Night Song (Al Grey album)

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Night Song
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Studio album by
Released1963
RecordedNovember 2 & 5, 1962
StudioTer-Mar Studios, Chicago, IL
Genre Jazz
Length33:20
Label Argo
LP-711
Producer Esmond Edwards
Al Grey chronology
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(1962)
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Night Song is an album by trombonist Al Grey with saxophonist Billy Mitchell released in 1963 on the Argo label. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Track listing

  1. "Blues in the Night" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 5:20
  2. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) – 6:10
  3. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 4:55
  4. "Through for the Night" (Trummy Young) – 4:10
  5. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 5:20
  6. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – 4:30
  7. "Laughing Tonight" (Al Frisch, Roy Alfred) – 2:55

Personnel

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