Sonny Clark
Piano Solo on
Love For Sale

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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 two choruses of the 64-bar AABA form at an up-tempo 215 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 2:21. Pianist Sonny Clark matches Gordon's intensity with two choruses of his own, his bluesy, hard-hitting approach providing a perfect counterpoint to the leader's more spacious conception. 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.