Sonny's Crib (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) LP TSOV-282.6 Mudhoney flipped conventional wisdom

Mudhoney flipped conventional wisdom

In 1980 they released an album of face-melting gospel boogie as the BML chapels

and Loren Gold – keyboards

arranger and trombone playing member of Jaga Jazzist

which is probably why I've seen more of their shows than any other band's over the past few years

Sonny's Crib (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) LP TSOV-282.6 Mudhoney flipped conventional wisdomOne of the finest pianists and composers of the hard bop era, Sonny Clark followed up his 1957 Blue Note debut Dial S for Sonny with the stellar sextet session Sonnys Crib, a swinging set of standards and Clark originals featuring John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Donald Byrd on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Paul Chambers on bass, and Art Taylor on drums. Coltranewho would record his masterpiece Blue Train just two weeks lateris in top form