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.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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The Essential Jazz Collection: Dial "S" for Sonny
Jazz - Pubblicato da Diamond Days il 5 mag 2008
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Blues Mambo
Jazz - Pubblicato da Marylebone Records il 16 ago 2013
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Sonny Clark Quintets
Jazz - Pubblicato da CoolNote il 1 gen 1958
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Body And Soul
Jazz - Pubblicato da Marylebone Records il 16 ago 2013
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Leapin' and Lopin' (Remastered)
Jazz - Pubblicato da Avid Entertainment il 1 apr 1962
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Four Classic Albums (Dial "S" For Sonny / Sonny Clark Trio / Cool Struttin' / Leapin' and Lopin') [Remastered]
Jazz - Pubblicato da Avid Entertainment il 19 mag 2017
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Sonny Clark, Cool Struttin'
Jazz - Pubblicato da Firefly Entertainment il 1 lug 1958
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Cool Struttin’
Jazz - Pubblicato da Blue Note Records il 1 lug 1958
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Blue Minor
Jazz - Pubblicato da Marylebone Records il 16 ago 2013
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Dial "S" For Sonny (Remastered)
Jazz - Pubblicato da Avid Entertainment il 1 dic 1957
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Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
Jazz - Pubblicato da Blooming Jazz Records il 3 ago 2016
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Late Night Sonny Clark
Jazz - Pubblicato da UME - Global Clearing House il 3 feb 2024
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Sonny Clark: Standards/Dial"S" For Sonny
Jazz - Pubblicato da Blue Velvet il 9 mag 2016
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Leapin' And Lopin'
Jazz - Pubblicato da Blue Note Records il 13 nov 1961
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Sonny's Crib
Jazz - Pubblicato da Marylebone Records il 1 mar 1958
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Modern Jazz: Paul Chambers - Sonny Clark
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Bella Musica Edition il 26 giu 2020
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Somethin' Special
Jazz contemporaneo - Pubblicato da Impressions il 1 gen 1961
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