Sonny Clark
Piano Solo on
Three O'Clock in the Morning

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Sonny Clark's piano solo is the closing of 2 solos on this recording, following Dexter Gordon's tenor sax. Spanning one chorus of the 32-bar ABAC form at a medium-up 143 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 54 seconds. Pianist Sonny Clark follows with a single chorus that complements Gordon's spacious approach with more rhythmically compact ideas. 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.