The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions
Mosaic MD6-276

Disc One:
Dial “S” For Sonny
1. Dial S For Sonny (A) 7;24
(Sonny Clark)
2. Bootin’ It (stereo take) (A) 5:13 5:15
(Sonny Clark)
3. It Could Happen To You (A) 6:56 6:58
(J. Burke-J. Van Heusen)
4. Sonny’s Mood (A) 8:36 8:37
(Sonny Clark)
5. Shoutin’ On A Riff (A) 6:42 6:44
(Sonny Clark)
6. Love Walked In (A) 5:48 5:49
(G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin)
7. Bootin’ It (mono take) (A) 5:15 5:13
(Sonny Clark)
Sonny’s Crib
8. With A Song In My Heart (B) 7:52 7:53
(R. Rodgers-L. Hart)
9. Speak Low (B) 6:47
(K. Weill-O. Nash)
10. Come Rain Or Come Shine (B) 7:25
(H. Arlen-J. Mercer)
11. Sonny’s Crib (alt tk) (B) 9:52 9:53
(Sonny Clark)

Disc Two:
Sonny’s Crib
1. Sonny’s Crib (B) 13:28
(Sonny Clark)
2. News For Lulu (B) 8:31
(Sonny Clark)
3. With A Song In My Heart (alt tk) (B) 8:45
(R. Rodgers-L. Hart)
4. Speak Low (alt tk) (B) 6:54
(k. Weill-O. Nash)
My Conception
5. Junka (H) 7:27
(Sonny Clark)
6. Blues Blue (H) 7:14
(Sonny Clark)
7. Minor Meeting (second version) (H) 6:44
(Sonny Clark)
8. Royal Flush (second version) (H) 6:58
(Sonny Clark)
9. Some Clark Bars (H) 6:16
(Sonny Clark)
10. My Conception (H) 4:43
(Sonny Clark)

Disc Three:
Sonny Clark Trio
1. Be-bop (C) 9:52
(Dizzy Gillespie)
2. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (C) 4:20
(R. Rodgers-L. Hart)
3. Two Bass Hit (C) 3:42
(J. Lewis-D. Gillespie)
4. Tadd’s Delight (C) 6:00
(Tadd Dameron)
5. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (C) 6:31
(S. Romberg-O. Hammerstein)
6. I’ll Remember April (C) 4:52
(DePaul-Raye-Johnston)
7. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (alt tk) (C) 4:18
(R. Rodgers-L. Hart)
8. Two Bass Hit (alt tk) (C) 3:59
(J. Lewis-D. Gillespie)
9. Tadd’s Delight (alt tk) (C) 5:00
(Tadd Dameron)

Disc Four:
Sonny Clark Quintet
1. Minor Meeting (D) 6:51
(Sonny Clark)
2. Eastern Incident (D) 8:12
(Sonny Clark)
3. Little Sonny (D) 6:32
(Sonny Clark)
Cool Struttin’
4. Cool Struttin’ (E) 9:20
(Sonny Clark)
5. Blue Minor (E) 10:17
(Sonny Clark)
6. Sippin’ At Bell’s (E) 88:15
(Miles Davis)
7. Deep Night (E) 9:32
(C. Henderson-R. Vallee)
8. Royal Flush (E) 9:00
(Sonny Clark)
9. Lover (E) 7:00
(R. Rodgers-L. Hart)

Disc Five:
Singles Session
1. Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good To You (F) 3:57
(D. Redman-A. Razaf)
2. Ain’t No Use (F) 4:45
(S. Wyche-L. Kirklsnd)
3. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (F) 3:48
(J. McHugh-D. Fields)
4. Black Velvet (F) 3:19
(I. Jacquet-J. Mundy)
5. I’m Just A Lucky So And So (F) 4:29
(D. Ellington-M. David)
6. The Breeze And I (F) 3:56
(Lecuona-Camarata-Stillman)
7. Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good To You (alt tk) (F) 3:49
(D. Redman-A. Razaf)
Blues in the Night
8. Blues In The Night (G) 5:53
(H. Arlen-J. Mercer)
9. Can’t We Be Friends? (G) 4:15
(K. Swift-J, Warburg)
10. Somebody Loves Me (G) 4:14
(Gershwin-DeSylva-MacDonald)
11. All Of You (G) 3:52
(Cole Porter)
12. Dancing In The Dark (G) 3:27
(A. Schwartz-H. Dietz)
13. I Cover The Waterfront (G) 4:37
(J. Green-E. Heyman)
14. Blues In The Night (alt tk) (G) 7:11
(H. Arlen-J. Mercer)

