Trumpet hero Clifford Brown had a gift for backing up singers, providing a tender, lyrical counterpoint to the intoxicating crooning of jazz songbirds like Sarah Vaughan and Helen Merrill. But he was also a hard-charging bebop beast, laying down stinging solos alongside Lionel Hampton on swing standards like "Flying Home" and reaching hard-bop glory with Art Blakey on burners like "Confirmation."