One can see why fellow musician and friend bill evans wrote a tune for him after he died, theres grace and elegance in his touch. He recorded only nine records as a leader for the legendary blue note label, but sonny clark was practically the labels house pianist, a highly. Sonny clark sonny s crib flat transfer from original analog master tape label. The story of sonny boy slim, an album by gary clark jr. Album sonnys crib cool struttin, sonny clark qobuz. Sonny clark trio licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of tp4 music. Sonny clark piano, john coltrane tenor saxophone, donald byrd trumpet, curtis fuller trombone, paul chambers bass, art taylor drums recorded sept. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Recorded in 1957, sonny s crib features a front line of curtis fuller, donald byrd, and john coltrane with clark on piano, art taylor on drums, and paul chambers on bass. Times were certainly different in 1957 for recording musicians. And though commercial success always eluded him, he was in demand as a sideman and played dozens of alfred lionproduced dates, including tina brooks minor move.
Truly still a bebop recording, done a full year before the landmark cool struttin session, nonetheless the set produced some awesome readings of classic tunes, like the opener, with a song in my heart, with one of. Propers singlevolume titles were sonny s mood, sonny s bop, cool sonny, and sonny s blues. These two hard bop lp s are among sonny s first recordings as leader and were originally issued in 1957 on his return from an extended stay on the. He arrived in nyc in april of 1957 and in june did three days of recording with sonny rollins. Sonny s crib, although a lesser known album, is one that really invites you in deeper with some hallmark styles of clark coming through not only in his swinging piano playing but also in the compositions, building up greater knowledge of this pianists skill and compositional ability. High step, and whims of chambers, johnny griffin a blowing session and sonny clark sonnys crib.
This budgetpriced fourdisc proper box includes four previously released single sonny clark volumes themselves reissues packaged in a slipcase. Clark also backed dinah washington, serge chaloff, and sonny criss before assuming his role as a leader in 1957. Listen to sonny s crib by sonny clark on slacker radio stations, including hard bop, classic jazz nonvoc, classic jazz and create personalized radio stations based. Donald byrd trumpet, curtis fuller trombone, john coltrane tenor saxophone, sonny clark piano, paul chambers bass, art taylor drums, alfred lion producer, rudy van gelder recording engineer, reid miles cover design, francis wolff. May 21, 2017 sonny clark piano, john coltrane tenor saxophone, donald byrd trumpet, curtis fuller trombone, paul chambers bass, art taylor drums recorded sept. Clarks classic is regarded as cool struttin but each date he led on blue note qualifies as a classic, including his final date, sonnys crib with john coltrane. The first half of the album comprises three jazz standards, while the second half contains two original compositions by clark. Listen to your favorite songs from sonnys crib by sonny clark now. Editors notes the heavyhitting quintet lineup on sonny clark s 1958 classic cool struttin says much about the pianists stature among musicians of his day. Sonny s crib cool struttin sonny clark to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Sonny clark born 21 july 1931, herminie, pennsylvania, usa died january 1963 in new york city, new york, usa was an american jazz pianist and composer who mainly worked in the hard bop idiom. Sonny clark sonnys crib 1957 1997 the blue note collection.
The material, with the exception of the first seven selections on disc one which comes from the xanadu release the sonny clarke memorial album, a live. This is not cool in the miles davisstan getz sense. His miner father, emery clark, died of a lung disease two weeks after sonny was born. This bears favorable comparison to a much better known blue note. Bassist paul chambers and drummer philly joe jones were the rhythm section for miles davis at the time. Download rappamelo sonny clark sonny s crib from 161 mb, sonny clark sonny s crib 1957 2011 music matters 45rpm vinyl 24 96 from 966 mb free from tradownload.
This lesserknown sonny clark session his only studio album not made for blue note is sometimes issued under drummer max roach s name, too. It features donald byrd, curtis fuller, john coltrane, paul chambers, and. Sonnys crib by sonny clark on amazon music unlimited. Crib as well, and trumpeter art farmer played on dial s for sonnywith. It is essentially a blowing session, and to some extent, a preparation for coltranes seminal blue train, which was recorded several weeks after sonny s. One can see why fellow musician and friend bill evans wrote a tune for him after he died, there s grace and elegance in his touch. The clarkcoltrane interpretation of kurt weills speak low. Aug 31, 2011 sonnys crib, by sonny clark, one of the most tragic and stillunderrated pianists in jazz, is one of the greatest blowing sessions on a labelblue notethat specialized in blowing sessions, especially in the midtolate 50s, when this was laid down. Art farmer trumpet, jackie mclean alto saxophone, sonny clark piano, paul chambers bass, philly joe jones drums, alfred lion producer, rudy van gelder recording engineer, reid miles cover design, francis wolff photography, nat. They are joined by bassist george duvivier for a set of generally obscure clark originals, including minor meeting, blues mambo, and my conception which is taken as an unaccompanied piano solo. Sonny s crib, an album by sonny clark on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. It features donald byrd, curtis fuller, john coltrane, paul chambers, and art taylor. Pianist who is a wonderful accompanist and gifted writer, admired especially for his amazing righthand lines and incredible rhythmic drive.
