#sonnyclark — Public Fediverse posts

Hank Mobley - Poppin'

Add another one to the "old session (in this case, 1957) on the shelf until years later (1980)" pile. And even then, it was only released in Japan until recently.

Craziness.

Well, at least it's out now—a great hard bop session with Art Farmer (trumpet), Pepper Adams (baritone), Sonny Clark (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums).

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #hardbop #HankMobley #ArtFarmer #PepperAdams #SonnyClark #PaulChambers #PhillyJoeJones

Hank Mobley - Poppin'

Add another one to the "old session (in this case, 1957) on the shelf until years later (1980)" pile. And even then, it was only released in Japan until recently.

Craziness.

Well, at least it's out now—a great hard bop session with Art Farmer (trumpet), Pepper Adams (baritone), Sonny Clark (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums).

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #hardbop #HankMobley #ArtFarmer #PepperAdams #SonnyClark #PaulChambers #PhillyJoeJones

Hank Mobley - Poppin'

Add another one to the "old session (in this case, 1957) on the shelf until years later (1980)" pile. And even then, it was only released in Japan until recently.

Craziness.

Well, at least it's out now—a great hard bop session with Art Farmer (trumpet), Pepper Adams (baritone), Sonny Clark (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums).

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #hardbop #HankMobley #ArtFarmer #PepperAdams #SonnyClark #PaulChambers #PhillyJoeJones

Hank Mobley - Poppin'

Add another one to the "old session (in this case, 1957) on the shelf until years later (1980)" pile. And even then, it was only released in Japan until recently.

Craziness.

Well, at least it's out now—a great hard bop session with Art Farmer (trumpet), Pepper Adams (baritone), Sonny Clark (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums).

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #hardbop #HankMobley #ArtFarmer #PepperAdams #SonnyClark #PaulChambers #PhillyJoeJones

Hank Mobley - Poppin'

Add another one to the "old session (in this case, 1957) on the shelf until years later (1980)" pile. And even then, it was only released in Japan until recently.

Craziness.

Well, at least it's out now—a great hard bop session with Art Farmer (trumpet), Pepper Adams (baritone), Sonny Clark (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums).

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #hardbop #HankMobley #ArtFarmer #PepperAdams #SonnyClark #PaulChambers #PhillyJoeJones

Great 1959 session with Clark accompanied by Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers and Art Blakey. This Japanese pressing sounds crisp and warm.

Sonny Clark - My Conception

(1979 – Japan, Limited Edition, Blue Note – GXF 3056)

#nowplaying #nowspinning #jazz #jazzcommunity #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #sonnyclark #HankMobley #DonaldByrd #artblakey #paulchambers #bluenote

Interested in exploring jazz? I just posted this as a reply elsewhere and will add a dedicated post. Just my 2 cents.

--

Up to the 70’s it’s easy to align jazz styles to decades - there were clear stylistic shifts each decade from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. After that it’s a bit messy but let’s see. I'm not a musician, just a fan.

20’s and 30’s
Not my sweet spot really. Swing and big band, Dixieland…..Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie I guess would be places to start.

40’s - Bebop
Bebop was a “hot”, fast and frantic style. Think Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.
Charlie Parker - “The Best Of The Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recodings”

50’s - Cool (or West Coast) Jazz
A reaction to bebop, Cool Jazz toned down the heat and was calmer, more composed.
Miles Davis - "Birth Of The Cool"
Gerry Mulligan - “Night Lights"

Mid-late 50’s - Hard Bop
A reaction in turn to Cool Jazz, hard bop is not as fast as bebop and is rooted in soulful rhythm and blues, gospel and blues itself. It’s generally what jazz sounds like to people who know nothing else, in a good way. I could play this stuff for hours and often do. They play the melody, then each musician takes turns to solo based on that, then they return to the melody to close.
Cannonball Adderly - "Somethin Else”
Hank Mobley - “Soul Station”
Sonny Clark - “Cool Struttin"

Special mention here for Miles Davis’ “first great quintet" (Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones). Released a string of great albums in the mid-late 50’s, four of which are from two 1-day sessions: “Workin’", “Cookin’", “Steamin’", “Relaxin’". Others include “‘Round About Midnight", plus an earlier band with “Bags Groove”.

