Sonny's Crib

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Sonny's Crib
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1958 (1958-03) [1] [2] [3]
RecordedSeptember 1, 1957
Studio Van Gelder Studio
Hackensack, NJ
Genre Hard bop
Length44:18
Label Blue Note
BLP 1576
Producer Alfred Lion
Sonny Clark chronology
Dial "S" for Sonny
(1957)
Sonny's Crib
(1958)
Sonny Clark Trio
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Sonny's Crib is a studio album by the jazz pianist Sonny Clark. It was released through Blue Note Records in March 1958. [1] [2] [3] The sextet assembled for the recording session consists of horn players Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, and John Coltrane and rhythm section Paul Chambers and Art Taylor. [6] The first half of the album comprises three jazz standards, while the second half contains two original compositions by Clark. The recording was made on September 1, 1957.

Contents

Critical reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states, "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". [7]

Critic Reid Thompson compared the album favorably to Coltrane's Blue Train (recorded two weeks later), seeing them as the epitome of the Blue Note sound in the late 1950s. [8]

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."With a Song in My Heart"7:54
2."Speak Low"6:50
3."Come Rain or Come Shine"7:29
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sonny's Crib"Sonny Clark13:31
2."News for Lulu"Clark8:34
CD bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."With a Song in My Heart" (alternate take)Rodgers8:47
7."Speak Low" (alternate take)
  • Weill
  • Nash
6:57
8."Sonny's Crib" (alternate take)Clark9:56

Personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel

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References

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