Cherokee

Clifford Brown & Max Roach · 1955 (year to be confirmed)

Context

Version recorded by the quintet of Clifford Brown and Max Roach for the album Study in Brown (EmArcy), at the session of February 23 to 25, 1955. Brown's solo on this track is cited as one of the most admired in jazz.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's). Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Oct 13, 2026: Cherokee - Grille à facettes (Anatomie d'un titre, TSF Jazz, in French)

By the same artist

• Joy Spring (1954)
• Daahoud (1954)

Sources

• EN: Study in Brown
• allsolos.com

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