Sonny Clark
Four Classic Albums (Dial "S" For Sonny" / Sonny Clark Trio / Cool Struttin' / Leapin' And Lopin') [ Avid / 2 CD - released 27/Jul/2017 ] Considering he died at the tragically early age of 31, Sonny Clark actually had an amazingly prolific career in jazz, both as a leader and a sideman. At age 20, he was in California working with Wardell Gray and by 1953 was touring the States and... |
Sonny Clark
3 Essential Albums [ Verve / 3 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Includes Cool Struttin', Sonny Clark Trio and Leapin' and Lopin'. |
Sonny Clark
Cool Struttin' [ Blue Note / CD - released 14/Jun/1999 ] Recorded in 1958, this legendary date with the still-undersung Sonny Clark in the leader's chair also featured a young Jackie McLean on alto (playing with a smoother tone than he had before or ever did again), trumpeter Art Farmer, and the legendary... |
Sonny Clark
Dial "S" For Sonny (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 5/Aug/2022 ] One of the finest pianists and composers of the hard bop era, Sonny Clark seemed to arrive fully formed on his supremely swinging debut album Dial "S" for Sonny recorded for Blue Note in 1957. Clark assembled a top-flight sextet for the occasion with... |
Sonny Clark
My Conception (Gatefold LP) [ Blue Note Tone Poet Series / LP - released 24/Sep/2021 ] The soulful and elegant pianist Sonny Clark brings his A-game to My Conception, a program of all-Clark originals recorded in 1959 but not released until 1979. Joining the pianist are a cast of hard bop masters including Hank Mobley on tenor... |
Sonny Clark Trio
Sonny Clark Trio (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 7/Jul/2023 ] The supremely swinging pianist Sonny Clark hit the Blue Note scene in 1957 with a burst of creativity recording three albums in three months including the sublime Sonny Clark Trio, a 6-song set of bebop themes and standards featuring bassist Paul... |
Sonny Clark
Cool Struttin' [ Not Now Music / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] |
Sonny Clark
Cool Struttin' (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 2/Jul/2021 ] Conrad Yeatis Clark, otherwise known as Sonny Clark, was in many ways the quintessential hard bop pianist. Possessed of an enviable lyrical flow and a wealth of inventive melodic ideas that unfurled with clarity and without fuss, Clark had a deeply... |
Sonny Clark
Sonny's Conception [ Proper Records / 4 CD - released 25/Jul/2011 ] |
Sonny Clark Trio
The 1960 Time Sessions [ Time Records, Inc. / CD - released 24/Nov/2017 ] Tompkins Square is proud to announce the release of 'Sonny Clark Trio : The 1960 Time Sessions'. The limited edition 2LP vinyl set will be available exclusively via participating independent record stores as part of Record Store Day on Black Friday,... |