Night and the City (album)

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Night and the City
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Live album by
ReleasedMarch 1998
RecordedSeptember 20–22, 1996
Venue The Iridium, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length70:45
Label Verve
Producer Charlie Haden and Ruth Cameron
Charlie Haden chronology
The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian
(1997)
Night and the City
(1998)
The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra
(1999)
Kenny Barron chronology
Live at Bradley's II
(1996)
Night and the City
(1998)
Spirit Song
(1999)

Night and the City is a live album by the bassist Charlie Haden and the pianist Kenny Barron, recorded at the Iridium Jazz Club in 1996 and released on the Verve label. [1]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell called the album "a thoughtful, intensely musical, sometimes haunting set of performances". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

  1. "Twilight Song" (Kenny Barron) - 12:47
  2. "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer) - 10:46
  3. "Spring Is Here" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 10:20
  4. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 10:25
  5. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 6:59
  6. "Waltz for Ruth" (Charlie Haden) - 8:27
  7. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) - 11:01
  • Recorded at the Iridium in New York City on September 20, 21 & 22, 1996

Personnel

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References

  1. Discogs album entry accessed December 6, 2011
  2. 1 2 Ginell, R. S. AllMusic Review accessed December 6, 2011
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 624. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.