Sonny Clark - Leapin' and Lopin'

Sonny Clark's fifth Blue Note recording as a leader is generally regarded as his best, especially considering he composed four of the seven tracks, and they all bear his stamp of originality.

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Thanks to the remastering we really get inside the tenor tones of Charlie Rouse and the singing quality of Tommy Turrentine's much neglected trumpet. With Butch Warren on bass, Sonny Clark on piano and our man Higgins on drums, this was the in house rhythm section for Blue Note that provided so much outstanding back up to so many other legendary sessions as well as this one.

Sonny Clark's style of piano playing is audacious in the most unlikely way. For much of the time he hovers over the middle section of the keyboard as if inviting criticisms of blandness but his weaving, alternating line soon becomes irresistible. A first rate composer, he had a direct and lyrical simplicity that reminds me of Tina Brooks. 'Voodoo', a Clark original, I could quiet easily let run all night long. What a perfect composition to show off the singing, sky writing quality of Turrentine. During the fade out, as the horns maintain the head, Clark lets himself off the leash and starts meandering with those magical alternations that unwind like a ribbon. It's at that point, caught in the melodic web, you wish there was no end!

There's a certain inherent contradiction to his playing; a disinterested involvement. It all sounds deceptively easy but when Clark passed away and the in house rhythm section took on the wonderful Barry Harris, inevitably the placement of notes weren't quite the same and the unconscious flow became self conscious.

Ike Quebec's tenor sax guest appearance on `Deep in a Dream' adds to the lustre of this disk that finds Sonny Clark off loading a carnival of dance patterns for anybody with a foot tapping itch.

Tracks:
1. Somethin' Special
2. Deep In A Dream
3. Melody For C
4. Eric Walks
5. Voodoo
6. Midnight Mambo
7. Zellmar's Delight
8. Melody For C

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