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)
Van 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.

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] Writing for All About Jazz, Reid Thomspon 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?'"[3]

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" (Miles Davis) – 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. "The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark - Grant Green - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 599.
  3. Thompson, Reid (December 1, 2001). "Grant Green: The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark". All About Jazz.
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