Study In Brown
by Clifford Brown & Max Roach

Study In Brown by Clifford Brown & Max Roach
Year: 1955
Overall rank: 3,525th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 80 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1955 (6th)
Award Top albums of of the 1950s (105th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,525th)

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Clifford Brown & Max Roach bestography

Study In Brown is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by Clifford Brown & Max Roach on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Clifford Brown & Max Roach is Clifford Brown And Max Roach which is ranked number 1940 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 871.

Clifford Brown & Max Roach album bestography « Higher ranked (1,940th)
Clifford Brown And Max Roach
This album (3,525th)
Study In Brown
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Brown And Roach Incorporated

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Overall rank: 3,525th | 1950s rank: 105th | 1955 rank: 6th

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 80 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.

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85/100
The stellar drumming steals the show and nearly elevates each song to classic status. A solid album, but not quite a must-listen. 8.5/10!
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Very solid jazz from one of great jazzmen,.
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Great Record, i can move to this
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Pure bebop shredding; an ageless classic.

Clifford Brown is up there with Hendrix and George Gershwin as American masters who died tragically young, with SO much music still in him that he never got to make.
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Clifford Brown was an absolute master of the hard bop trumpet and this is his most articulate release. Max Roach's drums are energetic and expressive and the rest of the ensemble fits perfectly. This is a quintessential jazz album.
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