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Sonny Clark, unanimously regarded as one of the most brilliant pianists and composers of the hard bop era, gave everyone the impression that he was perfectly prepared when he recorded his intense, swinging debut album “Dial ‘S’ For Sonny” on Blue Note in 1957. For this record, Clark assembled a top-notch sextet consisting of trumpeter Art Farmer, trombonist Curtis Fuller, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, double bassist Wilbur Ware, and drummer Louis Hayes. Clark wrote four of the six tracks on the album, including the title track, the brilliantly lively “Bootin‘ It”, the emblematic theme “Sonny's Mood” and the lively swing “Shoutin’ On A Riff”. The record is rounded off by two standards: a beautiful reinterpretation of the ballad “It Could Happen To You”, in which Farmer's trumpet presents the opening theme and concludes magnificently, and George Gershwin's “Love Walked In”, which proves to be one of Clark's timeless classics, allowing his imaginative style to shine in all its glory.
As part of the extremely popular “Blue Note 85th Anniversary Reissue Series” Universal Music Japan presents the sonically impressive remastering of this jazz classic by the legendary Kevin Gray, who is also responsible for Blue Note US's analog reissues such as “Tone Poet” and “Classic Vinyl” – as a limited Japan only UHQCD with OBI stripe. The original recording session for “Dial "S" For Sonny” took place on July 21, 1957 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey.
UHQCD
1. Dial “S” For Sonny
2. Bootin’ It
3. It Could Happen To You
4. Sonny's Mood
5. Shoutin’ On A Riff
6. Love Walked In