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"Sonny" Clark.

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Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark (July 21, 1931 – January 13, 1963)   1. Like  Fats Navarro  and  Charlie Parker  before him,  Sonny Clark 's life was short but it burned with musical intensity. Influenced deeply by  Bud Powell ,  Clark  nonetheless developed an intricate and hard-swinging harmonic sensibility that was full of nuance and detail. Regarded as the quintessential hard bop pianist,  Clark  never got his due before he passed away in 1963 at the age of 31, despite the fact that it can be argued that he never played a bad recording date either as a sideman or as a leader. Known mainly for seven records on the Blue Note label with a host of players including such luminaries as  John Coltrane ,  Art Farmer ,  Donald Byrd ,  Jackie McLean ,  Hank Mobley ,  Art Taylor ,  Paul Chambers ,  Wilbur Ware ,  Philly Joe Jones , and others,  Clark  actually made his recording debut with  Teddy Charles  and  Wardell Gray , but left soon after to join  Budd