Recorded in 1957, sonny s crib features a front line of curtis fuller, donald byrd, and john coltrane with sonny clark on piano, art taylor on drums, and paul chambers on bass. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described. The heavyhitting quintet lineup on sonny clark s 1958 classic cool struttin says much about the pianists stature among musicians of his day. Sonny clark started his recording career in california, where he lived from 1951 to 1957. Sonny clark trio is an album by jazz pianist sonny clark recorded for the blue note label and performed by clark with paul chambers and philly joe jones.
Sonny clark sonny s crip vinyl music skip to main content. This 1957 session includes john coltrane, donald byrd, curtis fuller, paul chambers and art taylor. Theres at least over 70 minutes of great sounds along with 2 takes of speak low in which trane really shines and of course, the smooth, loping piano of sonny clark. Listen to your favorite songs from sonny s crib by sonny clark now. Truly still a bebop recording, done a full year before the landmark cool struttin session, nonetheless the set produced some awesome readings of classic tunes, like the opener, with a song in my heart, with one of the. Royal flush and lover are from the january 1958 cool struttin session, and the other tunes, minor meeting, eastern incident, and little sonny, were never released during clark s tragically short life, so theyre special for clark s fans and they include. Of interest to fans of the superb hard bop pianist, this recording combines material from two separate dates. Sonny clark cool struttin released 20120720 on not now music download on itunes. Clark was born and raised in herminie, pennsylvania, a coal mining town southeast of pittsburgh. And yet cool struttinled by pianist sonny clark really is an extremely cool album. Four days after his last rollins session he played in his first blue note session, as a sideman on a hank mobley date.
Editors notes the heavyhitting quintet lineup on sonny clarks 1958 classic cool. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy. But on his second majorlabel fulllength, its his restraint thats his trump card. See bootin it for info about sonny s first album as a leader dial s for sonny as well as other earlier historical info about sonny.
His miner father, emery clark, died of a lung disease two. There s at least over 70 minutes of great sounds along with 2 takes of speak low in which trane really shines and of course, the smooth, loping piano of sonny clark. Chambers played on sonny s crib as well, and trumpeter art. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. This is officially sonny clark s second recording as a leader. Nov 05, 2016 sonny clark cool struttin released 20120720 on not now music download on itunes. Coleman hawkins ts, urbie green tb, markie markowitz tpt, clark p, chuck israels b, roy haynes d. 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. John coltrane, paul chambers quartet, paul chambers sextet, johnny griffin sextet, sonny clark trio. Check out sonny s crib by sonny clark on amazon music.
These two sonny leader dates for blue note records are less than a month and a half apart. Find sonny clark discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. Cool struttin the rudy van gelder edition remastered 1958. Linear notes is putting bennie green as the owner of this recording whereas sonny clark is mentioned as an ensemble member. Jan, 2011 the multipierced barista showed me the twocd case, grant green. Heroic confrontation sonny 1 reimagined for ios, culthit rpg sonny brings challenging turnbased combat that requires strategy and mastery of each new skill to survive in a bizarre and dangerous world.
Like sonny clark, he was a fine pianist born in a small, pennsylvania coal mining town. Jan 26, 2011 clark died of blacklung disease two weeks after sonny was born. Donald byrd trumpet, curtis fuller trombone, john coltrane tenor saxophone, sonny clark piano, paul chambers bass, art taylor drums, alfred lion producer, rudy van gelder recording engineer, reid miles cover design. Editors notes theres no question that austin singerguitarist gary clark jr. The melody is made up of a single repeating theme that gathers tension, storing energy as the chords below it change. Blue note 1570 and 1576 sonny clark was blue note s house pianist in the late fifties.
Sonny s crib is a very pleasing recording from the sadly overlooked pianist sonny clark that works very well as a representative piece of the blue note catalogue at the time, framing all the characteristics that made that label so successful. Conrad yeatis sonny clark july 21, 1931 january, 1963 was an american jazz pianist who mainly worked in the hard bop idiom. Sonny s crib is an example of the genius of simplicity. Sonny clarksonnys cribdsd single rate 28mhz64fs download. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Cool struttin the rudy van gelder edition remastered by sonny. September 1, 1957 was the recording date, and thats not a gratuitous factoid. If you have ever wished that coltrane made another album like. His parents were originally from stone mountain, georgia. Louis with a singing, singlenote style that blended beautifully with clarks effortless, hypnotic righthand piano runs. Cool struttin is music firmly in the blue note traditionhard bop with a decidedly relaxed, bluesy, cool perspective.
Sonnys crib sonny clark free internet radio slacker. Blue note blp 1576, bst 81576, cdp 7 46819 2 sonny clark sonny s crib blue note bst 89903 various artists blue note s three decades of jazz, volume 1 19491959 blue note bnla159g2 various artists a decade of jazz, volume two 19491959. Clark was born and raised in herminie, pennsylvania, a coal mining town east of pittsburgh. Sonnys crib by sonny clark 4988031254189 super audio. Sonny clark biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Sonnys crib by sonny clark 4988031254189 super audio cd. Sonny clark sonny clark trio vinyl mp3 album download. And with paul chambers on bass, you have a great rhythm throughout.