Label: Blue Note
Audio CD: (March 1, 2005)
Jazz
Pianist Sonny Clark's "Dial 'S' For Sonny" was first issued on CD in 1997 as part of Blue Note's limited edition Connoisseur Series, but went out-of-print shortly after its initial release. Now with this reissue in the RVG Edition, it makes a permanent return to the catalog. This 1957 session features a sextet lineup of Art Farmer on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Hank Mobley on tenor sax, Wilbur Ware on bass and Louis Hayes on drums tackling four Clark originals (with one alternate take) and two standards. This is very solid hard bop session that falls just short of Sonny's best Blue Notes, "Leapin' and Lopin'" and "Sonny's Crib," in my opinion. In any event, fans of the pianist who missed this title the first time around, will be delighted that "Dial 'S' For Sonny" has been re-dialed.
By Michael B. Richman.
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Dial "S" for Sonny, Sonny Clark's first session for Blue Note Records and his first session as a leader, is a terrific set of laidback bop, highlighted by Clark's liquid, swinging solos. Clark leads a first-rate group — Art Farmer (trumpet), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Wilbur Ware (bass), Louis Hayes (drums) — through four originals and two standards, balancing the selections between swinging bop and reflective ballads. There are traces of Bud Powell in Clark's style, but he's beginning to come into his own, developing a style that's alternately edgy and charmingly relaxed. Mobley, Farmer and Fuller have their moments, but Clark steals the show in this set of fine, straight-ahead bop.
By Stephen Thomas Erlewine.
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Sonny Clark- Piano
Art Farmer- Trumpet
Curtis Fuller- Trombone
Hank Mobley- Tenor Sax
Wilbur Ware- Bass
Louis Hayes- Drums
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01. Dial S For Sonny 7.27
02. Bootin' It (stereo Take) 5.17
03. It Could Happen To You 6.59
04. Sonny's Mood 8.38
05. Shoutin' On A Riff 6.45
06. Love Walked In 5.51
07. Bootin' It (mono take) 5.15
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