1954 song by Clifford Brown and Max Roach
"Joy Spring " is a 1954jazz composition byClifford Brown that became his signature work. The title was his pet name for his wife Larue.
Brown first recorded "Joy Spring" in astudio session led by him on August 6, 1954, atCapitol Recording Studios , inLos Angeles , withHarold Land (tenor sax),Richie Powell (piano),George Morrow (bass ), andMax Roach (drums). They did twotakes –10877-3 and10877-4 .[ 1] [ 2]
Six days later (August 12, 1954), at the same studio, Brown, as leader, recordedJack Montrose 's arrangement of it withStu Williamson (valve trombone ),Zoot Sims (tenor sax ),Bob Gordon (baritone sax ),Russ Freeman (piano),Joe Mondragon (bass ), andShelly Manne (drums). That take has been issued on several albums, includingJazz Messages (Jazztone J-1281 ) ,Clifford Brown & Max Roach (Pacific Jazz CDP 7 46850 2 ) , andJazz Immortal – Featuring Zoot Sims (1988;Pacific Jazz CDP 7 46850 2 ) .[ 3]
Larue Anderson, before marrying Brown, had been aclassical music student at theUniversity of Southern California .[ 4] Max Roach , her friend who introduced her to Brown, took her aside and said: "Honey, the whole world is not built around tonic / dominant." He convinced her to the point that she became a jazz devotee.[ 3] [ 5]
In 1985,Jon Hendricks wrote lyrics to Brown's music and the song was performed and published byManhattan Transfer on their albumVocalese
1955, version in the studio albumArranged by Montrose Jack Montrose 1957,Oscar Peterson trio withRay Brown ,Herb Ellis At the Opera House 1958,Lem Winchester andRamsey Lewis in the albumA Tribute to Clifford Brown 1960,George Shearing with his quintet in the live albumOn the Sunny Side of the Strip 1961,Gary Burton on his debut albumNew Vibe Man in Town 1964,Joe Pass live version in the albumJoy Spring 1981,Stan Getz with his quartet in the albumThe Dolphin [ 6] 1982,Freddie Hubbard in the albumBorn To Be Blue 1985,Larry Coryell ,Emily Remler in the albumTogether 1989,McCoy Tyner in the albumThings Ain't What They Used To Be 1992,Arturo Sandoval in the tribute albumI Remember Clifford Ed Calle and again in 2003 in the albumTrumpet Evolution 1993,Doug Sert in the albumJoy Spring 1994,Helen Merrill , in the tribute albumBrownie: Homage to Clifford Brown 1995,Tito Puente in his albumTito's Idea 1996,Karrin Allyson in the albumCollage 1998,Billy Taylor in the albumTen Fingers, One Voice 2003,Larry Coryell in his albumJoy Spring (The Swinging Side Of Larry Coryell) [ 7] 2007,Buddy Rich with his posthumous release in the albumTime Out 2012,Paolo Fresu withMarco Tamburini ,Fabrizio Bosso ,Flavio Boltro ,Franco Ambrosetti in the album50 anni suonati. 1988:Let's Get Lost 1999:Guinevere ^ "Clifford Brown" (Musician detail: B13509),The Jazz Discography Onlinelordisco OCLC 182585494 ,690104143 . Retrieved June 19, 2019. ^ Clifford Brown Featuring Zoot Sims – Jazz Immortal on Discogs^a b Spellman, A. B. andMurray Horwitz (August 1, 2001)."Max Roach: 'Clifford Brown and Max Roach,' " NPR Retrieved October 24, 2016.^ "Kappa Kappa Alpha – Larue Anderson" (college yearbook entry with photo),El Rodeo (yearbook of theUniversity of Southern California ), Vol. 46 (1951), p. 317;OCLC 822063048 ,910495447 (accessiblevia Ancestry.com ). ^ "Clifford Brown in Los Angeles," by Eddie Spencer Meadows, PhD; born 1939;Black Music Research Journal Columbia College Chicago andUniversity of Illinois Press , Vol. 31, No. 1, Spring 2011, pp. 45–63;JSTOR www OCLC 729620529 ,6733333114 ,778359559 ;ISSN 0276-3605 . ^ Stan Getz - The Dolphin on Discogs ^ "Joy Spring (The Swinging Side Of Larry Coryell)" on Discogs.
