Sonny Clark
Piano Solo on
Second Balcony Jump

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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 three choruses of the 32-bar AABA form at an up-tempo 186 BPM with a swing feel in B♭, the solo runs approximately 2:01. The composition is a contrafact based on the chord changes of "I Got Rhythm." Pianist Sonny Clark follows with three hard-swinging choruses that showcase his affinity for the blues-drenched side of bebop. 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.