Dial "S" for Sonny
1957 studio album by Sonny Clark
Dial "S" for Sonny jazz pianist Sonny Clark . It was released in November 1957 through Blue Note Records .[ 1] Art Farmer , Curtis Fuller , and Hank Mobley and rhythm section Wilbur Ware and Louis Hayes .[ 4]
Background
Title
The album title is an allusion to Frederick Knott's play Dial M for Murder film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954.
Reception
Critic John S. Wilson , in a contemporaneous review, remarked "Art Farmer contributes some crackling solos to Dial S for Sonny , ... but he has to fight a chomp-chomp rhythm section."[ 5]
The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine states, "Dial 'S' for Sonny , Sonny Clark's first session for Blue Note Records and his first session as a leader, is a terrific set of laidback bop, highlighted by Clark's liquid, swinging solos... Clark steals the show in this set of fine, straight-ahead bop."[ 6]
Track listing
All compositions by Sonny Clark, except as indicated "Dial "S" for Sonny" – 7:26
"Bootin' It" – 5:17
"It Could Happen to You " (Johnny Burke , Jimmy Van Heusen ) – 6:59
"Sonny's Mood" – 8:38
"Shoutin' on a Riff" – 6:45
"Love Walked In " (George Gershwin , Ira Gershwin ) – 5:50
"Bootin' It" [Alternate Take] – 5:15 (CD bonus track)
Personnel
Musicians
Technical personnel
Charts
References
^ a b Parnes, Sid, ed. (November 9, 1957). "November Album Releases" (PDF) . The Cash Box Archived (PDF) from the original on July 9, 2021. ^ Allmusic Review ^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Penguin . p. 254. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 ^ Sonny Clark discography accessed December 21, 2009.^ Wilson, John S. (1959) The Collector's Jazz: Modern , p. 68. J. B. Lippincott.
^ Earlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed December 21, 2009.
^ "Ultratop.be – Sonny Clark – Dial %22S%22 for Sonny" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not release.
As leader As sideman
Minor Move Tina Brooks , 1958)Blue Serge Serge Chaloff , 1956)Lou Takes Off Lou Donaldson , 1957)Bone & Bari Curtis Fuller , 1957)Curtis Fuller Volume 3 Two Bones Go! Dexter Gordon , 1962)A Swingin' Affair Soul Stirrin' The 45 Session Gooden's Corner Grant Green , 1961)Oleo Nigeria The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark Born to Be Blue The Congregation Johnny Griffin , 1957)John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell Showcase Philly Joe Jones , 1959)Cliff Craft Clifford Jordan , 1957)Jackie's Bag Jackie McLean , 1959)A Fickle Sonance Vertigo Tippin' the Scales Poppin' Hank Mobley , 1957)Hank Mobley Curtain Call Candy Lee Morgan , 1957–58)Easy Living The Sound of Sonny Sonny Rollins , 1957)Smithville Louis Smith , 1957)Stan 'The Man' Turrentine Jubilee Shout!!! Stanley Turrentine , 1962)Preach Brother! Don Wilkerson , 1962)
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section
As leader With
At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 Art Blakey /The Jazz Messengers , 1955)At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 The Jazz Messengers Originally At the Jazz Corner of the World All Night Long Kenny Burrell , 1956)K.B. Blues Byrd's Eye View Donald Byrd , 1955)Byrd in Flight A New Perspective Mustang! Blackjack Dial "S" for Sonny Sonny Clark , 1957)My Conception Someday My Prince Will Come Miles Davis , 1961)In Person Friday and Saturday Nights Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall Afro-Cuban Kenny Dorham , 1955)Whistle Stop This Is New Kenny Drew , 1957)Undercurrent Farmer's Market Art Farmer , 1956)The Opener Curtis Fuller , 1957)Sliding Easy Afro Dizzy Gillespie , 1954)Dizzy and Strings Jazz Recital I Want to Hold Your Hand Grant Green , 1965)A Blowin' Session Johnny Griffin , 1957)My Point of View Herbie Hancock , 1963)Informal Jazz Elmo Hope , 1956)Goin' Up Freddie Hubbard , 1960)Blue Spirits The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 Together! Elvin Jones and Philly Joe Jones , 1961)Midnight Walk I Wanna Talk About You Tete Montoliu , 1980)Introducing Lee Morgan Lee Morgan Sextet Cornbread Lee Morgan , 1965)Charisma The Rajah Tenor Conclave Star Bright Dizzy Reece , 1959)The Cool Voice of Rita Reys Good Move! Freddie Roach 1963)The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley Max Roach + 4 The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker MAX Max Roach , 1958)Yasmina, a Black Woman Archie Shepp , 1969)Poem for Malcolm Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers Silver's Blue Horace Silver , 1956)6 Pieces of Silver The Stylings of Silver A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two Julius Watkins Sextet Compilations Related articles
