I Remember Clifford(Jazz Standard)

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『I Remember Clifford』는 1956년 불과 25세 나이에

자동차사고로 목숨을 잃은 천재적인 재즈 트럼펫 연주자

'Clifford Brown(1930~1956)'을 추모하는 '재즈 발라드

곡' 입니다. 'Clifford Brown'은 드러머 'Max Roach'

밴드에서 많은 활동을 했었고,

여성 재즈 보컬 'Sarah Vaughn'과  'Helen Merill'과도

함께하여 더욱 빛나게 해준 고마운 사람이기도 하죠.

그가 작곡한 "Sandu", "Joy Spring", "Daahoud“

등의 곡은 지금까지도 연주되는 재즈 스탠다드 넘버가

된 것도 당연한 결과가 아닌가 싶네요.

그래서 그를 그리워하는 뮤지션들이 많은 것 같습니다.

1957년 명 재즈 테너 색소폰 연주자 'Benny Golson'은

그를 위한 비가(悲歌)를 만들었는데, 이 곡은 후에

'존 헨드릭스'가 가사를 붙이고, 많은 뮤지션들이 사랑하는

재즈 발라드『I Remember Clifford』 가 됩니다.

'Art Farmer', 'Lee Morgan', 'Autro Sandoval',

'Oscar Peterson' 등 수많은 아티스트들이 이 곡을

자주 연주하고 녹음을 남기었으며,

그리하여 'Clifford Brown'은 아주 짧은 인생을 살다

갔지만 지금도 많이 추억 되는 뮤지션으로 각인되고

있습니다.

<인천 아이러브색소폰학원 윤양로 원장>

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I know he'll never be forgotten

Long as there's still sound

He was a king uncrowned

Not all kings are given crowns I know

I'll always remember

Always The warmth

All his warmth Of his sound

Was in his sound Lingers so long

I'm sure he's still around Still around...

Those who've heard

For all those who've heard

Truly, they repeat him yet

Even yet So those who hear won't forget

And the ever-present sound

That abounds in his praise

Echos throughout the universe

For endless spans of time uncountable

By days The pretty little piquant passages

Clifford played They are with us now

And I'm positive that they will endure

Should time and sacred circumstance allow

Yes, they'll live forever

Oh, yes, I remember

Clifford now Seems I always feel that

Clifford's spirit's

Hangin' roun' me somehow We remember

Each and every single day

I hear his lovely trumpet tone

Such exquisite singing

In every horn that seems to have a sound

That's all its own So somebody tell me how

How can we ever day for certain

Someone that played Like

Clifford Brown could play

Could really be said to have gone away

I only know that I hear him now

And I believe that I always will

You've got to believe I remember

Clifford still, yes I hear him still

I know he'll never be forgotten

He was a king uncrowned

I know I'll always remember'

Member Clifford Brown

I'll always remember Clifford Brown

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