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This 1979 Japanese limited edition pressing, manufactured by King Record Co. and released on Blue Note's GXF series, presents Clark's artistry with the sonic excellence Japanese audiophile editions are prized for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded at Rudy Van Gelder's legendary Hackensack studio under the guidance of Blue Note founder Alfred Lion, the album features Clark primarily supported by bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Wes Landers, with Jymie Merritt taking over bass duties on the final track. The trio format allows Clark's piano playing to take centre stage, and he responds with performances that balance sophistication and soul, technical facility and emotional directness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClark's approach to the piano was marked by a crystalline touch and a harmonic vocabulary that drew from bebop while looking forward to the modal explorations that would define the early 1960s. 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For collectors of Blue Note's catalogue and admirers of piano trio jazz, this is an essential document of an under-appreciated master.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42589106372667,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_4909_51f5be07-a30e-490f-a4c3-64ed511f74bd.jpg?v=1762039129"},{"product_id":"sonny-clark-trio-sonny-clark-trio-1978-japanese-blue-note-stereo-lp","title":"Sonny Clark Trio - Sonny Clark Trio (1978 Japanese Blue Note Stereo LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonny Clark Trio - \u003cem\u003eSonny Clark Trio\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1978 Japanese Blue Note Stereo (GXK 8051, Blue Note Masterpiece Selection 150, King Record Co. Ltd.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSonny Clark recorded three albums for Blue Note in a three-month burst in 1957. The first two, \u003cem\u003eDial 'S' for Sonny\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSonny's Crib\u003c\/em\u003e, used larger groups with horns. This one put him in front with only Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album opens with \"Be-Bop,\" Gillespie's bebop theme, and Clark plays it for nearly ten minutes. It is not the most harmonically complex piece in the bebop repertoire, but that is partly the point — the trio uses its relative simplicity to stretch and improvise rather than navigate. Chambers's bass lines are prominent throughout; Jones plays with the loose authority he brought to everything in this period. \"I Didn't Know What Time It Was,\" the Rodgers and Hart standard from Too Many Girls (1939), follows at medium tempo. \"Two Bass Hit,\" by Gillespie and John Lewis, closes Side A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide B opens with Tadd Dameron's \"Tadd's Delight,\" another bebop head given a long, open treatment. \"Softly as in a Morning Sunrise\", Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II's piece from \u003cem\u003eThe New Moon\u003c\/em\u003e (1928), runs six and a half minutes, Clark's phrasing more searching than his Side A playing. \"I'll Remember April,\" the Gene de Paul, Don Raye and Patricia Johnston standard from 1941, closes the record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1978 Japanese Blue Note stereo pressing (GXK 8051), Blue Note Masterpiece Selection 150, manufactured by King Record Co. 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