Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin'
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Piano : Sonny Clark [click here to see more products featuring Sonny Clark]
Alto Saxophone : Jackie McLean [click here to see more products featuring Jackie McLean]
Bass : Paul Chambers [click here to see more products featuring Paul Chambers]
Drums : "Philly" Joe Jones [click here to see more products featuring Philly Joe Jones]
Trumpet : Art Farmer [click here to see more vinyl featuring Art Farmer]
Written by Sonny Clark (A1-2), Miles Davis (B1), Charles Henderson (B2), Rudy Vallee (B2)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Optimal (Germany)
Label : Blue Note Classic vinyl Series
Original Label : Blue Note
Recorded on January 5th 1958 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder
Produced by Alfred Lion
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Liner Notes by Nat Hentoff
Photography by Francis Wolff
Originally released in June 1968
Reissued in June 2021
Tracks :
Side A :
- Cool Struttin'
- Blue Minor
Side B:
- Sippin' At Bells
- Deep Night
Reviews :
"Recorded in 1958, this legendary date with the still-undersung Sonny Clark in the leader's chair also featured a young Jackie McLean on alto (playing with a smoother tone than he had before or ever did again), trumpeter Art Farmer, and the legendary rhythm section of bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones, both from the Miles Davis band. The set begins with one of the preeminent "swinging medium blues" pieces in jazz history: the title track with its leveraged fours and eights shoved smoothly up against the walking bass of Chambers and the backbeat shuffle of Jones. Clark's solo, with its grouped fifths and sevenths, is a wonder of both understatement and groove, while Chambers' arco solo turns the blues in on itself. While there isn't a weak note on this record, there are some other tracks that stand out, most notably Miles' "Sippin' at Bells," with its loping Latin rhythm. When McLean takes his solo against a handful of Clark's shaded minor chords, he sounds as if he may blow it -- he comes out a little quick -- but he recovers nicely and reaches for a handful of Broadway show tunes to counter the minor mood of the piece. He shifts to both Ben Webster and Lester Young before moving through Bird, and finally to McLean himself, riding the margin of the changes to slip just outside enough to add some depth in the middle register. The LP closes with Henderson and Vallée's "Deep Night," the only number in the batch not rooted in the blues. It's a classic hard bop jamming tune and features wonderful solos by Farmer, who plays weird flatted notes all over the horn against the changes, and McLean, who thinks he's playing a kind of snake charmer blues in swing tune. This set deserves its reputation for its soul appeal alone." AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek
Rating:
Discogs 4.88 / 5 ; AllMusic : 5/5