Sonny Clark Trio - Sonny Clark Trio

Sonny Clark Trio - Sonny Clark TrioSonny Clark is one of the long list of fine jazz musicians who died too young. He died at age 31. This album from 1957 excellently captures what was the definition of jazz at that time, and this became one of the best jazz albums of all time. Sonny Clark's playing on this album has the sound of beautiful perfection, and (along with the great work of Paul Chambers on bass and 'Philly' Joe Jones on drums) the playing really swings. Sonny shines on

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The complete collection is now issued on vinyl for the very first time

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