The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark


The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark is a 1997 compilation album by jazz guitarist Grant Green, collecting together all the tracks from a series of albums he recorded with pianist Sonny Clark in 1961 and '62.
The original material was shelved until after Clark's death in 1963 and Grant's death in 1979, and was first issued only in Japan as the albums Nigeria, Oleo and Gooden's Corner.
The collection also includes one additional tune, "Nancy ", and alternative takes of "Airegin" and "Oleo", all recorded during the same sessions.

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection. A review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic.com stated, "this is superb music, showcasing the guitarist and pianist at their very best." Writing for All About Jazz, Reid Thomspon described the album as "full of intuition, soul, and swing, and lacking in pretense," going on to say that the album "has me asking myself 'does music get any better than this?'"

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Airegin" - 7:32
  2. "It Ain't Necessarily So" - 10:22
  3. "I Concentrate on You" - 5:48
  4. "The Things We Did Last Summer" - 5:56
  5. "The Song Is You" - 7:46
  6. "Nancy " - 6:25
  7. "Airegin" - 7:37
  8. "On Green Dolphin Street" - 6:26
  9. "Shadrack" - 6:23
  10. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" - 5:50

    Disc two

  11. "Moon River" - 5:37
  12. "Gooden's Corner" - 8:14
  13. "Two for One" - 7:41
  14. "Oleo" – 5:37
  15. "Little Girl Blue" – 7:15
  16. "Tune-Up" – 7:19
  17. "Hip Funk" – 8:39
  18. "My Favorite Things" – 8:32
  19. "Oleo" - 6:00

    Personnel