Clifford Brown - The Singers Sessions With Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan And Helen Merrill: The EmArcy Master Takes (Vol. 2) (2012)

Legendary trumpeter Clifford Brown was not only a master bandleader, soloist and composer, he was a supremely sensitive sideman a welcome addition to any jazz session. The newly released 3-CD set, The Singers Sessions: The EmArcy Master Takes Vol. 2, collects the EmArcy label recordings in which Brownie is featured behind three of the greatest singers of his era: in an ensemble behind Dinah Washington during an informal, live-in the-studio jam session; a carefully arranged date with the incomparable Sarah Vaughan; and the stunning debut recording by Helen Merrill. All of the material, recorded in 1954-1955, previously issued across several compact disc projects in the past three decades with the Dinah albums now out of print for years has been newly remastered from the original master tapes.