Late 50’s - Modal Jazz
To the non-musician this is difficult to figure out, but basically its like hard bop but they solo over modes, or scales. I dunno - it generally just sounds ace. Kind Of Blue is modal, as is Miles’s album Milestones. Incidentally KoB features the single greatest cymbal crash of all time, at the beginning of So What. Brilliant album.

Late 50’s - other classics
John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps”. There's a video on YT that explains the infamous ‘Coltrane changes’ over the 2-5-1. Great album even to a non-musician.
Charles Mingus - "Mingus Ah Um” - like the man himself - bold, brash, raucous, angry.
Bill Evans - “Explorations” - brilliant piano trio - this trio blazed a new trail where the bass and drums wouldn't just be ‘walking’ behind the piano, but would effectively be improvising even as Evans is soloing.

Anything from the hard bop era is best enjoyed with a Manhattan or Dry Martini in hand. You just feel cooler with this stuff playing.

60’s - post bop
In the 60’s, hard bop evolved to be more modal and generally more abstract and edgy. Best example of this is Miles Davis’s “second great quintet" (Miles, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams).
Miles Davis - “ESP”, “Miles Smiles”

This might be the best spot to mention Coltrane’s "A Love Supreme”. When the “greatest jazz album of all time” question comes up its generally Kind Of Blue, but ALS is alway a close second. Or even first. A totally different feel. There's a video that explains how he solos using a psalm/invocation. Charles Shaar Murray (I think) once said that he didn’t understand the ALS album but it just sounds brilliant played loud in a thunderstorm. Certainly intense. (Everything from Coltrane after this album is avant-garde and a tough listen, IMHO)

70’s - funk and fusion
Not my favorite decade. The major stylistic shift was to electric funk and fusion which started in the late 60’s. There’s some funk that’s OK…..but 70’s fusion generally leaves me stone cold.
For funk - Herbie Hancock - “Headhunters”
For fusion - I dunno, the bands would be Weather Report (“Heavy Weather”), Chick Corea’s Return To Forever, maybe Brand X “Unorthodox Behavior”.

80’s
Not great for jazz, IMHO, but one of my all-time favorite artists released his best stuff here so let’s see:
Pat Metheny Group - “Offramp”, “Travels”, “First Circle”. Sort of jazz-rock-ish with Metheny’s guitar synth a common feature.

A movement evolved that was loosely centered around Wynton Marsalis called the “Young Lions”, a sort of reaction to the electric fusion years that turned back to 60’s style acoustic post-bop. Not sure I’d recommend much here though, the 60’s stuff is better.

90’s
Another tough one. Stylistically all over the map.
Joshua Redman’s “Moodswing” from 1994 is a great straight ahead set, with four of my all-time favorite musicians - Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Brian Blade.

2000’s - ECM
The German ECM label has a real vibe all its own. Not blues based at all, an often austere, icy crisp production quality. Usually introspective & mellow but can get quite avant-garde. I love a lot of what’s been released.
Marcin Wasilewski Trio - "January"
Michel Benita & Ethics - "River Silver"

2000’s - modern fusion
There’s a wave of modern fusion bands that surpass the 70’s fusion style. Snarky Puppy, Darcy James Argue, Jaga Jazzist among others.
Snarky have a great video at NPR’s Tiny Desk - the second tune has the leader teaching the audience a polyrhythm and then they play a great tune.

Another favorite band is Brian Blade’s Fellowship Band - start with “Perceptual” and “Landmarks”. A real folkloric, Americana feel.
And for modern straight-ahead, Christian McBride’s Inside Straight album “Kind Of Brown”.

