SONNY CLARK "SONNY'S CRIB" MM, 2 LP'S, 45RPM, 180G VV, LE, SO, RVG, NEW
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SONNY CLARK "SONNY'S CRIB"
2009 MUSIC MATTERS, 2 LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG TAPE AND PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"RECORDED IN 1957, SONNY'S CRIB FEATURES A FRONT LINE OF CURTIS FULLER, DONALD BYRD, AND JOHN COLTRANE WITH SONNY CLARK ON PIANO, ART TAYLOR ON DRUMS AND PAUL CHAMBERS ON BASS. TRUELY STILL A BEBOP RECORDING, DONE A FULL YEAR BEFORE THE LANDMARK "COOL STRUTTIN" SESSION, NONETHELESS THE SET PRODUCED SOME AWESOME READINGS OF CLASSIC TUNES, LIKE THE OPENER, "WITH A SONG IN MY HEART", WITH ONE OF THE KNOTTIEST BYRD SOLOS EVER. AS CHAMBERS AND TAYLOR UP THE RHYTHMIC ANTE AND CLARK COMPS WITH ENORMOUS CHORDS IN THE BACKGROUND, THE ENTIRE LINE SOLOS, BUT IT IS BYRD'S THAT IS STUNNING IN ITS COMPLEXITY---THOUGH COLTRANE COULD PLAY BOP AS WELL AS ANYBODY. THE MOST NOTABLE TRACKS ON THE SESSION ARE THE CLASSIC READINGS OF KURTWEILL'S "SPEAK LOW" AND "NEWS FOR LULU", THE LATTER OF WHICH HAS BEEN ADAPTED BY JOHN ZORN AS HIS THEME. ON THE FORMER, CLARK'S REARRANGEMENT, WITH COLTRANE LEADING THE FRONT LINE, IS TRULY REVELATORY."
THIS INCREDIBLE LP IS OUT-OF-PRINT!!
1) WITH A SONG IN MY HEART 2) SPEAK LOW 3) COME RAIN OR COME SHINE 4) SONNY'S CRIB 5) NEWS FOR LULU
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