Night and the City (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Night and the City
| type = Live album
| artist = Charlie Haden and Kenny Barron
| cover = Night and the City (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = March 1998
| recorded = September 20–22, 1996
| venue = The Iridium, NYC
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 70:45
| label = Verve
| producer = Charlie Haden and Ruth Cameron
| chronology = Charlie Haden
| prev_title = The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = None but the Lonely Heart
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Kenny Barron
| type = Live album
| prev_title = Live at Bradley's II
| prev_year = 1996
| title = Night and the City
| year = 1998
| next_title = Spirit Song
| next_year = 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.[http://www.discogs.com/Charlie-Haden-And-Kenny-Barron-Night-And-The-City/release/776091 Discogs album entry] accessed December 6, 2011
Reception
The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell called the album "a thoughtful, intensely musical, sometimes haunting set of performances".Ginell, R. S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/night-and-the-city-r340865 AllMusic Review] accessed December 6, 2011
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=624}}
}}
Track listing
- "Twilight Song" (Kenny Barron) - 12:47
- "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer) - 10:46
- "Spring Is Here" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 10:20
- "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 10:25
- "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 6:59
- "Waltz for Ruth" (Charlie Haden) - 8:27
- "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
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Category:Verve Records live albums
Category:Charlie Haden live albums
Category:Kenny Barron live albums