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Sonny Clark: Standards

Read "Standards" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
August 1, 1998

Stablemates. In the early 1960s, pianist Sonny Clark (1931-1963) and Guitarist Grant Green (1931-1979) were the top-drawer house musicians in the Blue Note stable. Dexter Gordon considered Sonny Clark his favorite pianist, having him play on the notable Go and A Swinging Affair sessions. Clark also made a series of landmark recordings with clarinetist Buddy DeFranco ...

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Jimmy Smith: Standards

by C. Michael Bailey
August 1, 1998

Back at the Chicken Shack. The jazz organ is one of the few instruments that has been completely dominated by a single individual. That individual is Jimmy Smith. Born in Norristown, PA, Smith studied music in Philadelphia, a major jazz organ center. Starting on piano, he switched to the organ three years prior to his first ...

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Grant Green: Standards

by C. Michael Bailey
August 1, 1998

The House Band. In the early 1960s, guitarist Grant Green (1931-1979) and pianist Sonny Clark (1931-1963) were the top-drawer house musicians in the Blue Note stables. Grant Green was on hand for some of Blue Note's highest moments (Hank Mobley's Workout, Ike Quebec's Blue and Sentimental, and Lee Morgan's Search for a New Land ). Dexter ...

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Standards

By Bernie Worrell

Label: Scufflin' Records
Released: 1997

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Standards

By Jon Balke

Label: Blue Note
Released: 1996
Track listing: Holy Greed; Loveskit #1; Arms Around You; Slaves; Alone; Loveskit #2; City; What Is This Thing Called Love; Low Rain In Pain; Loveskit #3; Cme Dme; Shake My Hand; The Do Don't Die (X-Tro);

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