''Night Song'' is an album by trombonist
Al Grey with saxophonist
Billy Mitchell released in 1963 on the
Argo
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label.
Bobby Hutcherson Discography – as a sideman: Night Song
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Track listing
# " Blues in the Night" (Harold Arlen
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, Johnny Mercer
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) – 5:20
# " Stella by Starlight" ( Victor Young, Ned Washington) – 6:10
# "The Way You Look Tonight
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" ( Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 4:55
# "Through for the Night" ( Trummy Young) – 4:10
# " Stardust" ( Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 5:20
# " Night and Day" (Cole Porter
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Born to ...
) – 4:30
# "Laughing Tonight" (Al Frisch, Roy Alfred) – 2:55
Personnel
* Al Grey – trombone
* Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
*David Burns – trumpet
*Bobby Hutcherson
Robert Hutcherson (January 27, 1941 – August 15, 2016) was an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player. "Little B's Poem", from the 1966 Blue Note album '' Components'', is one of his best-known compositions.Huey, Steve. "Components – Bob ...
– vibraphone
* Earl Washington – piano
*Herman Wright
Herman Wright was a jazz bassist. He was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1932, and, in 1960, moved to New York City, where he resided until his death in 1997.
He began on drums as a teen before ultimately settling on upright bass. He worked with Doro ...
– bass
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* Otis "Candy" Finch – drums
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*Phil Thomas – percussion
References
1963 albums
Al Grey albums
Billy Mitchell (jazz musician) albums
Argo Records albums
Albums produced by Esmond Edwards
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