Sonny's Crib

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Sonny's Crib
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1958 (1958-03)[1][2][3]
RecordedSeptember 1, 1957
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Hackensack, NJ
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
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [5]

Sonny's Crib is an album by American jazz pianist Sonny Clark, recorded on September 1, 1957 and released on Blue Note in March 1958.[1][2][3] The sextet features horn section Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, and John Coltrane and rhythm section Paul Chambers and Art Taylor.[6]

Critical reception[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Musicians[edit]

Technical personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Schmaler, Wolf; Wild, David (2013). Porter, Lewis (ed.). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 482. ISBN 9780415634632. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "New LP Releases". The Billboard. Cincinnati: The Billboard Publishing Co. March 3, 1958. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "March Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. March 8, 1958. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. ^ Allmusic Review
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Sonny Clark discography accessed December 21, 2009.
  7. ^ Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed December 21, 2009.
  8. ^ Thompson, Reid (Dec 1, 2001). "Sonny Clark: Sonny's Crib". All About Jazz. Retrieved 3 March 2015.