Sonny Clark
Piano Solo on
Cliff Craft

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Sonny Clark wraps up the solo sequence with two choruses on piano, the last of three improvisations. Taken at a brisk swing tempo of 241 BPM over the 32-bar AABA in F, the improvisation moves with confident, driving energy. Sonny Clark contributes two piano choruses of fluid, swinging improvisation, his bebop vocabulary enriched by a personal harmonic sensibility that made him one of the most sought-after accompanists on the Blue Note roster. Recorded for the album Cliff Craft in 1957, the performance captures Sonny Clark at 25 to 26 years old. "Cliff Craft" is a hard bop composition by tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan, serving as the title track of his 1957 Blue Note album of the same name.

Sonny Clark was 25 to 26 years old at the time.