In the Night

• Artist: George Shearing
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• Release Date: 1958
• Genre: Jazz

Review

With its progressive-leaning jazz and modernist blues vocals, In the Night was the prototype for the piano-vocals collaboration record that George Shearing would remake with Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, and Nancy Wilson while at Capitol (and many others afterwards). In July 1957, just after Dakota Staton's immense success with "The Late, Late Show," Capitol recorded two of its biggest jazz stars together for what would turn out to be one of the finest teamings in either's career. Staton appears on every other song, lending her blend of post-bop vocal prowess and late-night melodrama to a set of well-chosen songs including "In the Night" and "I Hear Music." (Ironically, the version of "The Late, Late Show" heard here is an instrumental.) Shearing and Staton are joined by the pianist's group at the time, including Emil Richards on vibes, the splendid Toots Thielemans on guitar, and a few features for Latin percussionist Armando Peraza. The group's finest features are the opener, "From Rags to Richards," a fine Shearing original with excellent solos from Richards and Shearing, and Ray Bryant's "Pawn Ticket," with fine work from Thielemans and Richards. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
From Rags to Richards	George Shearing	Dakota Staton, George Shearing	(3:15)
(I'm Left With The) Blues in My Heart	Benny Carter, Irving Mills	Dakota Staton, George Shearing	(2:58)
Pawn Ticket	Ray Bryant	George Shearing, Dakota Staton	(2:22)
In the Night		George Shearing, Dakota Staton	(2:03)
Easy	D.D. Jackson	Dakota Staton, George Shearing	(2:43)
I Hear Music	Burton Lane, Frank Loesser	Dakota Staton, George Shearing	(2:32)
Señor Blues	Horace Silver	George Shearing, Dakota Staton	(3:49)
Confessin' the Blues	Jay McShann, Walter Brown	Dakota Staton, George Shearing	(2:46)
Later	Ray Bryant	George Shearing, Dakota Staton	(2:20)
The Thrill Is Gone	Roy Hawkins, Rick Darnell, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson	George Shearing, Dakota Staton	(3:10)
The Late, Late Show	Roy Alfred, Murray Berlin	George Shearing, Dakota Staton	(2:34)
I'd Love to Make Love to You	Bob Emmerich, Ruth Poll	Dakota Staton, George Shearing	(2:44)

Credits

Ron McMaster (Remixing), George Shearing (Piano), Michael Cuscuna (Reissue Producer), Al McKibbon (Bass), Percy Brice (Drums), Daniel Singer (Liner Notes), Emil Richards (Vibraphone), Ron McMaster (Mastering), Dakota Staton (Vocals), Toots Thielemans (Guitar)

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