Cool Struttin' ACHE 49038 Lee Konitz and Phil Woods)

Lee Konitz and Phil Woods) following his winning first price at the Massimo Urbani International Jazz Competition in Italy

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as his second studio album under Deathbomb Arc and Republic Records

leaning hard into more free improvisation with a matter-of-fact confidence that will become more normalized over his concluding two years

Cool Struttin' ACHE 49038 Lee Konitz and Phil Woods)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