2000’s - London
And finally, London has a thriving scene with an often urban, hip-hop mix.
The Comet Is Coming - see them live at NPR
Other London acts to try would include Sons Of Kemet (“Your Queen Is A Reptile” - just two drummers, a tuba and sax), Nubya Garcia (“Source”, dub-wise basslines), many others.
I also like the spiritual Alice Coltrane feel of Matthew Halsall ("Colour Yes”).

--

From 2025 I am enjoying Brandee Younger's "Gadabout Season"and the Aleph Quintet's "Hiwar".

That will keep you busy. And will also help you decide whether to dive in further or just run away.

#jazz
#music
#milesdavis
#johncoltrane
#patmethenygroup
#HankMobley
#cannonballadderley
#sonnyclark
#charlesmingus
#billevans
#herbiehancock
#bradmehldau
#christianmcbride
#brianblade
#joshuaredman
#marcinwasilewski
#NubyaGarcia
#brandeeyounger
#alephquintet #MatthewHalsall

@davep I made a list with some recommendations a few years ago for a friend and will cut and paste below:

--

Up to the 70’s it’s easy to align jazz styles to decades - there were clear stylistic shifts each decade from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. After that it’s a bit messy but let’s see. I'm not a musician, just a fan.

20’s and 30’s
Not my sweet spot really. Swing and big band, Dixieland…..Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie I guess would be places to start.

40’s - Bebop
Bebop was a “hot”, fast and frantic style. Think Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.
Charlie Parker - “The Best Of The Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recodings”

50’s - Cool (or West Coast) Jazz
A reaction to bebop, Cool Jazz toned down the heat and was calmer, more composed.
Miles Davis - "Birth Of The Cool"
Gerry Mulligan - “Night Lights"

Mid-late 50’s - Hard Bop
A reaction in turn to Cool Jazz, hard bop is not as fast as bebop and is rooted in soulful rhythm and blues, gospel and blues itself. It’s generally what jazz sounds like to people who know nothing else, in a good way. I could play this stuff for hours and often do. They play the melody, then each musician takes turns to solo based on that, then they return to the melody to close.
Cannonball Adderly - "Somethin Else”
Hank Mobley - “Soul Station”
Sonny Clark - “Cool Struttin"

Special mention here for Miles Davis’ “first great quintet" (Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones). Released a string of great albums in the mid-late 50’s, four of which are from two 1-day sessions: “Workin’", “Cookin’", “Steamin’", “Relaxin’". Others include “‘Round About Midnight", plus an earlier band with “Bags Groove”.

Late 50’s - Modal Jazz
To the non-musician this is difficult to figure out, but basically its like hard bop but they solo over modes, or scales. I dunno - it generally just sounds ace. Kind Of Blue is modal, as is Miles’s album Milestones. Incidentally KoB features the single greatest cymbal crash of all time, at the beginning of So What. Brilliant album.

Late 50’s - other classics
John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps”. There's a video on YT that explains the infamous ‘Coltrane changes’ over the 2-5-1. Great album even to a non-musician.
Charles Mingus - "Mingus Ah Um” - like the man himself - bold, brash, raucous, angry.
Bill Evans - “Explorations” - brilliant piano trio - this trio blazed a new trail where the bass and drums wouldn't just be ‘walking’ behind the piano, but would effectively be improvising even as Evans is soloing.

Anything from the hard bop era is best enjoyed with a Manhattan or Dry Martini in hand. You just feel cooler with this stuff playing.

