Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet - At Basin Street

Clifford Brown / Max Roach Quintet 'At Basin Street' plus bonus album 'Sonny Rollins Plus Four', includes a 28-page booklet with new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer Brian Morton and by Paris' prestigious Jazz Magazine.

There is no sign here that the music is rehearsed to the point that spontaneity is lost. On the contrary, each arrangement is worked to a point that actually propels the soloists, gives them - and Brown particularly - maximum lift. These are classics of modern jazz. - Penguin Guide To Jazz

Gathered around the trumpet legend Clifford Brown, young saxophonist Sonny Rollins (26 at the time), who would soon inscribe his name in the firmament of jazz history, delivered a fiery and flamboyant performance that perfectly complemented the trumpeter's vibrant, mellifluous sound. - Jazz Magazine