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With billows and blasts from choirs and orchesters
Buskers and talkers
Big bands and squawkers,
the Stork Club has retained its qualities of decaying elegance and dwindling significance since the late 1950s.
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July 21, 2024: Jelena Ana Milcetic and Conrad Yeatis Clark
A Sunday birthday twin-bill featuring 95-year old singer Helen Merrill from New York, happily still in our mortal midst, a fearless explorer of many musics - and from the Pittsburgh region hard-bop pianist Sonny Clark, sadly whipped off HIS mortal coil at 31. But what a sweet legacy. This show is especially recommended for people who like people named Sonny... and/or Clark ... have a ball countin' 'em up on the playlist!
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| Helen Merrill |
Comes Love
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Helen Merrill With Strings | Helen Merrill - vocals • Hank Jones - piano • Barry Galbraith - guitar • Milt Hinton - double bass • Sol Gubin - drums • Unidentified strings arranged and conducted by Richard Hayman • Recorded • October 21, 22 & 24, 1955 • New York City |
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| Helen Merrill |
Itsi No Komoriuta
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The Artistry Of Helen Merrill | Bass – Keter Betts, Teddy Kotick; Clarinet – Jimmy Giuffre; Drums – Dave Bailey, Osie Johnson; Flute – Hal McKusick; Guitar – Charlie Byrd, Jimmy Raney - - 1965 |
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0:03:28 (Pop-up) |
| Sonny Clark |
Midnight Mambo
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Leapin' and Lopin' | Sonny Clark — piano • Tommy Turrentine — trumpet • Charlie Rouse — tenor saxophone • Butch Warren — bass • Billy Higgins — drums Recorded November 13, 1961 Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
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0:05:46 (Pop-up) |
| Helen Merrill |
Don't Leave Me Alone
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You and the Night and the Music | Helen Merrill - liner notes, producer, vocals • Tom Harrell - flugelhorn, trumpet • Bob Milikan - trumpet • Masabumi Kikuchi - piano • Torrie Zito - piano, electric piano • Charlie Haden - double bass • Paul Motian - drums • 1998 |
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0:12:53 (Pop-up) |
| Sonny Clark |
My Conception
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My Conception | Sonny Clark - piano • Donald Byrd - trumpet • Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone • Paul Chambers - bass • Art Blakey - drums - - Recorded on March 29, 1959 at the.Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey |
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0:16:19 (Pop-up) |
| DJ Beer 'n Skittles | 0:21:01 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Helen Merrill |
The Meaning Of The Blues
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You've Got A Date With The Blues | Bass – Al Hall; Drums – Johnny Cresci; Flute – Jerome Richardson; Guitar – Barry Galbraith; Piano – Jimmy Jones; Tenor Saxophone – Jerome Richardson; Written-By – Troup, Worth - 1958 |
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0:27:23 (Pop-up) |
| Dexter Gordon |
Love For Sale
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Go! | Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone • Sonny Clark – piano • Butch Warren – bass • Billy Higgins – drums • Recorded August 27, 1962 Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs |
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0:30:34 (Pop-up) |
| Helen Merrill |
Just Imagine
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The Nearness Of You | Double Bass – Oscar Pettiford; Drums – Jo Jones; Flute – Bobby Jaspar; Guitar – George Russell; Piano – Bill Evans - Recorded December 18 and 19, 1957 and February 21, 1958 at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago and unnamed studio, New York City |
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0:38:07 (Pop-up) |
| Helen Merrill |
My Lord and Master
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American Songbook Series : Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hammerstein | From The King and I- Arranged By – Torrie Zito Conductor – Torrie Zito Written-By – Rodgers & Hammerstein - -1982 |
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0:41:28 (Pop-up) |
| Sonny Clark Trio |
Sonny's Crib
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The 1960 Time Sessions | Bass – George Duvivier; Drums – Max Roach; Piano – Sonny Clark - - Recorded at Bell Studios in NYC, January 5 and 6, 1960 |
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0:44:36 (Pop-up) |
| Helen Merrill |
Salice Piange Per Me
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Parole E Musica | (Original Television Soundtrack) Voice [La Voce De] – Fernando Caiati - - Recorded in Rome in 1960 |
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0:50:53 (Pop-up) |
| Helen Merrill |
Willow Weep For Me
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Parole E Musica | From the Italian Television Program "Moderato Swing" - Featuring [With] – Piero Umiliani And His Orchestra Alberto Corvini, Antonello Vannucchi, Baldo Maestri, Baldo Rossi, Beppe Carta, Beppe Cuccaro, Biagio Marullo, Bruno Carnini, Carlo Zoffoli, Cicci Santucci, Ennio Gabbi, Enzo Forte, Ernesto Pumpo, Giancarlo Becattini, Gianni Basso, Gino Marinacci, Giuseppe Taurino, Livio Cerveglieri, Marcello Boschi, Mario Midana - - Recorded in Rome in 1960 |
