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

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

|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

  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