Sonny Clark: Sonny's Crib 1LP (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) etjs-67.2 balancing melodic elegance with rhythmic

balancing melodic elegance with rhythmic sophistication

Verve By Request Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered on 180-gram vinyl

It's a testament to Smith's volcanic creativity that he recorded not one but two soul jazz classics - Midnight Special and Back at the Chicken Shack - when he entered Rudy Van Gelder's studio on April 25

the two trade blows throughout the set leaving no doubt that both are heavyweight champions

Sonny Clark: Sonny's Crib 1LP (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) etjs-67.2 balancing melodic elegance with rhythmicBlue Note, 1957 One of the finest pianists and composers of the hard bop era, Sonny Clark followed up his 1957 Blue Note debut Dial S for Sonny with the stellar sextet session Sonnys Crib, a swinging set of standards and Clark originals featuring John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Donald Byrd on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Paul Chambers on bass, and Art Tayloron drums. Coltranewho would record his masterpiece Blue Train just two weeks lateris