On Sonny’s Crib, the second Blue Note album from under-sung hard bop pianist Sonny Clark, the arrangements seem to be saying something very specific. For each of the LP’s standards, Clark appoints...
It’s a long-standing record company practice to close the doors for the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, reopening on January 2. But once a New Year began, Blue Note artists were...
On June 28, 1962, at the final studio session of its initial Blue Note run, the original lineup of the 3 Sounds—pianist Gene Harris, bassist Andrew Simpkins, and drummer Bill Dowdy—made music...
The baritone saxophone has never gotten the respect afforded the tenor, alto and soprano. It’s not as obscure as the bass sax, but it’s nevertheless been mostly relegated to big-band horn sections...
