Sonny's Crib

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.[3] 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 a fortnight later and which features Fuller and Chambers, as the epitome of the Blue Note sound in the late 1950s.[4]

Sonny's Crib
Studio album by
Sonny Clark
ReleasedMid March 1958[1]
RecordedSeptember 1, 1957
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
GenreHard bop
Length44:18
LabelBlue Note
BLP 1576
ProducerAlfred Lion
Sonny Clark chronology
Dial "S" for Sonny
(1957)		 Sonny's Crib
(1958)		 Sonny Clark Trio
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

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".[5]

Track listing
  1. "With a Song in My Heart" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 7:54
  2. "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 6:50
  3. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 7:29
  4. "Sonny's Crib" (Sonny Clark) - 13:31
  5. "News for Lulu" (Sonny Clark) - 8:34
  6. "With a Song in My Heart" [alternate take] (Rodgers) - 8:47 Bonus track on CD
  7. "Speak Low" [alternate take] (Weill, Nash) - 6:57 Bonus track on CD
  8. "Sonny's Crib" [alternate take] - 9:56 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

Production

References
  1. Billboard Mar 31, 1958
  2. Allmusic Review
  3. Sonny Clark discography accessed December 21, 2009.
  4. Thompson, Reid (Dec 1, 2001). "Sonny Clark: Sonny's Crib". All About Jazz. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  5. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed December 21, 2009.
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