Musical Bacon: Sonny Clark

Artist name

Roles

Recordings

Ain't No Use, All of You, Black Velvet, Blue Minor, Blues Blue, Blues in the Night, Blues in the Night (alternate take), Bootin' It, Bootin' It (mono take), Can't We Be Friends, Can't We Be Friends?, Come Rain or Come Shine, Cool Struttin', Dancing in the Dark, Deep Night, Deep in a Dream, Dial "S" for Sonny, Eastern Incident, Eric Walks, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (alternate take), I Can't Give You Anything but Love, I Cover the Waterfront, I'm Just a Lucky So and So, It Could Happen to You, Junka, Little Sonny, Love Walked In, Lover, Melody for C, Melody for C (alternate take), Midnight Mambo, Minor Meeting (First version), Minor Meeting (Second version), My Conception, News for Lulu, Royal Flush, Royal Flush (Second version), Shoutin' on a Riff, Sippin' at Bells, Some Clark Bars, Somebody Loves Me, Somethin' Special, Sonny's Crib, Sonny's Crib (alternate take), Sonny's Mood, Speak Low, Speak Low (alternate take), The Breeze and I, Voodoo, With a Song in My Heart, With a Song in My Heart (alternate take), Zellmar's Delight

Rudy van Gelder

recording

Ain't No Use, All of You, Black Velvet, Blue Minor, Blues Blue, Blues in the Night, Blues in the Night (alternate take), Can't We Be Friends, Can't We Be Friends?, Come Rain or Come Shine, Cool Struttin', Dancing in the Dark, Deep Night, Deep in a Dream, Eastern Incident, Eric Walks, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (alternate take), I Can't Give You Anything but Love, I Cover the Waterfront, I'm Just a Lucky So and So, Junka, Little Sonny, Lover, Melody for C, Melody for C (alternate take), Midnight Mambo, Minor Meeting (First version), Minor Meeting (Second version), My Conception, News for Lulu, Royal Flush, Royal Flush (Second version), Sippin' at Bells, Some Clark Bars, Somebody Loves Me, Somethin' Special, Sonny's Crib, Sonny's Crib (alternate take), Speak Low, Speak Low (alternate take), The Breeze and I, Voodoo, With a Song in My Heart, With a Song in My Heart (alternate take), Zellmar's Delight

Slimy Git

Curtis Fuller

trombone

Bootin' It, Bootin' It (mono take), Come Rain or Come Shine, Dial "S" for Sonny, It Could Happen to You, News for Lulu, Shoutin' on a Riff, Sonny's Crib, Sonny's Crib (alternate take), Sonny's Mood, Speak Low, Speak Low (alternate take), With a Song in My Heart, With a Song in My Heart (alternate take)

Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist)

bass, double bass

All of You, Blue Minor, Blues Blue, Blues in the Night, Blues in the Night (alternate take), Can't We Be Friends, Can't We Be Friends?, Come Rain or Come Shine, Cool Struttin', Dancing in the Dark, Deep Night, Eastern Incident, I Cover the Waterfront, Junka, Little Sonny, Lover, Minor Meeting, Minor Meeting (First version), Minor Meeting (Second version), My Conception, News for Lulu, Royal Flush, Royal Flush (Second version), Sippin' at Bells, Some Clark Bars, Somebody Loves Me, Sonny's Crib, Sonny's Crib (alternate take), Speak Low, Speak Low (alternate take), With a Song in My Heart, With a Song in My Heart (alternate take)

