Sonny Clark

Also known as Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark, Conrad Yeatis Clark

American jazz pianist (1931–1963)

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1931-07-21
Active to: 1963-01-13

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Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark (July 21, 1931 – January 13, 1963) was an American jazz pianist who mainly worked in the hard bop idiom. Clark was born and raised in Herminie, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town southeast of Pittsburgh. At age 12, he moved to Pittsburgh. When visiting an aunt in California at age 20, Clark decided to stay and began working with saxophonist Wardell Gray. Clark went to San Francisco with Oscar Pettiford and after a couple months, was working with clarinetist Buddy DeFra

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Instance of: human
Family name: Clark
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Herminie
Place of death: New York City
Occupation: recording artist
Languages spoken: English language
Genre: hard bop
Instrument: piano
Record label: Blue Note

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date of birth: 1931-07-21
date of death: 1963-01-13
influenced by: Lennie Tristano
cause of death: myocardial infarction
manner of death: natural causes
start of work period: 1953-00-00
birth name: Conrad Yeatis Clark
pseudonym: Sonny Clark
name in native language: Sonny Clark

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