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Clark was born and raised in Herminie, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town east of Pittsburgh. [2] His parents were originally from Stone Mountain, Georgia. [2] His miner father, Emery Clark, died of a lung disease two weeks after Sonny was born. [2]
Sonny Clark Trio is an album by the jazz pianist Sonny Clark released through Blue Note Records in May 1958. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was recorded in October 1957. The trio features rhythm section Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones .
Dial "S" for Sonny is the debut studio album by the American jazz pianist Sonny Clark.It was released in November 1957 through Blue Note Records. [1] The recording was made on July 21, 1957 with a septet assembled for the session consisting of horn section Art Farmer, Curtis Fuller, and Hank Mobley and rhythm section Wilbur Ware and Louis Hayes.
The AllMusic review by Michael Nastos calls Leapin' and Lopin' "a definitive recording for Clark, and really for all time in the mainstream jazz idiom." [6]All About Jazz stated, "Although pianist Sonny Clark had documented much fine music up to this point, one of his final recordings before an untimely death, everything seemed to solidify with this 1961 ringer."
Cool Struttin ' is a studio album by the jazz pianist and composer Sonny Clark.It was released through Blue Note Records in August 1958. The recording was made on January 5, 1958 with a group for the session consisting of horn section Art Farmer and Jackie McLean, and Miles Davis Quintet rhythm section Philly Joe Jones and Paul Chambers.
Sonny Clark Quintets is an album by jazz pianist Sonny Clark, recorded for the Blue Note label, featuring performances by Clark with two different studio quintets. The first session, from late 1957, featured Clifford Jordan, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, and Pete LaRoca, and produced three tracks.
Standards is a 1998 compilation album by jazz pianist Sonny Clark recorded for the Blue Note label and performed by Clark with Jymie Merritt or Paul Chambers, and Wes Landers, combining sessions previously released as The Art of The Trio and Blues in the Night. [3]
The original material was shelved until after Clark's death in 1963 and Grant's death in 1979, and was first issued only in Japan as the albums Nigeria, Oleo and Gooden's Corner. The collection also includes one additional tune, "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)", and alternative takes of "Airegin" and "Oleo", all recorded during the same sessions.