Blues in the Night (Sonny Clark album) explained

Blues in the Night
Type:	studio
Artist:	Sonny Clark
Cover:	Blues in the Night (Sonny Clark album).jpg
Released:	1979
Recorded:	December 7, 1958 (#1–7) November 16, 1958 (#8–14) Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	37:39 (original LP) 61:22 (2014 CD)
Label:	Blue Note GXF 3051
Producer:	Alfred Lion
Prev Title:	The Art of The Trio
Prev Year:	1958
Next Title:	My Conception
Next Year:	1958

Blues in the Night is a studio album by pianist Sonny Clark, featuring performances by Clark, Paul Chambers and drummer Wes Landers.^[1] It was recorded in December 1958, but shelved until being released in Japan in 1979, as GXF 3051. All the tracks can also be found on the compilation Standards. In 2014, it was reissued on a 24-bit remastered CD in Japan, as part of a limited series. The CD also included the six original pieces from The Art of The Trio.

Track listing

"Can't We Be Friends?" (James, Swift) - 4:20
"I Cover the Waterfront" (Green, Heyman) - 4:41
"Somebody Loves Me" (Gerswhin, DeSylva, MacDonald) - 4:17
"Blues in the Night" (Arlen, Mercer) - 5:57
"Blues in the Night" [Alternate Take] - 7:15
"All of You" (Porter) - 3:55
"Dancing in the Dark" (Schwartz, Dietz) - 3:31
"Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" [Alternate Take] - 3:53

Bonus tracks on 2014 Japanese CD reissue (UCCQ-5011):

"Ain't No Use" (Leroy Kirkland, Sidney Wyche) - 4:50
"Black Velvet" (Illinois Jacquet, Jimmy Mundy) - 3:23
"I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So (Mack David, Duke Ellington) - 4:32
"Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) - 4:00
"The Breeze and I" (Tutti Camarata, Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman) - 3:09
"I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 3:49

Personnel

Sonny Clark - piano
Paul Chambers - bass (Tracks 1–7)
Jymie Merritt - bass (Tracks 8–14)
Wes Landers - drums

Notes and References

http://www.jazzdisco.org/sonny-clark/catalog/ At Jazzdisco