Night and Day (Red Rodney album)
{{Short description|1981 studio album}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Night and Day
| type = Album
| artist = Red Rodney with Ira Sullivan
| cover = Night and Day (Red Rodney album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1981
| recorded = June 15 and 16, 1981
| venue =
| studio = Nola Recording Studios, NYC
| genre = Jazz
| length = 35:55
| label = Muse
{{small|MR 5274}}
| producer = Bob Porter
| chronology = Red Rodney
| prev_title = Alive in New York
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Spirit Within
| next_year = 1981
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Ira Sullivan
| type = Album
| prev_title = The Incredible Ira Sullivan
| prev_year = 1980
| title = Night and Day
| year = 1981
| next_title = Ira Sullivan Does It All
| next_year = 1981
}}
}}
Night and Day is an album by trumpeter Red Rodney with multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan which was recorded and released on the Muse label in 1981.[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Muse_5250.htm Muse LP series discography: 5250 to 5299] accessed September 27, 2017[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/muse.htm Muse Records listing], accessed September 27, 2017[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Sullivan/is-disc.htm Ira Sullivan discography], accessed September 27, 2017
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
}}
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "The Red Rodney-Ira Sullivan Quintet was one of the finest groups of the early 1980s. Rodney had an opportunity to play fresh material; Sullivan gained more exposure than he ever had in his career; and pianist Garry Dial was given high-profile and challenging writing assignments; bassist Barry Smith and drummer Steve Bagby completed the band in mid-1981".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000874551 |title= Red Rodney: Night and Day – Review |accessdate=September 27, 2017}}
Track listing
- "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) - 4:10
- "You Leave Me Breathless" (Friedrich Hollaender, Ralph Freed) – 6:30
- "Babies" (Jeff Meyer) – 6:06
- "Muck and Meyer" (Meyer) – 5:35
- "Frito Mistos" (Meyer) – 5:32
- "Dial-a-Brew" (Gary Dial) – 6:22
Personnel
- Red Rodney – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Ira Sullivan - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, trumpet
- Garry Dial – piano
- Barry Smith – bass
- Steve Bagby – drums
References
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