Sonny Clark – Moments Passed (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:41:27 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © nagel heyer records
This digital compilation by German Nagel Heyer Records features the tracks previously released as “Jimmy Raney & Sonny Clark Together” (LP ‘1954), “Cliff Jordan – Cliff Craft” (LP ‘1957) and live jam sessions at Basel, Switzerland on February 4, 1954.
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Sonny Clark – Leapin’ And Lopin’ (1961/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:16 minutes | 1,67 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Blue Note Records
Leapin’ and Lopin’ was jazz pianist Sonny Clark’s Blue Note release. The record was Clark’s last as a leader and one of his final albums before his premature death. Leapin’ and Lopin’ is considered an ultimate recording by the hard bop enthusiast, one that continues to be influential in mainstream jazz.
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Sonny Clark – Cool Struttin’ (Mono) (1958/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 37:23 minutes | 1,52 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Blue Note Records
“With the single exception of Kind of Blue, Sonny Clark’s Cool Struttin’ is almost certainly the coolest jazz album of all time” — 100 Greatest Jazz Albums.
Cool Struttin’ features a constellation of jazz greats: Jackie McLean on alto sax, Art Farmer on trumpet, and two members of Miles Davis’ Quintet (Philly Joe Jones on drums and Paul Chambers on bass). While Kind of Blue focused on modal jazz, Cool Struttin’ takes its soul from the heart of the blues.
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Sonny Clark – Cool Struttin’ (1958/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 53:44 minutes | 2,15 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Blue Note Records
“With the single exception of Kind of Blue, Sonny Clark’s Cool Struttin’ is almost certainly the coolest jazz album of all time.” –100 Greatest Jazz Albums
Cool Struttin’ features a constellation of jazz greats: Jackie McLean on alto sax, Art Farmer on trumpet, and two members of Miles Davis’ Quintet (Philly Joe Jones on drums and Paul Chambers on bass). While Kind of Blue focused on modal jazz, Cool Struttin’ takes its soul from the heart of the blues.
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John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, Johnny Griffin, Sonny Clark – John Coltrane & Friends – Sideman: Trane’s Blue Note Sessions (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 03:34:37 minutes | 9,73 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Blue Note Records
A collection of the legendary saxophonist’s sideman sessions for Blue Note Records from 1956-1957, when Coltrane was a regular member of the Miles Davis Quintet and played with pianist Thelonious Monk. This set, conceived by former Blue Note Records president Bruce Lundvall, marks the first time Coltrane’s sideman sessions for the label have been collected in one place; albums include recordings led by Paul Chambers (Chambers’ Music, a.k.a. High Step, and Whims of Chambers), Johnny Griffin (A Blowing Session) and Sonny Clark (Sonny’s Crib).
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John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, Johnny Griffin, Sonny Clark – John Coltrane & Friends – Sideman: Trane’s Blue Note Sessions (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 03:34:37 minutes | 9,73 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Blue Note Records
A collection of the legendary saxophonist’s sideman sessions for Blue Note Records from 1956-1957, when Coltrane was a regular member of the Miles Davis Quintet and played with pianist Thelonious Monk. This set, conceived by former Blue Note Records president Bruce Lundvall, marks the first time Coltrane’s sideman sessions for the label have been collected in one place; albums include recordings led by Paul Chambers (Chambers’ Music, a.k.a. High Step, and Whims of Chambers), Johnny Griffin (A Blowing Session) and Sonny Clark (Sonny’s Crib).
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Sonny Clark – Cool Struttin’ (1958/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 00:37:23 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: acousticsounds.com | Artwork: Front cover | © Blue Note Records
Recorded: January 5, 1958 at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey.
“With the single exception of Kind of Blue, Sonny Clark’s Cool Struttin’ is almost certainly the coolest jazz album of all time.” –100 Greatest Jazz Albums
Cool Struttin’ features a constellation of jazz greats: Jackie McLean on alto sax, Art Farmer on trumpet, and two members of Miles Davis’ Quintet (Philly Joe Jones on drums and Paul Chambers on bass). While Kind of Blue focused on modal jazz, Cool Struttin’ takes its soul from the heart of the blues. (more…)
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Sonny Clark – Leapin’ and Lopin’ (1961/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 00:41:16 minutes | 1,62 GB | Genre: Jaz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: acousticsounds.com | Artwork: Front cover | © Blue Note Records
Recorded: November 13, 1961 at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Sonny Clark is not often heralded as one of hard bop’s great talents, but albums like Leapin’ And Lopin’ should rectify that oversight. An excellent pianist, composer, and bandleader, Clark demonstrates all three capacities on this 1961 date, turning in a host of fine originals and even better performances.
The personnel includes tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse and drummer Billy Higgins, among others, and there’s fine playing all around, including Clark’s elegant skills on the keys. This album was the artist’s last as a leader (he died two years later), and it’s a fitting swansong, as well as a thoroughly satisfying listen.
Sonny Clark – Cool Struttin’ (1958) [Reissue 2000]
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:43 minutes | 920 MB
DAD to Hi-Res FLAC – Source: Classic Records’ DAD 1037 | Covers
Recorded in 1958, this legendary date with the still-undersung Sonny Clark in the leader’s chair also featured a young Jackie McLean on alto (playing with a smoother tone than he had before or ever did again), trumpeter Art Farmer, and the legendary rhythm section of bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones, both from the Miles Davis band. The set begins with one of the preeminent “swinging medium blues” pieces in jazz history: the title track with its leveraged fours and eights shoved smoothly up against the walking bass of Chambers and the backbeat shuffle of Jones. Clark’s solo, with its grouped fifths and sevenths, is a wonder of both understatement and groove, while Chambers’ arco solo turns the blues in on itself. While there isn’t a weak note on this record, there are some other tracks that stand out, most notably Miles’ “Sippin’ at Bells,” with its loping Latin rhythm. When McLean takes his solo against a handful of Clark’s shaded minor chords, he sounds as if he may blow it — he comes out a little quick — but he recovers nicely and reaches for a handful of Broadway show tunes to counter the minor mood of the piece. He shifts to both Ben Webster and Lester Young before moving through Bird, and finally to McLean himself, riding the margin of the changes to slip just outside enough to add some depth in the middle register. The LP closes with Henderson and Vallée’s “Deep Night,” the only number in the batch not rooted in the blues. It’s a classic hard bop jamming tune and features wonderful solos by Farmer, who plays weird flatted notes all over the horn against the changes, and McLean, who thinks he’s playing a kind of snake charmer blues in swing tune. This set deserves its reputation for its soul appeal alone. (more…)
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