Sonny Clark - Leapin' and Lopin' (RVG Edition)
ARTIST.....: Sonny Clark
TITLE......: Leapin' and Lopin' (RVG Edition)
LABEL......: Blue Note Records
URL........: http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7734786
RIP DATE...: Oct-11-2008
STORE DATE.: Sep-16-2008
GENRE......: Jazz
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 82,2 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Somethin' Special 06:22
02 - Deep In A Dream 06:44
03 - Melody For C 07:47
04 - Eric Walks 05:40
05 - Voodoo 07:38
06 - Midnight Mambo 07:12
07 - Zellmar's Delight 05:41
08 - Melody For C (Alternate Take) 08:12
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55:16 min
Release Notes:
Sonny Clark's final recording as a leader gives no hint as to his
increasingly erratic lifestyle (he passed away in January 1963).
Heading a quintet with trumpeter Tommy Turrentine, tenor
saxophonist Charlie Rouse, bassist Butch Warren, and drummer Billy
Higgins, Clark introduces such originals as the modestly titled
"Somethin' Special," "Melody for C," and "Voodoo"; "Deep in a
Dream" was the date's only standard. The CD reissue adds Clark's
formerly unknown "Zellmar's Delight" and the alternate of "Melody
for C" to the original six-song program. The music is high-quality
hard bop and keeps Clark's record perfect. During his shortened
life, every one of the albums that he led were excellent. [The
2008 "RVG Edition" of Leapin' and Lopin' features remastered sound
from legendary producer Rudy Van Gelder and puts the alternate
take of "Melody for C" at the end of the album.]