Night and the City (album)

Night and the City
Live album by
Charlie Haden and Kenny Barron
ReleasedMarch 1998
RecordedSeptember 20–22, 1996
VenueThe Iridium, NYC
GenreJazz
Length70:45
LabelVerve
ProducerCharlie Haden and Ruth Cameron
Charlie Haden chronology
The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian
(1997) 		Night and the City
(1998) 		None but the Lonely Heart
(1998)
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]

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
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

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

References

  1. ^ Discogs album entry accessed December 6, 2011
  2. ^ a b 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.