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Alfred Lion	producer	Ain't No Use, All of You, Black Velvet, Blue Minor, Blues Blue, Blues in the Night, Blues in the Night (alternate take), Bootin' It, Bootin' It (mono take), Can't We Be Friends, Can't We Be Friends?, Come Rain or Come Shine, Cool Struttin', Dancing in the Dark, Deep Night, Deep in a Dream, Dial "S" for Sonny, Eastern Incident, Eric Walks, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (alternate take), I Can't Give You Anything but Love, I Cover the Waterfront, I'm Just a Lucky So and So, It Could Happen to You, Junka, Little Sonny, Love Walked In, Lover, Melody for C, Melody for C (alternate take), Midnight Mambo, Minor Meeting (First version), Minor Meeting (Second version), My Conception, News for Lulu, Royal Flush, Royal Flush (Second version), Shoutin' on a Riff, Sippin' at Bells, Some Clark Bars, Somebody Loves Me, Somethin' Special, Sonny's Crib, Sonny's Crib (alternate take), Sonny's Mood, Speak Low, Speak Low (alternate take), The Breeze and I, Voodoo, With a Song in My Heart, With a Song in My Heart (alternate take), Zellmar's Delight
Rudy van Gelder	recording	Ain't No Use, All of You, Black Velvet, Blue Minor, Blues Blue, Blues in the Night, Blues in the Night (alternate take), Can't We Be Friends, Can't We Be Friends?, Come Rain or Come Shine, Cool Struttin', Dancing in the Dark, Deep Night, Deep in a Dream, Eastern Incident, Eric Walks, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (alternate take), I Can't Give You Anything but Love, I Cover the Waterfront, I'm Just a Lucky So and So, Junka, Little Sonny, Lover, Melody for C, Melody for C (alternate take), Midnight Mambo, Minor Meeting (First version), Minor Meeting (Second version), My Conception, News for Lulu, Royal Flush, Royal Flush (Second version), Sippin' at Bells, Some Clark Bars, Somebody Loves Me, Somethin' Special, Sonny's Crib, Sonny's Crib (alternate take), Speak Low, Speak Low (alternate take), The Breeze and I, Voodoo, With a Song in My Heart, With a Song in My Heart (alternate take), Zellmar's Delight
Curtis Fuller	trombone	Bootin' It, Bootin' It (mono take), Come Rain or Come Shine, Dial "S" for Sonny, It Could Happen to You, News for Lulu, Shoutin' on a Riff, Sonny's Crib, Sonny's Crib (alternate take), Sonny's Mood, Speak Low, Speak Low (alternate take), With a Song in My Heart, With a Song in My Heart (alternate take)
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist)	bass, double bass	All of You, Blue Minor, Blues Blue, Blues in the Night, Blues in the Night (alternate take), Can't We Be Friends, Can't We Be Friends?, Come Rain or Come Shine, Cool Struttin', Dancing in the Dark, Deep Night, Eastern Incident, I Cover the Waterfront, Junka, Little Sonny, Lover, Minor Meeting, Minor Meeting (First version), Minor Meeting (Second version), My Conception, News for Lulu, Royal Flush, Royal Flush (Second version), Sippin' at Bells, Some Clark Bars, Somebody Loves Me, Sonny's Crib, Sonny's Crib (alternate take), Speak Low, Speak Low (alternate take), With a Song in My Heart, With a Song in My Heart (alternate take)
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist)	tenor saxophone	Blues Blue, Bootin' It, Bootin' It (mono take), Dial "S" for Sonny, It Could Happen to You, Junka, Minor Meeting (Second version), My Conception, Royal Flush (Second version), Shoutin' on a Riff, Some Clark Bars, Sonny's Mood
Jackie McLean	alto saxophone	Blue Minor, Cool Struttin', Deep Night, Lover, Royal Flush, Sippin' at Bells
