Clark,Sonny Sonny'S Conception CD

2011 four CD box set from the Jazz/Hard Bop pianist. Sonny Clark's playing oozed a sense of effortless ease. Many pianists of the Hard Bop era sound like they are trying hard to swing, not Sonny, as Art Farmer once commented, 'A primary quality in Sonny Clark's playing is that there is no strain in it'. Original melodies and variations on standards seemed to flow from his fingers. An essential element of Clark's style was his use of stealthy melodic lines that could extend to several bars at the time and built through surprisingly accentuated melodic turns. Proper Box.

1. Improvisation No.1 2. All God's Chillun Got Rhythm 3. Body and Soul - Jeepers Creepers 4. Improvisation No.2 - Over the Rainbow 5. Move 6. Oslo 7. After You've Gone 8. Once in a While 9. Dial "S" for Sonny 10. Bootin' It 11. It Could Happen to You 12. Sonny's Mood 13. Shoutin' on a Riff 14. Love Walked in 15. News for Lulu 16. Sonny's Crib 17. Speak Low 18. With a Song in My Heart 19. Come Rain or Come Shine 20. I Didn't Know What Time It Was 21. Two Bass Hit 22. Bebop 23. Tadd's Delight 24. Softly As in a Morning Sunrise 25. I'll Remember April 26. Cool Struttin' 27. Blue Minor 28. Sippin' at Bells 29. Deep Night 30. Black Velvet 31. I'm Just a Lucky So and So 32. Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You? 33. Ain't No Use 34. The Breeze and I 35. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 36. Minor Meeting 37. Nica 38. Sonny's Crib 39. Blues Mambo 40. Blues Blue 41. Junka 42. My Conception 43. Sonja