Known for the rich sound and full range of his trumpet playing, Clifford Brown,
whose nickname was Brownie, was an American jazz musician whose promising career
was cut short when he died in a car accident, along with his wife Nancy, aged 25
in 1956. Born in Delaware, he learned to play the trumpet as a boy and studied
with renowned music teacher Robert 'Boysie' Lowery and at Maryland State College
where he played in the Maryland State Band. After being injured in a car
accident in 1950, he met jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie who encouraged him to
continue to perform and after length...