Wesley Landers (Jazz drummer)	drums	Ain't No Use, All of You, Black Velvet, Blues in the Night, Blues in the Night (alternate take), Can't We Be Friends, Can't We Be Friends?, Dancing in the Dark, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (alternate take), I Can't Give You Anything but Love, I Cover the Waterfront, I'm Just a Lucky So and So, Somebody Loves Me, The Breeze and I
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter)	trumpet	Blues Blue, Come Rain or Come Shine, Junka, Minor Meeting (Second version), My Conception, News for Lulu, Royal Flush (Second version), Some Clark Bars, Sonny's Crib, Sonny's Crib (alternate take), Speak Low, Speak Low (alternate take), With a Song in My Heart, With a Song in My Heart (alternate take)
Al Randall	drums	All the Things You Are, Bags Groove, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, But Not for Me, D & E, Night in Tunisia, Ow, Theme, There Will Never Be You, What's New, Willow Weep for Me, You Go to My Head
Jerry Good	bass	All the Things You Are, Bags Groove, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, But Not for Me, D & E, Night in Tunisia, Ow, Theme, There Will Never Be You, What's New, Willow Weep for Me, You Go to My Head
Art Farmer	trumpet	Blue Minor, Bootin' It, Bootin' It (mono take), Cool Struttin', Deep Night, Dial "S" for Sonny, It Could Happen to You, Lover, Royal Flush, Shoutin' on a Riff, Sippin' at Bells, Sonny's Mood
Ike Quebec	tenor saxophone	Deep in a Dream
Clifford Jordan	tenor saxophone	Eastern Incident, Little Sonny, Minor Meeting, Minor Meeting (First version)
John Coltrane	tenor saxophone	Come Rain or Come Shine, News for Lulu, Sonny's Crib, Sonny's Crib (alternate take), Speak Low, Speak Low (alternate take), With a Song in My Heart, With a Song in My Heart (alternate take)
Tommy Turrentine	trumpet	Deep in a Dream, Eric Walks, Melody for C, Melody for C (alternate take), Midnight Mambo, Somethin' Special, Voodoo, Zellmar's Delight
Charlie Rouse	tenor saxophone	Deep in a Dream, Eric Walks, Melody for C, Melody for C (alternate take), Midnight Mambo, Somethin' Special, Voodoo, Zellmar's Delight
Art Taylor	drums	Come Rain or Come Shine, News for Lulu, Sonny's Crib, Sonny's Crib (alternate take), Speak Low, Speak Low (alternate take), With a Song in My Heart, With a Song in My Heart (alternate take)
Billy Higgins (US jazz drummer)	drums	Deep in a Dream, Eric Walks, Melody for C, Melody for C (alternate take), Midnight Mambo, Somethin' Special, Voodoo, Zellmar's Delight
Butch Warren	bass, double bass	Deep in a Dream, Eric Walks, Melody for C, Melody for C (alternate take), Midnight Mambo, Somethin' Special, Voodoo, Zellmar's Delight
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer)	drums	Blue Minor, Cool Struttin', Deep Night, Lover, Royal Flush, Sippin' at Bells
Louis Hayes	drums	Bootin' It, Bootin' It (mono take), Dial "S" for Sonny, It Could Happen to You, Love Walked In, Shoutin' on a Riff, Sonny's Mood
Jymie Merritt	bass	Ain't No Use, Black Velvet, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (alternate take), I Can't Give You Anything but Love, I'm Just a Lucky So and So, The Breeze and I
Wilbur Ware	bass	Bootin' It, Bootin' It (mono take), Dial "S" for Sonny, It Could Happen to You, Love Walked In, Shoutin' on a Riff, Sonny's Mood
Art Blakey	drums	Blues Blue, Junka, Minor Meeting (Second version), My Conception, Royal Flush (Second version), Some Clark Bars
Kenny Burrell	guitar	Eastern Incident, Little Sonny, Minor Meeting, Minor Meeting (First version)
Pete La Roca	drums	Eastern Incident, Little Sonny, Minor Meeting, Minor Meeting (First version)
Cannonball Adderley	alto saxophone	The Way You Look Tonight
Sam Jones (jazz bassist)	double bass	The Way You Look Tonight
Charles “Specs” Wright	drums	The Way You Look Tonight
Nat Adderley	trumpet	The Way You Look Tonight

