Clifford Brown, ’Summertime’ (George Gershwin)

Clifford Brown (1930-1956) was one of the great American jazz trumpeters. He died at the age of 25 in a car accident, leaving behind four years’ worth of recordings. He plays ’Summertime’, an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin (1898-1937) for the 1935 opera ’Porgy and Bess’. Recorded live in the album ‘Dinah Washington With Clifford Brown’ (1954). Clifford Brown, trumpet George Morrow, bass Junior Mance, piano Harold Land, tenor sax Original lyrics: Summertime and the livin’ is easy Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high Oh, your daddy’s rich and your ma is good lookin’ So hush, little baby, don’t you cry… One of these mornings, you’re goin’ to rise up singin’ Then you spread your wings and you’ll take the sky But ’til that mornin’, there’s nothin’ can harm you With daddy and mommy standin’ by… Check this amazing version of ’Summertime’ by master Maurice Andr