Sonny Clark

 

Artist:  Sonny Clark  
Birth Name:  Conrad Yeatis Clark
Born:  July 21, 1931.  Herminie, Pennsylvania, USA
Died:  January 13, 1963 (Aged 31).  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Jazz, West Coast Jazz
Occupation:  Musician
Instruments:  Piano

Sonny Clark was an American Jazz Pianist.  He was often requested as a sideman by many musicians including Kenny Burrell, Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Art Farmer, Curtis Fuller, Grant Green, Philly Joe Jones, Clifford Jordan, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley and more!.  He also recorded sessions with Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, Billie Holiday, Stanley Turrentine and Lee Morgan.

Title:   My Conception (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)  (2021)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Jazz, West Coast Jazz

Label:   Blue Note Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Junka  (7:30)

 2.  Blues Blue  (7:18)

 3.  Minor Meeting (6:46)

Side 2:

 1.  Royal Flush  (7:00)

 2.  Some Clark Bars  (6:18)

 3.  My Conception  (4:44)

Personnel:

Sonny Clark:  Piano

Donald Byrd:  Trumpet 

Hank Mobley>  Tenor Saxophone

Paul Chambers:  Bass

Art Blakey:  Drums

My Conception is an album by Sonny Clark, originally released in 1979, remastered and reissued on August 6, 2021 by Blue Note Records, featuring Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers and Art Blakley.