Disc Six:
Leapin’ and Lopin’
1. Something Special (I) 6:20
(Sonny Clark)
2. Deep In A Dream (I) 6:44
(J. Van Heusen-E. DeLange)
3. Melody For C (I) 7:47
(Sonny Clark)
4. Eric Walks (I) 5:39
(Butch Warren)
5. Voodoo (I) 7:38
(Sonny Clark)
6. Midnight Mambo (I) 7:12
(Tommy Turrentine)
7. Zellmar’s Delight (I) 5:40
(Sonny Clark)
8. Melody For C (alt tk) (I) 8:12
(Sonny Clark)

DISCOGRAPHY
Only the first issue of each selection is used for the purposes of this discography.

(A) DIAL ‘S’ FOR SONNY
Art Farmer, trumpet; Curtis Fuller, trombone; Hank Mobley, tenor sax; Sonny Clark, piano; Wilbur Ware, bass; Louis Hayes, drums.
Hackensack, NJ. July 21, 1957
Tk. 2 Sonny’s Mood BLP 1570
Tk. 5 Bootin’ It (stereo take) BN CD 8-56585-2
Tk. 5 Bootin’ It (mono take) BLP 1570
Tk. 8 Dial “S” For Sonny –
Tk. 11 It Could Happen To You –
Tk. 13 Shoutin’ On A Riff –
Tk. 15 Love Walked In (omit horns) –

Note: The master take of “Bootin’ It” ends just as the group is beginning to trade fours before the out theme. Apparently two takes of the insert for that take were recorded. The mono and stereo versions each use a different inset for the four-bar exchanges and closing theme. Both versions are included here.

(B) SONNY’S CRIB
Donald Byrd, trumpet; Curtis Fuller, trombone; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Sonny Clark, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Art Taylor, drums.
Hackensack, N.J. September 1, 1957
Tk. 2 News For Lulu BST 81576
Tk. 3 Sonny’s Crib –
Tk. 4 Sonny’s Crib (alt tk) BN CD 4-97367-2
Tk. 6 Speak Low (alt tk) –
Tk. 7/6 Speak Low BST 81576
Tk. 9 With A Song In My Heart (alt tk) BN CD 4-97367-2
Tk. 10/9 With A Song In My Heart BST 81576
Tk, 12 Come Rain Or Come Shine –

Note: The master take of “Speak Low” is take 7 with the trumpet and piano solos from take 6. The master take of “With A Song In My Heart” is take 10 with the piano solo from take 9.

(C) SONNY CLARK TRIO
Sonny Clark, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums.
Hackensack, N.J. October 13, 1957
Tk. 2 I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (alt tk) GXF (J) 3069
Tk. 3 I Didn’t Know What Time It Was BST 81579
Tk. 5 Two Bass Hit –
Tk. 7 Two Bass Hit (alt tk) GXF (J) 3069
Tk. 8 Be-bop BST 81579
TK.9 Tadd’s Delight (alt tk) GXF (J) 3069
Tk. 10 Tadd’s Delight BST 81579
Tk. 11 Softly As In A Morning Sunrise –
Tk. 12 I’ll Remember April (solo p) –

(D) SONNY CLARK QUINTET
Clifford Jordan, tenor sax; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Sonny Clark, piano; Paul Chambers, bass’ Pete La Roca, drums.
Hackensack, N.J. December 8, 1957
Tk. 4 Minor Meeting LNJ (J) 70093
Tk. 6 Eastern Incident –
Tk. 10 Little Sonny –

Note: The Japanese album “Sonny Clark Quintets” LNJ 70093 was the first issue of BLP 1592, which was planned but never released by Blue Note in 1958.

