Clifford Brown, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Clifford Brown

American jazz musician

Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1930

Place of Birth: Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Date of Death: 26-Jun-1956

Profession: composer, trumpeter, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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Clifford Benjamin Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an American jazz trumpeter.
He died at the age of 25 in a car accident, leaving behind four years' worth of recordings.
He was also a composer of note: his compositions "Sandu," "Joy Spring," and "Daahoud" have become jazz standards.Brown won the Down Beat critics' poll for New Star of the Year in 1954; he was inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1972 in the critics' poll.
He influenced later jazz trumpeters such as Booker Little, Freddie Hubbard, and Lee Morgan.