1954 Carrera Panamericana V pt 1 | Daahoud | Clifford Brown & Max Roach

Music: 1954 Daahoud | Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet Video: 1954 Carrera Panamericana V, part 1 1950s playlist: Clifford Brown – trumpet Harold Land – tenor saxophone George Morrow – bass Richie Powell – piano Max Roach – drums “The 1954 Carrera Panamericana was the fifth and final running of the Carrera Panamericana Mexican sports car racing event, run from November 19-23, 1954. It was the sixth and final race of the 1954 World Sportscar Championship. The race was run from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, over 8 stages and 3,070 kilometres (1,910 mi). 150 cars started the race, and 85 finished all 8 stages. The race was won by Umberto Maglioli in an Erwin Goldschmidt-entered Ferrari 375 Plus. He finished the race in 17 hours, 40 minutes, and 26 seconds, averaging kilometres per hour ( mph). For 1954, the Touring classes were divided into three classes, over 3,500 cc (213.6 cu in), between 3,499 and 1,900 cc (213.5 and 115.9 cu in), and under 1,900 cc (115.9 cu in). The Sports classes were divided as before, over and under 1,500 cc (91.5 cu in). This was in order to accommodate the huge number of participants and the diverse breeds of cars within the race. Going into the race, Ferrari had already won the championship, but victory would ensure the marque would score maximum points for the season. Although no works entries were sent from Italy, there was a number of top quality entrants from both Mexico and the United States, hoping the get that victory on behalf of the Maranello concern. Heading into the event, pressure was mounting on Mexican government, as the annual death toll from the event caused the country to be shown in a negative light. This wasn’t the kind of attention the locals wanted. It had been abundantly clear the days were numbered for the Carrera Panamericana. 1954 would be the last time the event was run in this format, although it did return as a revival event in 1988.“ (Wikipedia) * * * Ferrari 374 Plus: “Although the Lempredi engine was obsolete for Grand Prix racing, it found new ways to compete, powering a small series of Ferrari sports racers called the 375 MMs during the 1953 and 1954 season. For the 1954 Sports Car World Championship, Ferrari built a small number of large-capacity Spyders. They were given a wheelbase chassis, de Dion rear suspension and a rear-mounted gearbox. . . . The 375 Plus failed to finish its first two races at the Giro di Sicilia and the Mille Miglia. At the 1954 24 Hours of LeMans, at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France, José Froilán González and Maurice Trintignant won the race in a Ferrari 375 Plus. They had managed to outpace the aerodynamic Jaguar D-Type by less than 5km (half a lap). The 375 Plus later won at the Agadir GP and Silverstone International. Umberto Magliolis scored an impressive victory at the Carrera Panamericana, which would mark the final time that race would run as it was canceled the following year due to the LeMans tragedy. The 375 Plus won two of the six rounds earning Ferrari the 1954 World Sportscar Championship. Its final major victory was in 1955 at the 1000km Buenos Aires. Many other races were won by the 375 Plus in both North and South Americas, including Dan Gurney’s victory in Paramount Ranch and Palm Springs, along with a second-place finish in the Grand Prix Riverside.“ () * * * “Clifford Brown & Max Roach is a 1954 album by influential jazz musicians Clifford Brown and Max Roach as part of the Clifford Brown and Max Roach Quintet, described by The New York Times as ’perhaps the definitive bop group until Mr. Brown’s fatal automobile accident in 1956’. The album was critically well received and includes several notable tracks, including ’Daahoud’ and ’Joy Spring’, which according to the Rough Guide to Jazz have become ’part of the standard jazz repertoire.’ The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. It is included in Jazz: A Critic’s Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings at #34, where it is described by New York Times jazz critic Ben Ratliff as ’one of the strongest studio albums up to that time’. First released as a 10“ vinyl in December 1954 (MG 26043), it included only five tracks: ’Delilah’, ’Parisian Thoroughfare’, ’Daahoud’, ’Joy Spring’ and ’Jordu’, all recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, in August 1954. In 1955, EmArcy released a 12“ vinyl (MG-36036), adding ’The Blues Walk’ and ’What Am I Here For’, from a February 1955 session at Capitol Studios in New York City. Since then, it has been reissued multiple times, including in 2000 as part of the Verve Master Edition series with a replica of the original LP sleeve, new liner notes, and containing three alternative takes and one previously unissued track.“ (Wikipedia)