(E) COOL STRUTTIN’
Art Farmer, trumpet; Jackie McLean, alto sax; Sonny Clark, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums.
Hackensack, N.J. January 5, 1958
Tk. 1 Blue Minor BST 81588
Tk. 2 Cool Struttin’ –
Tk. 4 Royal Flush LNJ (J) 70093
Tk. 5 Sippin’ At Bell’s BST 81588
Tk. 6 Deep Night –
Tk. 7 Lover LNJ (J) 70093

Note: The Japanese album “Sonny Clark Quintets” LNJ 70093 was the first issue of BLP 1592, which was planned but never released by Blue Note in 1958.

(F) SINGLES SESSION
Sonny Clark, piano; Jymie Merritt, bass; Wes Landers, drums.
Hackensack, N.J. November 15, 1958
Tk. 3 Black Velvet 45-1731
Tk. 4 I’m Just A Lucky So And So 45-1730
Tk. 5 Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good To You 45-1731
Tk. 6 Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good To You (alt tk) GXF (J) 3051
Tk. 8 Ain’t No Use 45-1730
Tk. 9 The Breeze And I 45-1729
Tk. 13 I Can’t Give You Anything But Love 45-1729

(G) BLUES IN THE NIGHT
Sonny Clark, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Wes Landers, drums.
Hackensack, N.J. December 7, 1958
Tk. 3 Can’t We Be Friends? GXF (J) 3051
Tk. 4 I Cover The Waterfront –
Tk. 8 Somebody Loves Me –
Tk. 9 Blues In The Night –
Tk. 10 Blues In The Night (alt tk) –
Tk. 12 All Of You –
Tk. 14 Dancing In The Dark –

(H) MY CONCEPTION
Donald Byrd, trumpet; Hank Mobley, tenor sax; Sonny Clark, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Art Blakey, drums.
Hackensack, N.J. March 29, 1959
Tk. 4 Blues Blue GXF (J) 3056
Tk. 7 Royal Flush –
Tk. 9 Junka –
Tk. 11 Minor Meeting –
Tk. 12 My Conception –
Tk. 14 Some Clark Bars –

(I) LEAPIN’ AND LOPIN’
Tommy Turrentine, trumpet; Charlie Rouse, tenor sax; Sonny Clark, piano; Butch Warren, bass; Billy Higgins, drums.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. November 13, 1961
Tk. 5 Melody For C (alt tk) BN CD 7-84091-2
Tk. 7 Voodoo BST 84091
Tk. 11 Zellmar’s Delight BN CD 7-84091-2
Tk. 12 Somethin’ Special BST 84091
Tk. 17 Midnight Mambo –
Tk. 18 Melody For C –
Tk. 21 Eric Walks –

Ike Quebec, tenor sax replaces Turrentine and Rouse.
Same session
Tk. 24 Deep In A Dream BST 84091

Album Index:
LP
BST 81570 Dial “S” for Sonny
BST 81576 Sonny’s Crib
BST 81579 Sonny Clark Trio
BST 81588 Cool Struttin’
BST 84091 Leapin’ And Lopin’
LNJ (J) 70093 Sonny Clark Quintets
GXF (J) 3051 Blues In The Night
GXF (J) 3056 My Conception
GXF (J) 3069 The Art Of The Trio

CD
BN CD 8-56585-2 Dial “S” For Sonny
BN CD 4-97367-2 Sonny’s Crib
CD 7-84091-2 Leapin’ And Lopin’

Produced for release by Michael Cuscuna
Original sessions produced Alfred Lion
Recording engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Mastered from hi-res files of the original analog masters by Andreas Meyer and Nancy Conforti at Swan Studios, NYC www.swanstudios.nyc
All photographs by Francis Wolff courtesy of Blue Note Records.

PRODUCER’S NOTE:
In order to keep all sessions as intact as possible, disc one ends with the first side of the “Sonny’s Crib” album followed by the alternate take of the title tune. Disc two begins with side two of the LP, followed by two alternates and the “My Conception” session out of chronological sequence. The third session “Sonny Clark Trio” could not fit on disc two in its entirety.