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Slimy Git	organ, piano	A Foggy Day, Autumn Leaves, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Blues in the Closet, But Beautiful, Cable Car, Cooking the Blues, Deep Purple, Everything Happens to Me, Gerry’s Tune, Getting a Balance, How About You, I Can’t Get Started, I wish I Knew, If I Should Lose You, Indian Summer, I’ll Remember April, Jack the Fieldstalker, Laura, Little Girl Blue, Lover Man, Mine, Minor Incident, Moe, Monogram, Now’s the Time, Sonny’s Idea, Stardust, Tenderly, That Old Black Magic, The Bright One, The Nearness of You, They Say It’s Wonderful, Titoro (long version), Titoro (short version), What Can I Say Dear, Willow Weep for Me, Yesterdays, You Go to My Head
Curtis Fuller	piano	Again, Algonquin, Bone & Bari, Carvon, Da-Baby, Fuss Budget, Heart and Soul, It's Too Late Now, Jeanie, Little Messenger, Loquacious Lady, Mean Jean, Nita's Waltz, Oatmeal Cookie, Pajama Tops, Pickup, Quantrale, Slide's Ride, Two Quarters Of A Mile
Grant Green	piano	Airegin, Airegin (alternate take), Back in Your Own Back Yard, Born to Be Blue, Born to Be Blue (alternate take), Cool Blues, Count Every Star, Gooden's Corner, Grenada, Hey There, Hip Funk, I Concentrate on You, If I Should Lose You, It Ain't Neccessarily So, Little Girl Blue, Moon River, My Favorite Things, My One and Only Love, Nancy (With the Laughing Face), Oleo, On Green Dolphin Street, Outer Space, Shadrack, Someday My Prince Will Come, The Song Is You, The Things We Did Last Summer, Tune-Up, Two for One, What Is This Thing Called Love?, Woody 'n You (take 4), Woody 'n You (take 7)
Hank Mobley	piano	Bag's Groove, Curtain Call, Darn That Dream, Deep in a Dream, Don't Get Too Hip, Double Exposure, East of Brooklyn, Falling In Love With Love, Gettin' Into Something, Getting Into Something, Mighty Moe and Joe, Mighty Moe and Joe (alternate take), My Reverie, News, On the Bright Side, Poppin', The Mobe, Tune Up
Jackie McLean	piano	A Fickle Sonance, Blues Inn, Blues for Jackie, Blues in a Jiff, Cabin in the Sky, Enitnerrut, Fidel, Five Will Get You Ten, Iddy Bitty, Lost, Marilyn's Dilemma, Nicely, Nursery Blues, Rainy Blues, Subdued, Sundu, The Three Minors, The Way I Feel, Tippin' the Scales, Tippin' the Scales (alternate take), Two for One, Two for One (alternate take #1), Two for One (alternate take #2)
Sonny Criss	piano	After You've Gone, Anything Goes, Blue Prelude, Come Rain or Come Shine, Easy to Love, How Deep Is the Ocean, How High the Moon, I Get a Kick Out of You, I Love You, If I Had You, In the Still of the Night, It's All Right With Me, It's Alright With Me, Just One of Those Things, Love for Sale, Memories of You, Night and Day, Summertime, The Blues for Rose, The Man I Love, Until the Real Thing Comes Along, Wailin' With Joe, What Is This Thing Called Love
Sonny Clark Trio	piano	Be-Bop, Blue Minor, Cool Struttin', Deep Night, I Didn't Know What Time It Was (alternate take), I Didn’t Know What Time It Was, I'll Remember April, Sippin' at Bells, Softly as in a Morning Sunrise, Tadd's Delight, Tadd's Delight (alternate take), Two Bass Hit, Two Bass Hit (alternate take)
Dexter Gordon	piano	(It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along, Cheese Cake, Don't Explain, I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry, Love for Sale, McSplivens, Second Balcony Jump, Soy Califa, The Backbone, Three O'Clock in the Morning, Where Are You?, You Stepped Out of a Dream
Stanley Turrentine	piano	Brother Tom, Brother Tom (alternate take), Cotton Walk, Jubilee Shout, Little Girl Blue, Mild Is The Mood, My Girl Is Just Enough Woman For Me, My Ship, My Ship (alternate take), Sheri, You Said It
Tim Oceans	piano	Blue Sands, Ideal, Jubilation, Latin for Lovers, Love Me or Levey, Mambo Las Vegas, Octavia, Swing House, Taxi War Dance, Topsy, Waikikian
Serge Chaloff	piano	A Handful of Stars, All the Things You Are, How About You, I've Got the World on a String, I’ve Got the World on a String, Stairway to the Stars, Susie's Blues, Susie’s Blues, Thanks for the Memory, The Goof and I
Ike Quebec	piano	B.G.'s Groove Two, Congo Lament, Count Every Star, Easy Living, I've Got a Crush on You, I.Q. Shuffle, Nancy (with the Laughing Face), Que's Pills, See See Rider
Clifford Jordan	piano	Anthropology, Cliff Craft, Confirmation, Laconia, Sophisticated Lady, Soul-Lo Blues
Reo Nerva	piano	Body and Soul, Invention, Jumping for Jane, Once in a While, Pennies From Heaven, Stella by Starlight, There Will Never Be Another You, Yesterdays, You Go to My Head
John Coltrane	piano	Sonny's Crib
Sonny Rollins	piano	Cutie, Dearly Beloved, Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye, Funky Hotel Blues, Just in Time, Mangoes, Toot-Toot Tootsie, What Is There to Say
In Reverence	piano	Blues Blue, Blues Mambo, Junka, Minor Meeting, My Conception, Nica, Sonia, Sonny’s Crip
David Quick	piano	Blues Blue, Blues Mambo, Junka, Minor Meeting, My Conception, Nica, Sonja, Sonny's Crip
Lee Morgan	piano	All at Once You Love Her, All the Way, C.T.A., Candy, Personality, Since I Fell for You, Who Do You Love, I Hope, Who do You Love, I Hope?
DJ Babão	piano	Blues for Two, Chalumeau, Chalumeau (Stereo TK), Everything I Have Is Yours, From This Moment On, Motif, Sharon, Sharon (Stereo TK)
Philly Joe Jones	piano	Interpretation, Minor Mode
Jimmy Raney	piano	Body and Soul, Once in a While, Pennies From Heaven, Stella by Starlight, There Will Never Be Another You, Yesterdays, You Go to My Head
Baron Longfellow	piano	Doxy, Flamingo, Frieda, I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful), My Delux, Things We Did Last Summer
Tina Brooks	piano	Everything Happens to Me, Minor Move, Minor Move (alternate take), Nutville, Star Eyes, The Way You Look Tonight
Bennie Green	piano	B.G. Mambo, Black Pearl, Lullaby of the Doomed, Soul Stirrin', That's All, We Wanna Cook
Johnny Griffin	piano	I Remember You, I'm Glad There Is You, It's You or No One, Latin Quarter, Main Spring, The Congregation
Frank Rosolino	piano	Doxy, Flamingo, Frieda, I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful), My Delux, The Things We Did Last Summer
Don Wilkerson	piano	Camp Meetin', Dem Tambourines, Homesick Blues, Jeanie Weenie, Pigeon Peas, The Eldorado Shuffle
Lou Donaldson	piano	Dewey Square, Groovin' High, Sputnik, Strollin' In
Tanzkrieg	piano	Happy Town

