Sonny Clark - Oakland, 1955 '1995

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Whats New (Haggart-Burke) - 7:15
02. Willow Weep for Me (Ronell) - 6:30
03. There Will Never Be Another You (Gordon-Warren) - 6:50
04. D & E (Lewis) - 5:24
05. All the Things You Are (Kern-Hammerstein) - 4:18
06. But Not for Me (Gershwin-Gershwin) - 5:19
07. Bags Groove (Jackson) - 5:17
08. You Go to My Head (Gillespie-Coots) - 5:52
09. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Arlen-Koehler) - 7:52
10. Night in Tunisia (Gillespie) - 8:51
11. Ow (Gillespie) - 6:11
12. Theme (Dorham) - 3:11

personnel : 

Sonny Clark - piano
Jerry Good - bass
Al Randall - drums

The first officially recorded date from an ensemble led by the brilliant jazz
pianist Sonny Clark is an interesting prelude to his subsequent classic efforts
for the Blue Note label. After leaving his home near Pittsburgh, moving to Los
Angeles and finishing work as a sideman with Wardell Gray, Oscar Pettiford, and
Buddy DeFranco, Clark lived in the Northern California Bay area of San
Francisco, and led this obscure trio of bassist Jerry Good and drummer Al
Randall. Recorded in performance at the Mocambo Club in Oakland in mid-January
1955, it is an historical document for fans of Clark who might want to hear the
pianist at a time when he was happy -- not doing the drugs that destroyed his
life and career -- and in a freewheeling mood playing standards. Clearly
influenced by Bud Powells virtuosity, Clark shows he has all of the chops,
inventiveness, and speed to burn that made him one of the most impressive
pianists of the hard bop era. The production values are thin, though, especially
Randalls drumming, which hurts the overall quality of the sound, but Clarks
piano still reigns supreme, and it takes him little time to warm up. As deft as
his fleet lines are, the feeling of the music is relaxed in tempo and
development. It is not until the third tune, There Will Never Be Another You,
that the trio brings the beat to a boil, and Clark shows off with flurries of
arpeggios, but not staggeringly so. A take of the basic, happy blues of John
Lewis D & E lopes along, while All the Things You Are sports a slight calypso
refrain. The rest of the program is distinguished by classic bop tunes, and
Randalls scratchy snare drum. The loose snare is distracting, and sounds like a
supplemental percussion instrument. The band does kick into another gear, using
tight and frequent stop-start techniques on the melody of Between the Devil &
the Deep Blue Sea, while Clark unleashes his power during But Not for Me and
Dizzy Gillespies stretched-out Night in Tunisia. Theres a wow in the tape
recording for the intro of All the Things, some poor microphone placements on
the drums causing the sonic imbalance, with Randall sounding tired or less
inspired in the second half. Randall died a decade after these recordings, and
Clark spent only eight more years playing brilliant jazz before losing his
battle with drug addiction, while Good went on to a career in music as a player
and accountant for the local musicians union. This LP, while definitely flawed,
gives a clear indication of what the pianist had to offer when the moment was
somewhat right.~Michael G. Nastos

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