桑尼．克拉克 / 昂首闊步【Blue Note-80周年~大師鑑賞系列】【AMG-5星最高評價!!!!企鵝4星】(LP黑膠唱片)

★RVG錄音大師瑰寶再生，All Music Gudie-5顆星最高無上評價!!!。企鵝爵士4星高評，桑尼‧克拉克在硬咆勃時代的風雲浪頭中-"不能承受之深"的動人經典....
★爵士鋼琴家桑尼•克拉克承繼並拓殖了下一個世代的跟隨...在僅僅32年的短暫生命中，他以個人音色的簽名式觸鍵、多變的搖擺語句等創下新聲典範…
★BLUE NOTE CLASSIC VINYL SERIES-FOLLOWING THE RECEPTION OF BLUE NOTE RECORDS’ ACCLAIMED BLUE NOTE 80 VINYL REISSUE SERIES, THE LABEL ANNOUNCES A CONTINUATION OF ITS ALL-ANALOG 180g VINYL PRESSINGS OF CLASSIC TITLES MASTERED FROM ORIGINAL TAPES BY KEVIN GRAY AND PRESSED AT OPTIMAL ★ALL-ANALOG 180g PRESSINGS  ★MASTERED FROM ORIGINAL TAPES BY KEVIN GRAY ★PRESSED AT OPTIMAL
★Conrad Yeatis Clark, otherwise known as Sonny Clark, was in many ways the quintessential hard bop pianist. Possessed of an enviable lyrical flow and a wealth of inventive melodic ideas that unfurled with clarity and without fuss, Clark had a deeply rooted feeling for the blues.
★After moving from his hometown of Pittsburgh to New York, Clark emerged as a ubiquitous presence on Blue Note starting in 1957. It was on his fifth Blue Note date as a leader that Clark arrived at his masterwork, Cool Struttin’, recorded in January 1958 with a top-shelf quintet featuring Art Farmer on trumpet, Jackie McLean on alto saxophone, Paul Chambers on bass, and ‘Philly’ Joe Jones on drums. The album has only grown in stature as a timeless hard bop classic since Clark’s premature death at age 31 in 1963.
★This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

桑尼‧克拉克在硬咆勃時代的風雲浪頭中無疑是最令人激賞同時也留下了足以流芳足跡的鋼琴神手，而他在Blue Note藍調之音的生涯中更可謂做為了標竿領頭者的角色，本張專輯被紐約時報稱之為:「Enduring hard-bop classic-歷久不衰的硬咆經典之作」，本錄音演奏組合包括了Jackie McLean在Alto薩克斯，Art Farmer主小號，而Miles Davis的2位大將Paul Chambers(Bass)、Philly Joe Jones(Drums)也在其中，在當時可說是讓人驚喜的全明星序列(且其他人比起桑尼可能都更要知名得多...)。Title曲「Cool Struttin’」即為出自桑尼本人的作品，全然是他如沈思之河般的個人絕對風格，也樹立這張專輯-"不能承受之深"的動人感性風格....

桑尼克拉克承繼並拓殖了下一個世代的跟隨...在僅僅32年的短暫生命中，他以個人音色的簽名式觸鍵、多變的搖擺語句等創下新聲典範，而他與各領域大師如柯川、查理明格斯、桑尼羅林斯或甚至是比莉哈樂黛等合作時，又能展現讓人驚異的側寫能力與作曲.

在30多載的短暫人生裡，他的音樂才華曾經熾熱的燃燒，他是硬咆勃爵士樂hard bop相當重要的鋼琴家，從他自1957年為爵士樂名廠Blue Note Records唱片公司錄製專輯至他在1963年辭世前與調式爵士與自由爵士的先鋒John Coltrane的最後一次錄音，無論是他以伴奏樂手的身份或是樂團領導者的身份參與的錄音，美國爵士樂界認為Sonny Clark的每一次錄音都可說是經典，雖然，他在世時沒能享受到成功的光彩，但是，Blue Note Records唱片公司的創辦人與製作人Alfred Lion完整的蒐藏了這位英年早逝的樂手的錄音，讓他的才華獲得該有的重視與肯定....

【LP曲目】
1.Cool Struttin’ (Side A)
2.Blue Minor (Side A)
3.Sippin’ At Bells (Side B)
4.Deep Night (Side B)