Another Night in London | ||||
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Released | 2010 | |||
Recorded | May 1996 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Resonance Records | |||
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Another Night in London is a live jazz album recorded in 1996 by pianist Gene Harris. It was released in 2010 on the Resonance Records label as a follow-up to their best-selling album of 2008 Live in London . [1]
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