Clifford Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956), aka "
Brownie", was an American
jazz trumpeter. He died at the age of 25 in a car accident, leaving behind only four years' worth of recordings. Nonetheless, he had a considerable influence on later jazz trumpet players, including
Donald Byrd,
Lee Morgan,
Booker Little, and
Freddie Hubbard. He was also a composer of note: two of his compositions, "Joy Spring" and "Daahoud", have become jazz standards.