60’s - post bop
In the 60’s, hard bop evolved to be more modal and generally more abstract and edgy. Best example of this is Miles Davis’s “second great quintet" (Miles, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams).
Miles Davis - “ESP”, “Miles Smiles”

This might be the best spot to mention Coltrane’s "A Love Supreme”. When the “greatest jazz album of all time” question comes up its generally Kind Of Blue, but ALS is alway a close second. Or even first. A totally different feel. There's a video that explains how he solos using a psalm/invocation. Charles Shaar Murray (I think) once said that he didn’t understand the ALS album but it just sounds brilliant played loud in a thunderstorm. Certainly intense. (Everything from Coltrane after this album is avant-garde and a tough listen, IMHO)

70’s - funk and fusion
Not my favorite decade. The major stylistic shift was to electric funk and fusion which started in the late 60’s. There’s some funk that’s OK…..but 70’s fusion generally leaves me stone cold.
For funk - Herbie Hancock - “Headhunters”
For fusion - I dunno, the bands would be Weather Report (“Heavy Weather”), Chick Corea’s Return To Forever, maybe Brand X “Unorthodox Behavior”.

80’s
Not great for jazz, IMHO, but one of my all-time favorite artists released his best stuff here so let’s see:
Pat Metheny Group - “Offramp”, “Travels”, “First Circle”. Sort of jazz-rock-ish with Metheny’s guitar synth a common feature.

A movement evolved that was loosely centered around Wynton Marsalis called the “Young Lions”, a sort of reaction to the electric fusion years that turned back to 60’s style acoustic post-bop. Not sure I’d recommend much here though, the 60’s stuff is better.

90’s
Another tough one. Stylistically all over the map.
Joshua Redman’s “Moodswing” from 1994 is a great straight ahead set, with four of my all-time favorite musicians - Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Brian Blade.

2000’s - ECM
The German ECM label has a real vibe all its own. Not blues based at all, an often austere, icy crisp production quality. Usually introspective & mellow but can get quite avant-garde. I love a lot of what’s been released.
Marcin Wasilewski Trio - "January"
Michel Benita & Ethics - "River Silver"

2000’s - modern fusion
There’s a wave of modern fusion bands that surpass the 70’s fusion style. Snarky Puppy, Darcy James Argue, Jaga Jazzist among others.
Snarky have a great video at NPR’s Tiny Desk - the second tune has the leader teaching the audience a polyrhythm and then they play a great tune.

Another favorite band is Brian Blade’s Fellowship Band - start with “Perceptual”. A real folkloric, Americana feel.
And for modern straight-ahead, Christian McBride’s Inside Straight album “Kind Of Brown”.

2000’s - London
And finally, London has a thriving scene with an often urban, hip-hop mix.
The Comet Is Coming - see them live at NPR
Other London acts to try would include Sons Of Kemet (“Your Queen Is A Reptile” - just two drummers, a tuba and sax), Nubya Garcia (“Source”, dub-wise basslines), many others.
I also like the spiritual Alice Coltrane feel of Matthew Halsall ("Colour Yes”).

--

From 2025 I am enjoying Brandee Younger's "Gadabout Season"and the Aleph Quintet's "Hiwar".

That will keep you busy. And will also help you decide whether to dive in further or just run away.

#jazz #music #milesdavis #johncoltrane #patmethenygroup #HankMobley #cannonballadderley #sonnyclark #charlesmingus #billevans #herbiehancock #bradmehldau #christianmcbride #brianblade #joshuaredman #marcinwasilewski #NubyaGarcia #brandeeyounger #alephquintet

@davep I made a list with some recommendations a few years ago for a friend and will cut and paste below:

--

Up to the 70’s it’s easy to align jazz styles to decades - there were clear stylistic shifts each decade from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. After that it’s a bit messy but let’s see. I'm not a musician, just a fan.

20’s and 30’s
Not my sweet spot really. Swing and big band, Dixieland…..Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie I guess would be places to start.