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0:52:28 (Pop-up) |
| Sonny Clark Trio |
Blues In The Night
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Blues In The Night | Sonny Clark - piano • Paul Chambers - bass • Wes Landers - drums • Recorded • December 7, 1958 |
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0:55:17 (Pop-up) |
| Helen Merrill & Stan Getz |
It's Not Easy Being Green
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Just Friends | Helen Merrill (vocals) • Joachim Kuhn or Torrie Zito (piano) Recorded on June 19 & July 15, 1989, at Clinton Recording |
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1:01:13 (Pop-up) |
| Helen Merrill |
Some Of These Days
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Clear Out Of This World | Vocals – Helen Merrill; Bass, vocals – Red Mitchell - - Recorded on July 31, August 1 & 2, 1991 in New York City and September 3, 1991 in Los Angeles |
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1:04:07 (Pop-up) |
| The Buddy DeFranco Quintet |
The Nearness Of You
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Sweet And Lovely | Bass – Gene Wright Clarinet – Buddy DeFranco Drum – Bobby White Guitar – Tal Farlow Organ – Sonny Clark Piano – Sonny Clark - - Recorded: September 1, 1954 and August 12 & 26, 1955 Los Angeles, CA. |
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1:08:07 (Pop-up) |
| DJ Cockamamie | 1:13:00 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Sonny Clark |
Little Sonny
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Quintets | Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone; Pete LaRoca - drums; Kenny Burrell - guitar - - recorded December 8th, 1958. |
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1:19:05 (Pop-up) |
| Helen Merrill |
Yesterdays
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Helen Merrill | Helen Merrill - vocals • Clifford Brown - trumpet • Danny Bank - bass clarinet, flute, baritone saxophone • Jimmy Jones - piano • Barry Galbraith - guitar • Oscar Pettiford - cello, double bass • Bobby Donaldson - drums • Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor • Recorded • December 22–24, 1954 |
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1:25:39 (Pop-up) |
| Sonny Rollins |
Toot, Toot, Tootsie
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The Sound of Sonny | Bass – Percy Heath; Drums – Roy Haynes; Piano – Sonny Clark; Tenor Saxophone – Sonny Rollins - -1957 |
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1:31:39 (Pop-up) |
| Grant Green |
Shadrack
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Gooden's Corner | Grant Green - guitar • Sonny Clark - piano • Sam Jones - bass • Louis Hayes - drums • Recorded December 23, 1961 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs |
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1:36:00 (Pop-up) |
| Helen Merrill / Dick Katz |
Baltimore Oriole
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The Feeling Is Mutual | Bass – Ron Carter; Cornet – Thad Jones; Drums – Arnie Wise; Guitar – Jim Hall; Piano – Dick Katz: Vocals – Helen Merrill - - Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios and RCA Studios, New York, 1965 |
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1:42:22 (Pop-up) |
| Helen Merrill |
Under Darkest Skies
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Affinity | Helen Merrill, vocals; Masahiko Sato, piano, electric piano;; Hozan Yamamoto, shakuhachi; Noboyushi Ino, bass; Masahiko Togashi, percussion - - Recorded at Teichiku Suginami Studio, Tokyo, on 10-11 July, 1982 |
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1:47:13 (Pop-up) |
| Sonny Clark Trio |
Two Bass Hit
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Sonny Clark Trio (1957, Blue Note) | Sonny Clark – piano • Paul Chambers – bass • Philly Joe Jones – drums • Recorded October 13, 1957 at Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, New Jersey |
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1:53:14 (Pop-up) |
| Helen Merrill |
Listen
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Mercury – 71166x45 B-Side b/w Blue Guitar | Orchestra – Harold "Hal" Mooney Orch. Vocals – Helen Merrill |
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1:56:58 (Pop-up) |
| Helen Merrill |
Easy Come, Easy Go
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Merrill at Midnight | Helen Merrill - vocals • Marian McPartlan- piano • Bill Mure - guitar • Milt Hinton - double bass • Sol Gubin - drums • Unidentified orchestra arranged and conducted by Hal Mooney • Recorded • February 21 & 27, 1957 • New York City |
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1:59:34 (Pop-up) |
| Sonny Criss |
It's Alright with Me
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Plays Cole Porter | Alto Saxophone – Sonny Criss; Bass – Buddy Clark; Drums – Lawrence Marable; Piano – Sonny Clark; Vibraphone – Larry Bunker - - Recorded 1956, LA |
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2:03:18 (Pop-up) |
| DJ Yeah, I Know | 2:06:25 (Pop-up) | ||||
| Helen Merrill |
Round About Midnight
