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The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark

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 Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark
Compilation album by
Grant Green
Released1997
RecordedDecember 23, 1961 (CD 1, 8-10; CD2 1-3)
January 13, 1962 (CD 1, 1-7)
January 31, 1962 (CD 2, 4-9)
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
Length134:59
LabelBlue Note
ProducerAlfred Lion, Michael Cuscuna
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]

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.

It is not to be confused with a 1990 collection from Mosaic Records, The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Grant Green With Sonny Clark,[3] which features all the quartet sessions plus the quintet session that became the 1985 Born to Be Blue album.

Reception edit

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] Writing for All About Jazz, Reid Thompson described the album as "full of intuition, soul, and swing, and lacking in pretense," going on to say that the album "has me asking myself 'does music get any better than this?'"[4]

Track listing edit

Disc one edit

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

Disc two edit

  1. "Moon River" (Henry Mancini, Johnny 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" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 7:15
  6. "Tune Up" (Eddie Vinson) – 7:19
  7. "Hip Funk" (Green) – 8:39
  8. "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 8:32
  9. "Oleo" [Alternative Take] - 6:00

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark - Grant Green - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 599.
  3. ^ Records, Mosaic (2021-04-21). "Grant Green - Complete Blue Note Recordings - Mosaic Records". Mosaic Records - Home for Jazz fans!. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  4. ^ Thompson, Reid (December 1, 2001). "Grant Green: The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark". All About Jazz.
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