Sonny's Crib [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]

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Japanese Release featuring 24 Bit Remastering and LP Style Slipcase for Initial Pressing Only.

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Average customer rating: Be-bop and beyond. A bebop masterpiece of sound Damn solid. Sonny Clark: He The Man Sonny Clark: He The Man

Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Leapin' and Lopin' Sonny Clark Trio Cool Struttin' The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark Back to the Tracks ASIN: B00000DMP7 Release Date: 1998-11-17

Tracks:

1. With A Song In My Heart
2. Speak Low
3. Come Rain Or Come Shine
4. Sonny's Crib
5. News For Lulu
6. With A Song In My Heart (alt tk)
7. Speak Low (alt tk)
8. Sonny's Crib (alt tk)

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Because the great hard-bop pianist died at age 31, each of his recordings carries that much more weight. This 1957 outing features a top-shelf unit including John Coltrane (two weeks before he waxed the legendary Blue Train), Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers, Curtis Fuller, and Art Taylor. Clark had all the urgency and drive of hard bop's funkiest pianists, but he tempered it with an artfulness and elegance that was perhaps a remnant of his West Coast years. This ensemble brings to life standards such as "Speak Low" (with vibrant Latin head), "With a Song in My Heart" (at brisk tempo), and "Come Rain or Come Shine" (caressed at an especially slow clip), while Clark's two originals give ample room for the soloists to shine. The 1998 reissue adds three alternate takes to an already exciting session. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

Be-bop and beyond........2005-01-26

Sonny clark was a typical be-bop pianist, nothing too special. The great thing about him is that he always found the best sidemen and they more or less made the session what it is. Clark's sessions were so effective because he cut the fancy tricks and put in simple but strong arrangments. The first song, "With a song in my Heart", is a standard played at a very fast tempo somewhere near 300 quarter notes per minute. It is a great jam tune where the soloist can really dig in. "Speak Low" features Trane with Fuller and Byrd playing backround. The tune has a nice groove tempo with a full-sounding solo from Trane. The Ballad features Curtis Fuller who is unbelievably able to keep up. You can compare "sonny's Crib" to "Blue Train" and you might think almost all the same musicians so It'll most likely be just as good. Neither are better than the other but they are very different albums. The title tune is a slow-burning blues with a lot of space for the whole crew. Sonny's crib is Top notch five star Jazz.

A bebop masterpiece of sound.......2000-11-13

My reviews of Sonny Clark are repeating themselves again because this album (CD) by Clark is another must have for any fan of bebop Jazz. Clark recorded this using his outstanding improvisational skill on the piano and the supporting musicians on this recording makes it a must have.

Clarks recordings of "With A Smile In My Heart", "Speak Low", "News For LuLu", and my personal favorite "Sonny's Crib" is bebop in your face Jazz at its best. This is a CD that is constantly in my stereo and everytime I listen to it, I am blown away at the amazing Piano playing that Clark had.

This CD as well as all of Clark's released recordings during his unfortunate brief life/Jazz Career are a definite must have.

Damn solid........2000-08-22

An excellent Blue Note blowing session. Trombonist Curtis Fuller(who does indeed also play on the Dial "S" For Sonny album) is in fine form and seems spurred on by the presence of Coltrane. Donald Byrd cooks on trumpet, and Coltrane shows what a good sideman he could be back then. Overall there's a better feeling to this September 1, 1957 session than on Dial "S", recorded only nine weeks later. While this album is perhaps not QUITE the equal of Cool Struttin' (Jackie McClean was a particularly apposite collaborator) Clark's sinewy lines and lucid sense of swing never fail to satisfy. Maybe the folks who program the Bluenote "Connoisseur" series will next reissue The Sonny Clark Trio, with all the alternate takes at the end as they did here. How about it folks?

Sonny Clark: He The Man.......2000-08-09

Another excellent Sonny Clark Bluenote, not as tight perhaps as Cool Struttin' or as rhapsodic as Leapin' and Lopin', but a loose, swinging air of conviviality pervades throughout. Things are enlivened by the presence of John Coltrane, as well as Curtis Fuller on trombone. Though Fuller also appeared on Dial "S" For Sonny, his playing sounds better here, perhaps because the interplay with Coltrane is a cut above. With all the room that the soloists are given to stretch out, things still never become dull or pro forma (as they sometimes can in these 'blowing sessions'). Clark's sinewy lines and lucid sense of swing never fail to satisfy. One wonders if the folks who program the Bluenote "Connoisseur" series will next reissue the Sonny Clark Trio album, with all the alternate takes at the end. Hope so.

Sonny Clark: He The Man.......2000-08-08

Another excellent Sonny Clark Bluenote album, not as tight perhaps as Cool Struttin' or as rhapsodic as Leapin' and Lopin', but a loose, swinging air of conviviality pervades throughout. Things are enlivened by the presence of John Coltrane, as well as the superb Curtis Fuller on trombone. On the whole this album strikes me as better than both the eponymous Trio and Dial 'S' if not quite the equal of Cool Struttin' or Leapin' and Lopin'---but then, Clark's sinewy lines and lucid sense of swing never fail to satisfy. One wonders if the folks who program the Bluenote "Connoisseur" series will next reissue The Sonny Clark Trio, with all the alternate takes at the end. Hope so.

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Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark Manufacturer: Blue Note Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000JA8K Release Date: 2004-04-27

Tracks:

1. With a Song in My Heart
2. Speak Low
3. Come Rain or Come Shine
4. Sonny's Crib
5. News for Lulu
6. With a Song in My Heart
7. Speak Low
8. Sonny's Crib

Album Details

Japanese Release featuring 24 Bit Remastering and LP Style Slipcase for Initial Pressing Only.

Average customer rating:

Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark Manufacturer: Blue Note ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00002ZZ2O Release Date: 2005-01-05

Album Details

24bit digitally remastered Japanese release.

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Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008AKM Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. With a Song in My Heart
2. With a Song in My Heart [Alternate Take][*]
3. Speak Low [From One Touch of Venus]
4. Speak Low [From One Touch of Venus][Alternate Take][*]
5. Come Rain or Come Shine
6. Sonny's Crib
7. Sonny's Crib [Alternate Take][*]
8. News for Lulu

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Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark Manufacturer: Blue Note ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00069BOG4 Release Date: 2005-01-05

Tracks:

1. Sonny's Crib
2. Speak Low
3. With a Song in My Heart
4. Come Rain or Come Shine
5. News for Lulu

Album Description

Japanese 24-bit remastered reissue of 1957 album. Blue Note. 2004.

Album Details

24bit digitally remastered Japanese release.

Average customer rating:

Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark Manufacturer: Blue Note ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B000006XN2 Release Date: 1959-01-01

Tracks:

1. With a Song in My Heart
2. Speak Low
3. Come Rain or Come Shine
4. Sonny's Crib
5. News for Lulu
6. With a Song in My Heart
7. Speak Low
8. Sonny's Crib

Album Details

20 bit digitally remastered.

Average customer rating:

Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000GUR2

Tracks:

1. News For Lulu
2. Sonny's Crib
3. Come Rain Or Come Shine
4. Speak Low
5. With A Song In My Heart

Album Description

24 bit digitally remastered Japanese reissue, in aminiaturized LP sleeve limited to the initial pressing only,of the beloved jazz pianist's 1957 album for the Blue Notelabel. Five tracks. 1998 Blue Note release.

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