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

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The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark is a 1997 compilation album by jazz guitarist Grant Green, collecting together all the tracks from the rare albums Nigeria, Oleo and Gooden's Corner, originally shelved sessions released after Green's death on January 31, 1979. The collection also includes one additional tune, "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)", and alternate takes of "Airegin" and "Oleo", all recorded during the same sessions, and originally featured on a 1989 Mosaic collection. The Penguin Guide to Jazz has selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection.^[2]

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" [Alternate 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" [Alternate Take] - 6:00

Personnel

• Grant Green - guitar
• Sonny Clark - piano
• Sam Jones - bass
• Art Blakey - drums (disc one, tracks 1-7)
• Louis Hayes - drums (all other tracks)

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