Jazz musician
Clifford Brown
Trumpeter of extraordinary facility who recorded for four years and died in a car crash at twenty five.
Clifford Benjamin Brown was an American jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer. He died at the age of 25 in a car crash, leaving behind four years' worth of recordings. His compositions "Sandu", "Joy Spring", and "Daahoud" have become jazz standards. Brown won the DownBeat magazine Critics' Poll for New Star of the Year in 1954; he was inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1972.
- Born
- 1930-10-30, Wilmington, USAA Thursday
- Died
- 1956-06-26, Bedford, USAA Tuesday, aged 25
- At birth
- Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1930-10-30, Wilmington, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 6°33′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 20°55′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 1°50′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 7°16′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 4°36′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 20°23′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 7°16′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 12°28′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 5°21′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 20°52′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1956-06-26, Bedford, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 4°59′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 12°08′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 13°36′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 28°04′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Pisces | 11°56′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 28°03′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 27°03′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Leo | 0°53′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 27°41′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 26°40′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Clifford Brown was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.