40’s - Bebop
Bebop was a “hot”, fast and frantic style. Think Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.
Charlie Parker - “The Best Of The Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recodings”

50’s - Cool (or West Coast) Jazz
A reaction to bebop, Cool Jazz toned down the heat and was calmer, more composed.
Miles Davis - "Birth Of The Cool"
Gerry Mulligan - “Night Lights"

Mid-late 50’s - Hard Bop
A reaction in turn to Cool Jazz, hard bop is not as fast as bebop and is rooted in soulful rhythm and blues, gospel and blues itself. It’s generally what jazz sounds like to people who know nothing else, in a good way. I could play this stuff for hours and often do. They play the melody, then each musician takes turns to solo based on that, then they return to the melody to close.
Cannonball Adderly - "Somethin Else”
Hank Mobley - “Soul Station”
Sonny Clark - “Cool Struttin"

Special mention here for Miles Davis’ “first great quintet" (Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones). Released a string of great albums in the mid-late 50’s, four of which are from two 1-day sessions: “Workin’", “Cookin’", “Steamin’", “Relaxin’". Others include “‘Round About Midnight", plus an earlier band with “Bags Groove”.

Late 50’s - Modal Jazz
To the non-musician this is difficult to figure out, but basically its like hard bop but they solo over modes, or scales. I dunno - it generally just sounds ace. Kind Of Blue is modal, as is Miles’s album Milestones. Incidentally KoB features the single greatest cymbal crash of all time, at the beginning of So What. Brilliant album.

Late 50’s - other classics
John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps”. There's a video on YT that explains the infamous ‘Coltrane changes’ over the 2-5-1. Great album even to a non-musician.
Charles Mingus - "Mingus Ah Um” - like the man himself - bold, brash, raucous, angry.
Bill Evans - “Explorations” - brilliant piano trio - this trio blazed a new trail where the bass and drums wouldn't just be ‘walking’ behind the piano, but would effectively be improvising even as Evans is soloing.

Anything from the hard bop era is best enjoyed with a Manhattan or Dry Martini in hand. You just feel cooler with this stuff playing.

60’s - post bop
In the 60’s, hard bop evolved to be more modal and generally more abstract and edgy. Best example of this is Miles Davis’s “second great quintet" (Miles, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams).
Miles Davis - “ESP”, “Miles Smiles”

This might be the best spot to mention Coltrane’s "A Love Supreme”. When the “greatest jazz album of all time” question comes up its generally Kind Of Blue, but ALS is alway a close second. Or even first. A totally different feel. There's a video that explains how he solos using a psalm/invocation. Charles Shaar Murray (I think) once said that he didn’t understand the ALS album but it just sounds brilliant played loud in a thunderstorm. Certainly intense. (Everything from Coltrane after this album is avant-garde and a tough listen, IMHO)

70’s - funk and fusion
Not my favorite decade. The major stylistic shift was to electric funk and fusion which started in the late 60’s. There’s some funk that’s OK…..but 70’s fusion generally leaves me stone cold.
For funk - Herbie Hancock - “Headhunters”
For fusion - I dunno, the bands would be Weather Report (“Heavy Weather”), Chick Corea’s Return To Forever, maybe Brand X “Unorthodox Behavior”.

80’s
Not great for jazz, IMHO, but one of my all-time favorite artists released his best stuff here so let’s see:
Pat Metheny Group - “Offramp”, “Travels”, “First Circle”. Sort of jazz-rock-ish with Metheny’s guitar synth a common feature.

A movement evolved that was loosely centered around Wynton Marsalis called the “Young Lions”, a sort of reaction to the electric fusion years that turned back to 60’s style acoustic post-bop. Not sure I’d recommend much here though, the 60’s stuff is better.

90’s
Another tough one. Stylistically all over the map.
Joshua Redman’s “Moodswing” from 1994 is a great straight ahead set, with four of my all-time favorite musicians - Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Brian Blade.

2000’s - ECM
The German ECM label has a real vibe all its own. Not blues based at all, an often austere, icy crisp production quality. Usually introspective & mellow but can get quite avant-garde. I love a lot of what’s been released.
Marcin Wasilewski Trio - "January"
Michel Benita & Ethics - "River Silver"

2000’s - modern fusion
There’s a wave of modern fusion bands that surpass the 70’s fusion style. Snarky Puppy, Darcy James Argue, Jaga Jazzist among others.
Snarky have a great video at NPR’s Tiny Desk - the second tune has the leader teaching the audience a polyrhythm and then they play a great tune.

