ghost of miles Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) Already archived for online listening: Clark's Last Leap: Sonny Clark, 1961-62 Edited July 21, 2017 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 You could end with Clark's last bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest youmustbe Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 The second day I was in America in 1954..I went down the block in Jackson Heights, Queens, with my mother and saw this store on the corner... walked in and asked my mother to buy me a candy bar...I had never tasted a candy bar before...it was a Clark bar.....the taste still stays with me from that first bite...America! I go once a year by that store, now it is a stationery store or something, and relive that moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted February 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 You could end with Clark's last bar. Good one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 You could end with Clark's last bar. That looks more like Beethoven's last movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdavenport Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 (edited) I enjoyed this a lot David. I've always had a soft spot for Sonny, especially the "Leapin' and Lopin'" album. Cook & Morton said that on parts of "Cool Struttin" the music "practically levitates", and I absolutely know what they mean, though not necessarily with regard to that record. Some Sonny Clark solos have that effect on me eg on "Voodoo" (Leapin'), "It Ain't Necessarily So", and "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise" (Sonny Clark Trio). Another thing I love about Sonny is his quotations. I'm sure other musicians do them just as often and as well, if not better, but Sonny always makes them sound warm and funny. Edited February 24, 2009 by rdavenport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest youmustbe Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Hard to believe this guy lived in stairwells or park benches in between the great recording sessions1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted February 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Glad you guys enjoyed the show--it was a labor of love to put it together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I love Sonny Clark. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
televiper Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Fantastic stuff. I did a radio show on Clark awhile back that got a lot of positive response. His playing really touches a nerve with some people. Great work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Another terrific show, David! Playing "It Ain't Necessarily So" (all ten burning minutes of it!) had me bouncing in my seat here at the office! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Englewood Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 First time listening to your show, listening right now in fact, great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Check out a bunch more. Nice archive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Happy that you played my favorite 'Melody for C'. A good show. One thing I noticed is that you pronounced the album 'Lopin' -- like low-pin -- and here I always thought it was more like floppin'. Ooops. Don't tell anyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Happy that you played my favorite 'Melody for C'. A good show. One thing I noticed is that you pronounced the album 'Lopin' -- like low-pin -- and here I always thought it was more like floppin'. Ooops. Don't tell anyone! Derived from "lope". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Shouldn't be amazed he thought of "lop" first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Right, you immediately think heroin...and I think of lopping off the nuts of a guy who's trying to mess with my earmark. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Since when did that youmustbe guy get banned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Hard to believe this guy lived in stairwells or park benches in between the great recording sessions. What a fucked up country the U.S. is! A fantastic guy like that! And Britney is stinking rich. "Gimmie Gimmie". Truly, New York's No Lark. At that time, Bill Evans was said to be getting his electricity from an outlet outside his apartment door. Fortunately, Helen Keane rescued him and hooked him up with Creed Taylor. And, back in the Birth of the Cool days, Gil Evans' New York apartment had no heat! Sonny's solos are hypnotic, like someone said. Especially on "Leapin' and Lopping", which is one of my favorite albums ever, and certainly my favorite Clark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 And, back in the Birth of the Cool days, Gil Evans' New York apartment had no heat! But, by the time he made Into the Hot, he was switched on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted July 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Upping this today for the anniversary of Clark's birth: Clark's Last Leap: Sonny Clark, 1961-62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted July 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 We recently Clark’s Last Leap: Sonny Clark 1961-62, and I’m upping today in honor of what would have been his 90th birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted July 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2023 Up again in honor of Clark’s birthday today and the release of the new Mosaic set: Clark’s Last Leap: Sonny Clark 1961-62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Duckworth Posted July 22, 2023 Report Share Posted July 22, 2023 Great show-needless to say, it was right on time (again)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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