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Personnel: Sonny Clark (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Philly Joe Jones (drums). Producer: Alfred Lion. Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna. Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey on October 13, 1957. Originally released on Blue Note (81579). Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather and Bob Blumenthal. All tracks have been digitally remastered. This is part of Blue Note's Rudy Van Gelder Editions series. Brilliant late '50s material by the great hard bop pianist and equally gifted supporting players, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones. Clark was among the most inventive pianists of the period, a masterful ballad interpreter and dynamic uptempo soloist, while Chambers and Jones had few peers, either as accompanists or in the spotlight. ~ Ron Wynn