The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark

The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark
Compilation album by Grant Green
Released 1997
Recorded December 23, 1961 (CD 1, 8-10; CD2 1-3)
January 13, 1962 (CD 1, 1-7)
January 31, 1962 (CD 2, 4-9)
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length 134:59
Label Blue Note
Producer Alfred Lion, Michael Cuscuna
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]

The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark is a 1997 compilation album by jazz guitarist Grant Green, collecting together all the tracks from a series of albums he recorded with pianist Sonny Clark in 1961 and '62.

The original material was shelved until after Clark's death in 1963 and Grant's death in 1979, and was first issued only in Japan as the albums Nigeria, Oleo and Gooden's Corner. The collection also includes one additional tune, "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)", and alternative takes of "Airegin" and "Oleo", all recorded during the same sessions, and originally featured on a 1989 Mosaic collection.

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection.[2] A review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic.com stated, "this is superb music, showcasing the guitarist and pianist at their very best."[1]

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) - 7:32
  2. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 10:22
  3. "I Concentrate on You" (Porter) - 5:48
  4. "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Cahn, Styne) - 5:56
  5. "The Song Is You" (Hammerstein II, Kern) - 7:46
  6. "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Van Heusen, Silvers) - 6:25
  7. "Airegin" [Alternative Take] - 7:37
  8. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Kaper, Washington) - 6:26
  9. "Shadrack" (MacGimsey) - 6:23
  10. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Porter) - 5:50

Disc two

  1. "Moon River" (Mancini, Mercer) - 5:37
  2. "Gooden's Corner" - 8:14
  3. "Two for One" - 7:41
  4. "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:37
  5. "Little Girl Blue" (Hart, Rodgers) – 7:15
  6. "Tune-Up" (Eddie Vinson) – 7:19
  7. "Hip Funk" (Green) – 8:39
  8. "My Favorite Things" (Hammerstein II, Rodgers) – 8:32
  9. "Oleo" [Alternative Take] - 6:00

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 599.
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