering place inside of it.In 2010 it's hard to find members of the brotherhood,.but we still exist.Of course We all start with Louis Armstrong who passed on when I was four years old.You can really chart the progression of the Trumpet in Jazz through members of the brotherhood...

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