Sonny Clark Trio Session on Blue Note

[jazztrain]

Can anyone help determine the date of the Sonny Clark Trio 1957 recording session for Blue Note where the following tunes were recorded?:

• I Didn't Know What Time It Was
• Two Bass Hit
• Be-Bop
• Tadd's Delight
• Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
• I'll Remember April

My edition of Cuscuna and Rupli lists September 13.

The Blue Note CD (CDP 7 46547 2) lists November 13.

Jazz Heroes Data Bank lists September 13.

The insert to my copy of a Japanese Toshiba-EMI LP reissue of Blue Note 81579 lists November 13.

The cover and insert to the Japanese Toshiba-EMI LP issue of Blue Note 61017 (Volume 2) lists September 13.

www.jazzdiscog.com lists October 13.

Lord lists October 13 and states that some sources incorrectly list September 13 or November 13 as the date.  The basis for this statement is not identified.

Lee Bloom's on-line Sonny Clark discography (http://www.leebloom.com/discography.htm) lists September 13.  

There was a 1984 Sonny Clark discography ("Some Clark Bars") that I don't haver access to.

Raben's Jazz Records lists November 13.

Bruyninckx lists October 13.

Can anyone provide anything definitive on the date?

Edited October 7, 2020 by jazztrain
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[mjzee]

My Cuscuna/Ruppli is the 2001 edition.  It lists the recording date as October 13, 1957, and states: "Note: CD incorrectly states the recording date as November 13, 1957."

[jazztrain]

Thanks, that's instructive.  Mine is the 1988 edition.  

My edition of Bryninckx appears to be from 1999 (but does not include a date).  Perhaps that's the source of the October 13 date.  

There's a later Paul Chambers biography that includes a discography.  That might help if anyone has it.

[Chuck Nessa]

My Bruyninckx is from 2004 and says "September 13 or November 13, 1957", so I will split the difference and accept Michael's October date.

Now I see October 13 was a Sunday, so.... 9/13 is a Friday and 11/13 is a Wednesday. Wasn't Friday Prestige day at RVG's or do I misremember.

Edited October 7, 2020 by Chuck Nessa

[jazztrain]

Chuck,

Your memory seems to be excellent.  Based on information from jazzdisco.org, in 1957 the sessions by RVG for Prestige broke down as follows:

Sunday:  1

Monday:  1

Tuesday:  3

Wednesday:  2

Thursday:  4

Friday:  49

Saturday:  8

For 1957 Blue Note sessions by RVG, most were on Sundays:

Monday:  1

Tuesday:  0

Wednesday:  1

Thursday:  0

Friday:  1

Saturday:  3

Sunday:  28

This suggests that the 10/13 (Sunday) date for the Sonny Clark session is much more likely the other dates.

Thanks!  I never noticed the pattern of dates by labels.

[Peter Friedman]

I have a copy of "Some Clark Bars", A Sonny Clark Discography.

It shows September 13, 1957 as the recording date.

The first edition of the discography was published  in February 1984