Sonny Clark
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Biography
[Edit]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.
Title: Tenorman - The Kid from Dallas
Artist: Bobby Timmons, Red Mitchell, Sonny Clark, Lorraine Geller, James Clay, Lawrence Marable
Genre: Jazz
Title: Crashing: Music from the Television Series - Single
Artist: Sonny Clark, Path Finders
Genre: Jazz
Title: Leapin' and Lopin' (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Remastered]
Artist: Sonny Clark
Genre: Jazz
Title: Essential Classics, Vol. 78: Sonny Clark (Remastered 2022) (CD1)
Artist: Sonny Clark
Genre: Jazz
Title: Essential Classics, Vol. 78: Sonny Clark (Remastered 2022) (CD2)
Artist: Sonny Clark
Genre: Jazz
Title: Good As Gold (Extended) [feat. Art Farmer, Jackie McLean & Lee Morgan]
Artist: Sonny Clark
Genre: Jazz
Title: Cool Struttin’ (Remastered 2014) / Cool Struttin' (Remastered 2014)
Artist: Sonny Clark
Genre: Jazz
Collections
Title: The Alternate Side Of Jazz Remastered
Genre: Jazz
Title: More Blue Notes - Milestones Of Jazz Legends (CD3)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Velvet Evening Jazz (CD1)
Title: Brunch Time Jazz
Title: Fifties Jazz Hits
Genre: Jazz
Title: Bring Jazz To Life
Genre: Jazz
Title: Great American Songbook Essentials (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz In 1959 Essentials
Genre: Jazz
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