Trumpeter Clifford Brown and drummer Max Roach were both domineering jazz figures when they teamed up in March 1954. The idea to have them form a quintet belongs to promoter and record producer Gene Norman, who owned the California Club in Los Angeles. Norman was looking for a group to play his club regularly. When Norman floated the idea past Roach, th…
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