Another favorite band is Brian Blade’s Fellowship Band - start with “Perceptual”. A real folkloric, Americana feel.
And for modern straight-ahead, Christian McBride’s Inside Straight album “Kind Of Brown”.

2000’s - London
And finally, London has a thriving scene with an often urban, hip-hop mix.
The Comet Is Coming - see them live at NPR
Other London acts to try would include Sons Of Kemet (“Your Queen Is A Reptile” - just two drummers, a tuba and sax), Nubya Garcia (“Source”, dub-wise basslines), many others.
I also like the spiritual Alice Coltrane feel of Matthew Halsall ("Colour Yes”).

--

From 2025 I am enjoying Brandee Younger's "Gadabout Season"and the Aleph Quintet's "Hiwar".

That will keep you busy. And will also help you decide whether to dive in further or just run away.

#jazz #music #milesdavis #johncoltrane #patmethenygroup #HankMobley #cannonballadderley #sonnyclark #charlesmingus #billevans #herbiehancock #bradmehldau #christianmcbride #brianblade #joshuaredman #marcinwasilewski #NubyaGarcia #brandeeyounger #alephquintet

Swimming in #Jazz piano today.

#BillEvans
#DaveBrubeck
#OscarPeterson
#TheloniousMonk
#SonnyClark

Swimming in #Jazz piano today.

#BillEvans
#DaveBrubeck
#OscarPeterson
#TheloniousMonk
#SonnyClark

Sonny Clark Trio, Sonny Clark Trio, 1958 on Blue Note

Sonny Clark with Paul Chambers on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums – recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1957 in Hackensack. Liner notes by Leonard Feather, cover designed by Reid Miles.

Love these renditions of “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” and “Two Bass Hit” – and the “I’ll Remember April” with just Clark solo on piano is wonderful too. Classic Blue Note jazz – you can’t go wrong.

My copy (via Academy Records in NYC) is from the Blue Note Tone Poet Series, mastered for vinyl by Kevin Gray.

#1950s #1958 #AcademyRecords #BlueNote #jazz #KevinGray #NYC #PaulChambers #PhillyJoeJones #RudyVanGelder #SonnyClark #SonnyClarkTrio #TonePoet #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

Ike Quebec, Easy Living, 1987 on Blue Note

Though this was first released / issued by Blue Note in 1987, it was actually recorded in 1962 at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in New Jersey, and represents that early 60s jazz era. It was originally going to be issued as BST-84103 – but the tracks on side one did ultimately make it on Blue Note LT-1089 (1981).

Quebec is joined here by fellow tenor sax master Stanley Turrentine and Bennie Green (on the first three tracks) plus Sonny Clark, Milt Hinton, and Art Blakey (on all six).

Unfortunately both Ike Quebec and Sonny Clark died in January of 1963, three days apart.

My copy via Joe’s Albums in Worcester MA.

#1960s #1962 #1987 #ArtBlakey #BennieGreen #BlueNote #IkeQuebec #jazz #JoeSAlbums #MiltHinton #RudyVanGelder #SonnyClark #StanleyTurrentine #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WorcesterMA

Some Saturday night #jazz with #sonnyclark. These early 80s #japanese #bluenote pressings used to be a great value but like all other older BNs they’ve gone up a ton in the last few years. Great record. #jazzrecords #vinyl #vinylcollection #recordcollection @vinylrecords

Some Saturday night #jazz with #sonnyclark. These early 80s #japanese #bluenote pressings used to be a great value but like all other older BNs they’ve gone up a ton in the last few years. Great record. #jazzrecords #vinyl #vinylcollection #recordcollection @vinylrecords

