N.Y.C.'s No Lark

Bill Evans · 1963 · Hommage à Sonny Clark, composition d'Evans

Context

First piece recorded for the album, on February 6, 1963, it is a somber piece by Evans in memory of Sonny Clark, who died a month earlier. The title is an anagram of his name, and the B section alludes to Stravinsky's The Firebird.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Cool (Birth of the Cool), Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Cool: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• 'Round Midnight (Bill Evans) (1963)
• Spartacus Love Theme (1963)
• Waltz for Debby (1961)
• My Foolish Heart (1961)
• Nardis (1961)
• My Man's Gone Now (1961)

Sources

• EN: Conversations with Myself (album)

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