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‘Be-Bop’, by The Sonny Clark Trio

Like Fats Navarro and Charlie Parker before him, Conrad Yeatis Clark’s life was short (yes, again, drug and alcohol abuse) but it burned with musical intensity. Influenced deeply by Bud Powell, Clark nonetheless developed a hard-swinging style that was full of nuance and detail. Regarded as the quintessential hard-bop pianist, Clark never got his due before he passed away in 1963 at the age of 31, despite the fact that he never played a bad recording date either as a sideman or as a leader. 

Although commercial success always eluded him, he was in demand as a sideman and played dozens of Blue Note sessions. Luckily, Clark’s contribution is well documented by Alfred Lion (the co-founder of Blue Note) and he has achieved far more critical, musical, and popular acclaim than he ever did in life.

‘Be-Bop’, a jazz standard written by Dizzy Gillespie, is a 10 minute tour-de-force that is worth the price of the 1957 ‘Sonny Clark Trio’ alone. Clark is teamed with the outstanding rhythm section of drummer Philly Joe Jones and bassist Paul Chambers, being an extremely solid trio.
Also, please take notice of the beautiful artwork by Reid Miles.

Sonny Clark - Piano
Paul Chambers - Bass
Philly Joe Jones - Drums 

Tiny Grimes Quintette “Tiny’s Tempo” (2:55)
(Recorded September 15, 1944 at WOR Studios, Broadway, NYC)
Tiny Grimes - guitar
Charlie Parker - alto sax
Clyde Hart - piano
Jimmy Butts - bass
Doc West - drums

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Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane.

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