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Music Makers | Helen Merrill - vocals • Gordon Beck - piano, electric piano • Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone • Recorded • March 1986 |
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2:12:48 (Pop-up) |
| Sonny Clark |
Cool Struttin’
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Cool Struttin’ | Sonny Clark – piano • Art Farmer – trumpet • Jackie McLean – alto saxophone • Paul Chambers – bass • Philly Joe Jones – drums • Recorded January 5, 1958 at Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, NJ |
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2:18:48 (Pop-up) |
| Helen Merrill |
Lonely Woman
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A Shade of Difference | Alto Saxophone – Gary Bartz; Bass – Richard Davis ; Composed By – Ornette Coleman; Cornet – Thad Jones; Drums – Elvin Jones; Flute – Hubert Laws; Guitar – Jim Hall; Lyrics By – Margo Guryan; Piano – Dick Katz - - 1968 |
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2:28:10 (Pop-up) |
| Helen Merrill With Gary Peacock Trio |
My Man
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Sposin' | Bass – Gary Peacock; Drums – Motohiko Hino; Piano – Masahiko Satoh; Vocals – Helen Merrill - - - Recorded Oct. 21/25. '71 At No.2 Studio, Mohri Studio |
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2:31:57 (Pop-up) |
| Sonny Clark |
Come Rain Or Come Shine
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Sonny's Crib | Bass – Paul Chambers; Drums – Art Taylor; Piano – Sonny Clark; Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane; Trombone – Curtis Fuller; Trumpet – Donald Byrd - - Recorded on September 1, 1957 |
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2:36:28 (Pop-up) |
| John Lewis & Helen Merrill |
Django
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John Lewis & Helen Merrill | Bass – Richard Davis; Drums – Connie Kay; Flute – Hubert Laws; Piano, written by – John Lewis; Vocals – Helen Merrill - - Recorded: May 17, 1976, RCA Studios, New York |
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2:43:53 (Pop-up) |
| Bennie Green |
Soul Stirrin'
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Soul Stirrin' | Bennie Green – trombone, vocals • Gene Ammons, Billy Root – tenor saxophone • Sonny Clark – piano • Ike Isaacs – bass • Elvin Jones – drums • Babs Gonzales – vocals • Recorded April 28, 1958 at Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, NJ |
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2:49:03 (Pop-up) |
| Off With Your DJ!! | 2:55:54 (Pop-up) |
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
' Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milcetic; July 21, 1929) is an American jazz vocalist. Her first album, the eponymous 1954 recording Helen Merrill (with Clifford Brown on EmArcy), was an immediate success and associated her with the first generation of bebop jazz musicians. After an active 1950s and 1960s, Merrill spent time recording and touring in Europe and Japan, falling into obscurity in the United States. In the 1980s and 1990s, she was recorded by EmArcy, JVC and Verve, and her performances in America revived her profile. Known for her emotional, sensual vocal performances, she continues to perform today, her career now in its sixth decade of concerts and recordings '...
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' Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark (July 21, 1931 – January 13, 1963) was an American jazz pianist and composer who mainly worked in the hard bop idiom...
In New York, Clark was often requested as a sideman by many musicians, partly because of his rhythmic comping. He frequently recorded for Blue Note Records as one of their house musicians, playing as a sideman with many hard bop players '...
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Hi Stork and storkerini!
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Dean:
Learned to love Clifford Brown (whose son, Cliff, Jr., is a DJ in these parts) via his EmArcy "And Strings" album. From there I picked up the EmArcy Brown box, which includes the record with Merrill. What a collection!
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Believe me tom tom, that faction is here too, and likely to be elected :(
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Metaphor of Humankind's expanding ability to make its desires manifest - outpaced by evolving wisdom or maturity...
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2oz Glenn Gould. I mean Passaic. Glen Passaic.
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(and i think all this would've killed Biden, so good for him.)
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Though woefully uninformed, I've always respected and acknowledged the work of Sonny Clark, so thanks for the fine selection of his recordings.
I "thought" I was informed enough on Helen Merrill to go with a, "yeah cute but whatever" assessment of her work. Well, again woefully uninformed and also totally wrong of me. More listening adventures await.
Thank you!
Still waiting on a successful formulation and distribution of Glenn Passaic paletas o helados. ¡gracias!
Onwards...
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but in any case he's about as opposite to trump as one can get.
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