1958 studio album by Sonny Clark
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [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 [ ]
"With a Song in My Heart " (Richard Rodgers , Lorenz Hart ) - 7:54
"Speak Low " (Kurt Weill , Ogden Nash ) - 6:50
"Come Rain or Come Shine " (Harold Arlen , Johnny Mercer ) - 7:29
"Sonny's Crib" (Sonny Clark) - 13:31
"News for Lulu" (Sonny Clark) - 8:34
"With a Song in My Heart" [alternate take] (Rodgers) - 8:47 Bonus track on CD
"Speak Low" [alternate take] (Weill, Nash) - 6:57 Bonus track on CD
"Sonny's Crib" [alternate take] - 9:56 Bonus track on CD
Personnel [ ]
Production [ ]
References [ ]
^ 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 .
^ Jump up to: a b "New LP Releases" . The Billboard . Cincinnati: The Billboard Publishing Co. March 3, 1958. Retrieved 6 May 2021 .
^ 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 .
^ Allmusic Review
^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin . p. 254. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 .
^ Sonny Clark discography accessed December 21, 2009.
^ Thompson, Reid (Dec 1, 2001). "Sonny Clark: Sonny's Crib" . All About Jazz . Retrieved 3 March 2015 .
^ Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed December 21, 2009.
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