Sonny Clark - Melody For C
#JazzDeVille #Jazz #NowPlaying #SonnyClark

Sonny Clark - Blues Blue
#JazzDeVille #Jazz #NowPlaying #SonnyClark

Sonny Clark - Voodoo
#JazzDeVille #Jazz #NowPlaying #SonnyClark

@jazz

Curtis Fuller (trombone)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Fuller

Tate Houston (baritone saxophone)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_Houston

Sonny Clark (piano)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Clark

Paul Chambers (bass)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Chambers

Art Taylor (drums)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Taylor

"Bone & Bari"
(Blue Note 1957)
https://songwhip.com/curtis-fuller/bone-and-bari1958

#nowlistening #jazz #music #musique #JazzMusic
$CurtisFuller
#TateHouston
#SonnyClark
#PaulChambers
#ArtTaylor

@jazz

Curtis Fuller (trombone)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Fuller

Tate Houston (baritone saxophone)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_Houston

Sonny Clark (piano)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Clark

Paul Chambers (bass)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Chambers

Art Taylor (drums)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Taylor

"Bone & Bari"
(Blue Note 1957)
https://songwhip.com/curtis-fuller/bone-and-bari1958

#nowlistening #jazz #music #musique #JazzMusic
$CurtisFuller
#TateHouston
#SonnyClark
#PaulChambers
#ArtTaylor

Sonny Clark - Voodoo
#JazzDeVille #Jazz #NowPlaying #SonnyClark

Pannonica de Koenigswarter had asked jazz musicians about their “three wishes” — she published a book with them, together with Polaroid photographs she had taken.

I don't have that book, and I don't know whether Max Roach told them his wishes, but Sonny Clark's are clear:
1. “Money”
2. “All the bitches in the world”
3. “All the Steinways”

#Jazz #MaxRoach100 #Pannonica #SonnyClark

Pannonica de Koenigswarter had asked jazz musicians about their “three wishes” — she published a book with them, together with Polaroid photographs she had taken.

I don't have that book, and I don't know whether Max Roach told them his wishes, but Sonny Clark's are clear:
1. “Money”
2. “All the bitches in the world”
3. “All the Steinways”

#Jazz #MaxRoach100 #Pannonica #SonnyClark

Sonny Clark - Eric Walks
#JazzDeVille #Jazz #NowPlaying #SonnyClark

Sonny Clark - Melody For C
#JazzDeVille #Jazz #NowPlaying #SonnyClark

Sonny Clark - Eastern Incident
#JazzDeVille #Jazz #NowPlaying #SonnyClark

Sonny Clark - I Didn't Know What Time It Was
#JazzDeVille #Jazz #NowPlaying #SonnyClark

Sonny Clark - Blues Blue
#JazzDeVille #Jazz #NowPlaying #SonnyClark

Sonny Clark - Dial 'S' for Sonny

Here's a great old Blue Note that was recently reissued - Sonny Clark's debut as a bandleader.

He's joined here by Curtis Fuller (trombone), Hank Mobley (tenor), Art Farmer (trumpet), Wilber Ware (bass) and Louis Hayes (drums). Pretty darn good set of bop tunes!

1957 recording, mono, really sounds terrific.

#nowplaying #vinyl #bop #jazz #sonnyclark

Sonny Clark - Dial 'S' for Sonny

Here's a great old Blue Note that was recently reissued - Sonny Clark's debut as a bandleader.

He's joined here by Curtis Fuller (trombone), Hank Mobley (tenor), Art Farmer (trumpet), Wilber Ware (bass) and Louis Hayes (drums). Pretty darn good set of bop tunes!

1957 recording, mono, really sounds terrific.

#nowplaying #vinyl #bop #jazz #sonnyclark

#NowPlaying John Coltrane & Friends - Sideman: Trane’s Blue Note Sessions

#JohnColtrane #PaulChambers #JohnnyGriffin #SonnyClark

#HiRes #jazz #jazzmusic #BlueNote #BlueNoteRecords

on now:
Grant Green - The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark
1997 Blue Note Records 2xCD, Doubletime Series

..if you have Nigeria, Oleo & the Gooden's Corner cd
then you don't need this one. unless you're me.

there's also Born To Be Blue, not a quartet tho.

