Jazz Pianist Sonny Clark: His life was short and he was never famous, but should have been

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Like Fats Navarro and Charlie Parker before him, Sonny Clark’s life was short but it burned with musical intensity. Influenced deeply by Bud Powell, Clark nonetheless developed an intricate and hard-swinging harmonic sensibility that was full of nuance and detail. Regarded as the quintessential hard bop pianist, Clark never got his due before he passed away in 1963, despite the fact that it can be argued that he never played a bad recording date either as a sideman or as a leader.
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@dustinshaver3173 3 ай бұрын

Sonny Clark's bluenote recoding are some of the best in the whole catalog!

@evanchandlee746 3 ай бұрын

He was soulful and a beautiful pianist. Warmth and an atmosphere that surrounded the tune. Check out Leapin' and Lopin', a 1961 Blue Note with a great front line comprising Tommy Turrentine and Charlie Rouse, with a sublime rendition of Deep in a Dream, in 4tet with Ike Quebec on tenor. Billy Higgins, the magician, on drums of course, and wonderfully rhythmic and melodic compositions. For me one of the most beautifully sounding recordings of any era and his best.

@A.ChristopherJohnson Ай бұрын

His Trio with Philly Joe is one of my Fav's !!!

@williamjackson6705 3 ай бұрын

He was a real treasure. I first heard him playing with Grant Green & amazed by what he did on the keyboard. I have since collected his Blue Note albums & they're some of My favorites.

@bryandickerson5365 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, Robert, for filling me in on a favorite artist who’d always been a mystery. What the purveyors of heroin did to the black & jazz communities was SO f-ng evil! A couple of my all-time favorites are Speak Low on Sonny’s Crib and Cheese Cake on Go.

@wakingupfromhistory7474 2 ай бұрын

Great video. Sonny’s contribution to the world of music is sadly overlooked. Just a few of the albums that Sonny contributed to that were not mentioned in this video: Dexter Gordon’s A Swingin’ Affair Grant Green’s Nigeria Jackie McLean’s A Fickle Sonance Lee Morgan’s Candy Lou Donaldson’s Lou Takes Off Louis Smith’s Smithville Johnny Griffin’s The Congregation I’ve an iTunes playlist of Sonny as a leader and sideman that is over 27 hours long.

@alf23wlf 3 ай бұрын

Barely a minute goes by on this without loud jarring ads. BAH!

@lizgoodwin1812 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for these cherished biographies on some of the jazz world's most gifted and, for some, overlooked musicians. This is such an important platform for their intriguing stories. I appreciate and look forward to each one ( I really enjoyed the profile that you shared on Mr. Eric Dolphy)! Thank you for this illuminating segment. He was certainly deserving of wider recognition, as is the case for many of jazz's heroes and heroines. Blessings to you and all. Rest in heavenly peace, Mr. Sonny Clark.🙏🏿🎹

@CaiusV. 3 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤

@johnnyblue1101 2 ай бұрын

Still sad how many actual high profile musicians (jazz pianists in fact)that have no real clue who (or how important) Sonny Clark was to the music. I know this because I’ve queried them directly, and they are speechless and dumbfounded. Very sad indeed.