Sonny's Crib

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Sonny's Crib
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Studio album by
Sonny Clark
ReleasedMarch 1958 (1958-03)[1][2][3]
RecordedSeptember 1, 1957
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
GenreHard bop
Length44:18
LabelBlue Note
BLP 1576
ProducerAlfred Lion
Sonny Clark chronology
Dial "S" for Sonny
(1957) 		Sonny's Crib
(1958) 		Sonny Clark Trio
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3.5/5 stars[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars [5]

Sonny's Crib is an album by jazz pianist Sonny Clark, released on the Blue Note label in March 1958.[1][2][3] It features Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, and Art Taylor.[6] The first half of the album comprises three jazz standards, while the second half contains two original compositions by Clark. One writer has compared the album to Coltrane's Blue Train, recorded two weeks later and which features Fuller and Chambers, as the epitome of the Blue Note sound in the late 1950s.[7]

Critical reception[]

Sonny's Crib was rated 3½ stars by Thom Jurek in an Allmusic review which stated "Sonny's Crib is a phenomenal recording, one that opened the door to hard bop becoming the norm in the late '50s, and one that drew deft, imaginative performances from all its players".[8]

Track listing[]

  1. "With a Song in My Heart" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 7:54
  2. "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 6:50
  3. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 7:29
  4. "Sonny's Crib" (Sonny Clark) - 13:31
  5. "News for Lulu" (Sonny Clark) - 8:34
  6. "With a Song in My Heart" [alternate take] (Rodgers) - 8:47 Bonus track on CD
  7. "Speak Low" [alternate take] (Weill, Nash) - 6:57 Bonus track on CD
  8. "Sonny's Crib" [alternate take] - 9:56 Bonus track on CD

Personnel[]

Production[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Schmaler, Wolf; Wild, David (2013). Porter, Lewis (ed.). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 482. ISBN 9780415634632. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "New LP Releases". The Billboard. Cincinnati: The Billboard Publishing Co. March 3, 1958. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "March Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. March 8, 1958. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. ^ Allmusic Review
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Sonny Clark discography accessed December 21, 2009.
  7. ^ Thompson, Reid (Dec 1, 2001). "Sonny Clark: Sonny's Crib". All About Jazz. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  8. ^ Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed December 21, 2009.
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