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The Art of The Trio

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Released
  
1980

Length
  
38:05

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Blue Note GXF 3069

Recorded
  
October 13, 1957 (#1-3) November 16, 1958 (#4-9) Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

The Art of The Trio is a studio album by pianist Sonny Clark. It features alternate takes of three October 1957 pieces originally appeared on Sonny Clark Trio, while the new tracks were recorded on November 16, 1958. The album was released only in Japan in 1980 as GXF 3069, then reissued, again in Japan, in the 1990s as The 45 Sessions featuring an alternate take of "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?". The tracks #4-9 can be found on the compilation Standards and on the 2014 Japanese release of Blues in the Night; tracks #1-3 are included on the CD reissue of Sonny Clark Trio.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Tadd's Delight" [Alternate Take] - 5:01
  2. "Two Bass Hit" [Alternate Take] - 4:01
  3. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" [Alternate Take] - 4:25
  4. "Ain't No Use" (Leroy Kirkland, Sidney Wyche) - 4:49
  5. "Black Velvet" (Illinois Jacquet, Jimmy Mundy) - 3:23
  6. "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So (Mack David, Duke Ellington) - 4:33
  7. "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) - 4:01
  8. "The Breeze and I" (Tutti Camarata, Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman) - 4:00
  9. "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 3:52

Personnel

Tracks 1-3

  • Sonny Clark - piano
  • Paul Chambers - bass
  • Philly Joe Jones - drums

    • Tracks 4-9

  • Sonny Clark - piano
  • Jymie Merritt - bass
  • Wes Landers - drums

    • References

    The Art of The Trio Wikipedia
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