Musicians pay tribute to Clifford Brown
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Clifford Brown died in 1956 at age 25. On 26 June 2011 and as part of an annual festival held in his honor, a trio formed by drummer Tom Palmer, guitarist Dexter Koonce and trumpet player Tony Smith played a tribute to the Jazz legend at Mount Zion Cemetery to the left of the gravestone marked “Clifford Brown”. By the side of the gravestone which is decorated with engravings of musical notes and trumpets, they played four songs, one of which was a cover of Brown’s “Sandu”. The final was a musical tribute, “I Remember Clifford Brown”, which brought particularly warm applause. There was an air of elation when Carey announced at the end of the session the formation of a new organization, Clifford’s Jazz Messenger, which will raise money to maintain Brown’s gravesite. Harmon B. Carey, the executive director of the Afro-American Historical Society and president of Friends of Mount Zion Cemetery was the key person behind the idea of co-sponsoring the jam session in the cemetery. |
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Musicians pay tribute to Clifford Brown