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1979 studio album by Sonny Clark
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[1]
Blues in the Night is a studio album by pianist
Sonny Clark , featuring performances by Clark,
Paul Chambers and drummer Wes Landers.
[2] It was recorded in December 1958, but shelved until being released in Japan in 1979, as GXF 3051. All the tracks can also be found on the compilation
Standards . In 2014, it was reissued on a 24-bit remastered CD in Japan, as part of a limited series. The CD also included the six original pieces from
The Art of The Trio .
Track listing
"
Can't We Be Friends ?" (James, Swift) - 4:20
"
I Cover the Waterfront " (Green, Heyman) - 4:41
"
Somebody Loves Me " (Gerswhin, DeSylva, MacDonald) - 4:17
"Blues in the Night" (Arlen, Mercer) - 5:57
"Blues in the Night" [Alternate Take] - 7:15
"All of You" (
Porter ) - 3:55
"
Dancing in the Dark " (Schwartz, Dietz) - 3:31
"Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" [Alternate Take] - 3:53
Bonus tracks on 2014 Japanese CD reissue (UCCQ-5011):
"Ain't No Use" (Leroy Kirkland, Sidney Wyche) - 4:50
"Black Velvet" (Illinois Jacquet, Jimmy Mundy) - 3:23
"I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So (Mack David, Duke Ellington) - 4:32
"Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) - 4:00
"The Breeze and I" (Tutti Camarata, Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman) - 3:09
"I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 3:49
Personnel
References
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not release.
As leader As sideman
Minor Move (
Tina Brooks , 1958)
Blue Serge (
Serge Chaloff , 1956)
Lou Takes Off (
Lou Donaldson , 1957)
Bone & Bari (
Curtis Fuller , 1957)
Curtis Fuller Volume 3 (1957)
Two Bones (Curtis Fuller, 1958)
Go! (
Dexter Gordon , 1962)
A Swingin' Affair (Dexter Gordon, 1962)
Soul Stirrin' (Bennie Green, 1958)
The 45 Session (Bennie Green, 1958)
Gooden's Corner (
Grant Green , 1961)
Oleo (1962)
Nigeria (1962)
The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (Grant Green, 1961–62)
Born to Be Blue (Grant Green, 1962)
The Congregation (
Johnny Griffin , 1957)
John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (1957)
Showcase (
Philly Joe Jones , 1959)
Cliff Craft (
Clifford Jordan , 1957)
Jackie's Bag (
Jackie McLean , 1959)
A Fickle Sonance (Jackie McLean, 1961)
Vertigo (Jackie McLean, 1962)
Tippin' the Scales (Jackie McLean, 1962)
Poppin' (
Hank Mobley , 1957)
Hank Mobley (1957)
Curtain Call (Hank Mobley, 1957)
Candy (
Lee Morgan , 1957–58)
Easy Living (Ike Quebec, 1962)
The Sound of Sonny (
Sonny Rollins , 1957)
Smithville (
Louis Smith , 1957)
Stan 'The Man' Turrentine (1960)
Jubilee Shout!!! (
Stanley Turrentine , 1962)
Preach Brother! (
Don Wilkerson , 1962)