Sonny Clark
Piano Solo on
Cheese Cake

About

Sonny Clark's piano solo is the second of 3 solos on this recording, following Dexter Gordon's tenor sax and before Dexter Gordon's closing tenor sax statement. Spanning one chorus of the 56-bar AABA form at a bright 225 BPM with a swing feel in C, the solo runs approximately 59 seconds. The rhythm section of Clark, bassist Butch Warren, and drummer Billy Higgins provides an ideal foundation for Gordon's spacious conception, swinging hard while leaving plenty of room for the leader's signature rhythmic displacements. Sonny Clark was 30 to 31 years old at the time of this 1962 recording.

Sonny Clark was 30 to 31 years old at the time.