The entire album is a tribute to Clifford Brown, who was a great influence on Sandoval and who died in an auto accident in 1956, when he was 25 years old.

Sandoval's written tribute to Brown in the liner notes for the album ends:Everybody that I've spoken to, who knew Brownie, coincided in describing his heart and his simplicity as an artist.

It is with all my heart and soul that I offer this sincere effort to one of the greatest trumpet players of all time; a man who left his mark as a person and as an artist.The album is named after the composition "I Remember Clifford", a threnody by Benny Golson, which was also written in memory of Brown.

The 'choir' is used to play arrangements of some of Brown's own solos; the different trumpet lines are closely synchronized.

Sandoval's own playing features in his own solos, especially on "Cherokee", which he takes at a faster pace than Brown's own rapid original.