Happy Birthday - Sonny Clark

Today, KEWU is celebrating the birthday of Hard Bop pianist Sonny Clark. Clark played with giants such as Trane, Dexter, Art Farmer and Donald Byrd. Clark did a brief stint in 1956 with Howard Rumsey's Light House All Stars, but soon returned to the East Coast.

He died of a heroin overdose in 1963. Learn more about this talented yet underexposed pianist here. (Source:The Hard Bop Homepage)