Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown
Studio album by Helen Merrill
Released	1994
Recorded	January 21–23, 1994
Genre	Jazz
Length	62:47
Label	Verve
Producer	Helen Merrill, Jean-Philippe Allard
Helen Merrill chronology
Helen Merrill with Strings (1994) Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown (1994) You and the Night and the Music (1998)

Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown is an album by Helen Merrill, recorded in tribute to the trumpeter Clifford Brown. ^[1]

Merrill had recorded an album with Brown in 1954.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "Throughout the often emotional date, Helen Merrill is heard in top form, giving plenty of feeling to the lyrics while leaving room for the guest trumpeters". ^[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as a "classic session [... that] acted as a superb vehicle for Merrill's individual approach to time". ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Your Eyes" ( Clifford Brown, Helen Merrill) – 6:17
2. "Daahoud" ( Clifford Brown) – 2:58
3. "(I Was) Born to Be Blue" ( Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 5:16
4. " I Remember Clifford" ( Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) – 7:00
5. "Joy Spring" (Brown) – 3:59
6. " I'll Remember April" ( Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 7:14
7. " Don't Explain" ( Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 6:18
8. "Brownie" ( Torrie Zito) – 5:04
9. " You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" ( Cole Porter) – 4:33
10. " I'll Be Seeing You" ( Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 4:53
11. " Memories of You" ( Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 3:52
12. " Gone with the Wind" ( Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 2:28
13. "Largo" ( Samuel Barber, Antonín Dvořák) – 2:55

Personnel

Musicians

• Helen Merrill – vocals
• Roy Hargrove – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Tom Harrell
• Wallace Roney – trumpet
• Lew Soloff
• Roy Soloff
• Torrie Zito – arranger, director, keyboards, music direction
• Kenny Barron – piano
• Rufus Reid – double bass
• Victor Lewis – drums

Production

• Helen Merrill – producer
• Patrice Beauséjour – art direction
• Mark Agostino – assistant engineer
• Brian Kinkland
• Arthur Friedman
• Jay Newland – engineer, mastering, mixing
• Aissa Martin – hair stylist, make-up
• Beth Kelly – photography
• Cheung Ching Ming
• Jean-Philippe Allard – producer

References