Sonny Clark
Like Fats Navarro and Charlie Parker before him, Sonny Clark's life was short but it burned with musical intensity. Influenced deeply by Bud Powell, Clark nonetheless developed an intricate and hard-swinging harmonic sensibility that was full of nuance and detail. Regarded as the quintessential hard bop pianist, Clark never got his due before he passed away in 1963 at the age of 31, despite the fact that it can be argued that he never played a bad recording date either as a sideman or as a leader. Known mainly for seven records on the Blue Note label with a host of players including such luminaries as John Coltrane, Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Art Taylor, Paul Chambers, Wilbur Ware, Philly Joe Jones, and others, Clark actually made his recording debut with Teddy Charles and Wardell Gray, but left soon after to join Buddy DeFranco. His work with the great clarinetist has been documented in full in a Mosaic set that is now sadly out of print. Clark also backed Dinah Washington, Serge Chaloff, and Sonny Criss before assuming his role as a leader in 1957. Clark's classic is regarded as Cool Struttin' but each date he led on Blue Note qualifies as a classic, including his final date, Sonny's Crib with John Coltrane. And though commercial success always eluded him, he was in demand as a sideman and played dozens of Alfred Lion-produced dates, including Tina Brooks' Minor Move. Luckily, Clark's contribution is well documented by Alfred Lion; he has achieved far more critical, musical, and popular acclaim than he ever did in life.
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The Essential Jazz Collection: Sonny Clark Trio
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Crashing: Music from the Television Series
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Leapin' And Lopin'
Jazz - Lançado por CoolNote em 13 de nov. de 1961
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Sonny Clark Trio
Jazz - Lançado por CoolNote em 1 de mai. de 1960
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The Essential Jazz Collection: Cool Struttin'
Jazz - Lançado por Top Tracks em 1 de jul. de 1958
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Speak Low, Vol. 4
Jazz - Lançado por Top Tracks em 30 de out. de 2013
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Blue Minor
Jazz - Lançado por Diamond Days em 24 de set. de 2013
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Dial "S" For Sonny, Vol. 4
Jazz - Lançado por Diamond Days em 18 de jul. de 2013
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Dial "S" For Sonny, Vol. 3
Jazz - Lançado por Diamond Days em 18 de jul. de 2013
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Dial "S" For Sonny, Vol. 2
Jazz - Lançado por Diamond Days em 18 de jul. de 2013
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The Essential Jazz Collection: Sonny's Crib
Jazz - Lançado por Diamond Days em 1 de mar. de 1958
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The Essential Jazz Collection: It's A Sonny Day
Jazz - Lançado por Diamond Days em 5 de mai. de 2008
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The Essential Jazz Collection: Cool Struttin'
Jazz - Lançado por Diamond Days em 1 de jul. de 1958
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Classic Sonny Clark, Vol. 1
Jazz - Lançado por Diamond Days em 5 de mai. de 2008
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Sonny Clark: Sonny Clark Trio
Jazz - Lançado por Blue Velvet em 1 de mai. de 1960
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Speak Low, Vol. 1
Jazz - Lançado por Supreme Media em 30 de out. de 2013
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My Conception
Jazz - Lançado por Lumi Entertainment em 1 de jan. de 1979
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Sonny Clark Trio
Jazz - Lançado por Supreme Media em 27 de jan. de 1957
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Cool Struttin'
Jazz - Lançado por Supreme Media em 5 de jan. de 1958
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Royal Flush
Jazz - Lançado por Dobre Records em 14 de set. de 2011
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Sonny's Crib + Dial "S" For Sonny + Cool Struttin'
Jazz - Lançado por The Jazz Corner em 1 de fev. de 2016
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