Artist name

Roles

Recordings

Slimy Git

organ, piano

A Foggy Day, Autumn Leaves, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Blues in the Closet, But Beautiful, Cable Car, Cooking the Blues, Deep Purple, Everything Happens to Me, Gerry’s Tune, Getting a Balance, How About You, I Can’t Get Started, I wish I Knew, If I Should Lose You, Indian Summer, I’ll Remember April, Jack the Fieldstalker, Laura, Little Girl Blue, Lover Man, Mine, Minor Incident, Moe, Monogram, Now’s the Time, Sonny’s Idea, Stardust, Tenderly, That Old Black Magic, The Bright One, The Nearness of You, They Say It’s Wonderful, Titoro (long version), Titoro (short version), What Can I Say Dear, Willow Weep for Me, Yesterdays, You Go to My Head

Curtis Fuller

piano

Again, Algonquin, Bone & Bari, Carvon, Da-Baby, Fuss Budget, Heart and Soul, It's Too Late Now, Jeanie, Little Messenger, Loquacious Lady, Mean Jean, Nita's Waltz, Oatmeal Cookie, Pajama Tops, Pickup, Quantrale, Slide's Ride, Two Quarters Of A Mile

Grant Green

piano

Airegin, Airegin (alternate take), Back in Your Own Back Yard, Born to Be Blue, Born to Be Blue (alternate take), Cool Blues, Count Every Star, Gooden's Corner, Grenada, Hey There, Hip Funk, I Concentrate on You, If I Should Lose You, It Ain't Neccessarily So, Little Girl Blue, Moon River, My Favorite Things, My One and Only Love, Nancy (With the Laughing Face), Oleo, On Green Dolphin Street, Outer Space, Shadrack, Someday My Prince Will Come, The Song Is You, The Things We Did Last Summer, Tune-Up, Two for One, What Is This Thing Called Love?, Woody 'n You (take 4), Woody 'n You (take 7)