Sonny Clark

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Sonny Clark was an influential American jazz pianist and composer known for his hard bop recordings in the 1950s, particularly on the Blue Note label.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
hard bop musician
human
jazz pianist
activeYearsEnd 1963
activeYearsStart 1950
associatedAct Art Farmer NERFINISHED
Buddy DeFranco NERFINISHED
Clifford Brown NERFINISHED
Dexter Gordon NERFINISHED
Grant Green NERFINISHED
Hank Mobley NERFINISHED
Jackie McLean NERFINISHED
John Coltrane NERFINISHED
Lee Morgan NERFINISHED
Max Roach NERFINISHED
Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED
birthName Conrad Yeatis Clark NERFINISHED
burialPlace Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1931-07-21
dateOfDeath 1963-01-13
genre hard bop
jazz
givenName Conrad NERFINISHED
influenced later hard bop pianists
instrument piano
legacy regarded as a major hard bop pianist of the 1950s and early 1960s
movement hard bop
name Sonny Clark NERFINISHED
nationality American
nickname Sonny NERFINISHED
notableFor distinctive hard bop piano style
influential Blue Note recordings in the 1950s
notableWork Cool Struttin' NERFINISHED
Dial "S" for Sonny NERFINISHED
Leapin' and Lopin' NERFINISHED
My Conception NERFINISHED
Sonny Clark Trio NERFINISHED
Sonny's Crib NERFINISHED
occupation composer
pianist
placeOfBirth Herminie, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
recordLabel Blue Note Records
style bebop-influenced piano playing
workedFor Blue Note Records NERFINISHED

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I'm Old Fashioned hasNotablePerformer Sonny Clark
subject surface form: "I'm Old Fashioned"
Grant Green associatedAct Sonny Clark