Clifford Brown & Max Roach — “Clifford Brown & Max Roach”

Verve Acoustic Sounds Series • 180g LP • Gatefold • Nov 21, 2025

A hard-bop landmark by the Brown/Roach Quintet, recorded at Capitol Studios in 1954–55, returns on vinyl as part of the Verve Acoustic Sounds Series. Cut on 180g and housed in a deluxe gatefold, it features enduring standards like “Joy Spring,” “Daahoud,” and “Jordu.”

Key Features

• Series: Verve Acoustic Sounds Series
• Format: 1×180g LP • Deluxe gatefold jacket
• 2025 label: Verve / UMe
• Original sessions: Capitol Studios, Hollywood — 1954/55
• Original album year: 1954/55 (EmArcy)
• EU street date: November 21, 2025
• EAN: 0602478366857

Tracklist

1. Side A
   1. Delilah
   2. Parisian Thoroughfare
   3. The Blues Walk
2. Side B
   1. Daahoud
   2. Joy Spring
   3. Jordu
   4. What Am I Here For

Why you’ll love it

The quintet (Harold Land, Richie Powell, George Morrow) is on fire, and the 180g pressing plus gatefold presentation make this a definitive shelf copy. A cornerstone session, newly spotlighted by the Acoustic Sounds treatment.

Trivia

• Originally issued as a 5-track 10" in December 1954, expanded to 12" the next year with “The Blues Walk” and “What Am I Here For.”
• The Brown/Roach Quintet is widely hailed as a definitive bebop ensemble of its era, with Brown’s “Joy Spring” and “Daahoud” becoming standards.