Clifford Brown. After touring with Lionel Hampton&#x27;s big band, Brown joined Art Blakey briefly and later formed his own quintet with Max Roach. The quintet was quickly recognized as one of the outstanding groups in contemporary jazz and Brown as a major trumpeter and composer. Although his career was brief, Brown&#x27;s influence persisted for a while in the work of Lee Morgan and throughout succeeding decades in that of Freddie Hubbard.