#wolfsmixedbag
#GrantGreen #SonnyClark #BlueNoteRecords
#jazz @jazz

on now:
Grant Green - The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark
1997 Blue Note Records 2xCD, Doubletime Series

..if you have Nigeria, Oleo & the Gooden's Corner cd
then you don't need this one. unless you're me.

there's also Born To Be Blue, not a quartet tho.

#wolfsmixedbag
#GrantGreen #SonnyClark #BlueNoteRecords
#jazz @jazz

Guten Morgen mit Johnny Griffin (24. April 1928–25. Juli 2008) und "The Congregation", dem Opener des gleichnamigen Albums (Blue Note, 1958)

https://youtu.be/ps_6pBFAPSQ

@jazz
#JazzBirthdays #OnThisDay #JohnnyGriffin #SonnyClark #BlueNoteRecords #MusicAgainstMadness

@finemsequi Das war meine erste Platte (leider CD, damals) von Sonny Clark. Ich kannte ihn bis dahin nicht und habe die Scheibe v.a. wegen des Covers in Verbindung mit dem einigermaßen günstigen Preis gekauft. #Glücksfall ;-) #jazz #sonnyclark

Why do jazz musicians swing their eighth notes?

In jazz, the function of durational inequality at the eighth-note level is the production of anacrusis on the offbeats, thereby generating the sense of forward propulsion and drive thought to typify the rhythmic quality known as “swing.” The common use of relatively “straight” eighth notes by improvising soloists helps to sustain forward momentum, whereas the less even, triplet-like “swing” eighth notes used more frequently by drummers facilitate the perception of a quarter-note beat. Varying the Beat-Upbeat Ratio (BUR)—i.e., moving between straight and swing eighth notes—enables jazz musicians to manipulate the flow of motional energy across a phrase in systematic ways in conjunction with other melodic processes. Analyses of melodic phrases by John Coltrane, Lee Konitz, and Sonny Clark reveal the centrality of such aspects of microrhythmic expression to the affective power of jazz improvisation.

https://doi.org/10.1525/mts.2011.33.1.3

#music #eightnotes #count #tempo #coltrane #konitz #sonnyclark #jazz #improvisation #microrhythm #rhythm #beat

Why do jazz musicians swing their eighth notes?

In jazz, the function of durational inequality at the eighth-note level is the production of anacrusis on the offbeats, thereby generating the sense of forward propulsion and drive thought to typify the rhythmic quality known as “swing.” The common use of relatively “straight” eighth notes by improvising soloists helps to sustain forward momentum, whereas the less even, triplet-like “swing” eighth notes used more frequently by drummers facilitate the perception of a quarter-note beat. Varying the Beat-Upbeat Ratio (BUR)—i.e., moving between straight and swing eighth notes—enables jazz musicians to manipulate the flow of motional energy across a phrase in systematic ways in conjunction with other melodic processes. Analyses of melodic phrases by John Coltrane, Lee Konitz, and Sonny Clark reveal the centrality of such aspects of microrhythmic expression to the affective power of jazz improvisation.

https://doi.org/10.1525/mts.2011.33.1.3

#music #eightnotes #count #tempo #coltrane #konitz #sonnyclark #jazz #improvisation #microrhythm #rhythm #beat

Guten Morgen mit Curtis Fuller (15 December 1934 - 8 May 2021), "Quantrale" from "Curtis Fuller Vol. 3" (Blue Note, 1960) w/Art Farmer (tp), Sonny Clark (p), George Tucker (b) and Louis Hayes (d)

https://youtu.be/xcPEvQawE7k

@jazz

#Jazz #JazzBirthdays #OnThisDay #MusicAgainstMadness #CurtisFuller #ArtFarmer #SonnyClark #GeorgeTucker #Louis Hayes #BlueNoteRecords