Released Mid March 1958 Artist Sonny Clark Producer Alfred Lion Genres Jazz, Hard bop | Length 44:18 Release date March 1958 Label Blue Note Records | |
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Recorded September 1, 1957
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack Sonny's Crib
(1957) Sonny Clark Trio
(1957) Similar Sonny Clark albums, Jazz albums | ||
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Sonny's Crib is an album by jazz pianist Sonny Clark recorded for the Blue Note label. It features Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, and Art Taylor. The first half of the album comprises three jazz standards, while the second half contains two original compositions by Clark. The album is often compared to Coltrane's Blue Train, recorded a fortnight later which features Fuller and Chambers, as the epitome of the Blue Note sound in the late 1950s.
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Critical reception
Sonny's Crib was awarded 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".
Track listing
All compositions by Sonny Clark except as indicated- "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" - 13:31
- "News for Lulu" - 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
Songs
1With a Song in My Heart7:55
2Speak Low6:51
3Come Rain or Come Shine7:29