Long Night (album) explained

Long Night
Type:	studio
Artist:	Frank Strozier
Cover:	FSLongNight.jpg
Released:	1961
Recorded:	September 12, 1961 Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	39:07
Label:	Jazzland JLP 56
Producer:	Orrin Keepnews
Prev Title:	Fantastic Frank Strozier
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	March of the Siamese Children
Next Year:	1962

Long Night is an album by jazz musician Frank Strozier, recorded in 1961 for Jazzland.^[1]

Reception

In a review for the August 16, 1962 issue of Down Beat magazine jazz critic Pete Welding wrote: "Strozier's writing for the sextet numbers is spare and attractive: he has avoided the temptation to keep three horns going all the time and uses the tenor and baritone for effective ensemble accents."^[2]

Track listing

1. "Long Night" (Strozier)4:34
2. "How Little We Know" (Leigh, Philip Springer)5:57
3. "The Need for Love" (Strozier)4:40
4. "The Man That Got Away" (Arlen, Gershwin)4:19
5. "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" (Arlen, Harburg)5:57
6. "The Crystal Ball" (Strozier)5:33
7. "Pacemaker" (Strozier)4:05
8. "Just Think It Over" (Strozier)4:02

Personnel

• Frank Strozieralto sax, flute (6)
• George Colemantenor sax (1, 3, 6, 8)
• Pat Patrickbaritone sax (1, 3, 8), flute (6)
• Chris Andersonpiano
• Bill Leebass
• Walter Perkinsdrums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frank Strozier discography . 2012-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110914145357/http://www.attictoys.com/jazz/FS.HTM . 2011-09-14 . dead .
2. Down Beat: August 16, 1962 vol. 29, no. 22