Double vinyl LP pressing. 2015 live release. For Sonny Knight & The Lakers, 2014 was equal parts unexpected and deserved. The release of their debut album, I'm Still Here, nearly 50 years after a...
Joseph C. Smith, better known as Sonny Knight, started his recording career for Alladin Records in 1953. Sonny recorded Dorinda Morgan's song "Confidential," an R&B ballad with backing supplied...
In 1957, Rollins pioneered the use of bass and drums, sans piano, as accompaniment for his saxophone solos. By this time, Rollins had become well known for transforming relatively banal or...
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. One of the finest pianists and composers of the hard bop era, Sonny Clark arrived fully formed on his supremely swinging 1957 Blue Note debut, Dial "S" for Sonny...