Sonny's Crib

Sonny's Crib is an album by jazz pianist Sonny Clark, released on the Blue Note label in March 1958.[1][2][3] It features trumpeter Donald Byrd, trombonist Curtis Fuller, tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Taylor.[6] The first half of the album comprises three standards, the second half contains two Clark originals. 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.[7]

Sonny's Crib
Studio album by
Sonny Clark
ReleasedMarch 1958 (1958-03)[1][2][3]
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
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [5]

Critical reception

Sonny's Crib was rated 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".[8]

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. 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. "New LP Releases". The Billboard. Cincinnati: The Billboard Publishing Co. March 3, 1958. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. "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. Thompson, Reid (Dec 1, 2001). "Sonny Clark: Sonny's Crib". All About Jazz. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  8. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed December 21, 2009.
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