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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 249 BPM over the 32-bar AABA in B♭, the improvisation moves with confident, driving energy. The tune is a contrafact based on the chord changes of "I Got Rhythm," a familiar harmonic foundation that invites inventive melodic exploration. Sonny Clark contributes two piano choruses that swing with effortless momentum, his bebop vocabulary delivered with characteristic clarity and harmonic sophistication. Recorded for the album Cliff Craft in 1957, the performance captures Sonny Clark at 25 to 26 years old.
Sonny Clark was 25 to 26 years old at the time.
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