Leapin' and Lopin'

Leapin' and Lopin'
Leapin' and Lopin'
Studio album by Sonny Clark
Released	May 1962
Recorded	November 13, 1961
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:35 original LP; 55:31 CD reissue
Label	Blue Note; BST 84091
Producer	Alfred Lion
Sonny Clark chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

Leapin' and Lopin is an album by jazz pianist Sonny Clark, released on Blue Note Records in May 1962.^[1]^[2] It was Clark's last album as a leader before his death in 1963. It features a guest appearance from sax player Ike Quebec, who was mounting a comeback after a decade of low visibility. The rhythm section of Clark, Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins would also appear on sessions with Dexter Gordon yielding his albums for Blue Note Go! and A Swingin' Affair.

Michael Nastos of Allmusic writes that "Top to bottom Leapin' and Lopin' is a definitive recording for Clark, and really for all time in the mainstream jazz idiom."^[6] All About Jazz stated, "Although pianist Sonny Clark had documented much fine music up to this point, one of his final recordings before an untimely death, everything seemed to solidify with this 1961 ringer."^[7]

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Somethin' Special"	Sonny Clark	6:23
2.	"Deep in a Dream"	Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange	6:47
3.	"Melody for C"	Sonny Clark	7:50

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Eric Walks"	Butch Warren	5:41
2.	"Voodooo"	Sonny Clark	7:39
3.	"Midnight Mambo"	Tommy Turrentine	7:15

2008 reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Zellmar's Delight"	Sonny Clark	5:43
8.	"Melody in C" (alternate take)	Sonny Clark	8:13

Personnel[]

Sonny Clark — piano
Tommy Turrentine — trumpet (all tracks except "Deep in a Dream")
Charlie Rouse — tenor saxophone (all tracks except "Deep in a Dream")
Ike Quebec — tenor saxophone (on "Deep in a Dream")
Butch Warren — bass
Billy Higgins — drums

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Jazz LPs". Billboard Music Week. Cincinnati: The Billboard Publishing Co. April 28, 1962. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "May Album Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. May 19, 1962. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ At Allmusic
^ Swenson, J. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. Random House. p. 41. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ At Allmusic
^ At All About Jazz

[Bb62-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Jazz LPs". Billboard Music Week. Cincinnati: The Billboard Publishing Co. April 28, 1962. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[CBMay62-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "May Album Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. May 19, 1962. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[3] At Allmusic

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. Random House. p. 41. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-5] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[6] At Allmusic

[7] At All About Jazz

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show v t Sonny Clark
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not release.
As leader	Dial "S" for Sonny (1957) Sonny's Crib (1957) Sonny Clark Trio (Blue Note, 1957) Sonny Clark Quintets/My Conception (1957–59) Cool Struttin' (1958) The Art of The Trio (1958) Blues in the Night (1958) Standards (1958) Leapin' and Lopin' (1961)
As sideman	Minor Move (Tina Brooks, 1958) Blue Serge (Serge Chaloff, 1956) Lou Takes Off (Lou Donaldson, 1957) Bone & Bari (Curtis Fuller, 1957) Curtis Fuller Volume 3 (1957) Two Bones (Curtis Fuller, 1958) Go! (Dexter Gordon, 1962) A Swingin' Affair (Dexter Gordon, 1962) Soul Stirrin' (Bennie Green, 1958) The 45 Session (Bennie Green, 1958) Gooden's Corner (Grant Green, 1961) Oleo (1962) Nigeria (1962) The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (Grant Green, 1961–62) Born to Be Blue (Grant Green, 1962) The Congregation (Johnny Griffin, 1957) John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (1957) Showcase (Philly Joe Jones, 1959) Cliff Craft (Clifford Jordan, 1957) Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1959) A Fickle Sonance (Jackie McLean, 1961) Vertigo (Jackie McLean, 1962) Tippin' the Scales (Jackie McLean, 1962) Poppin' (Hank Mobley, 1957) Hank Mobley (1957) Curtain Call (Hank Mobley, 1957) Candy (Lee Morgan, 1957–58) Easy Living (Ike Quebec, 1962) The Sound of Sonny (Sonny Rollins, 1957) Smithville (Louis Smith, 1957) Stan 'The Man' Turrentine (1960) Jubilee Shout!!! (Stanley Turrentine, 1962) Preach Brother! (Don Wilkerson, 1962)

show v t Ike Quebec
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	From Hackensack to Englewood Cliffs (1959) The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions (1959) Blue & Sentimental (1961) Heavy Soul (1961) It Might as Well Be Spring (1961) Easy Living (1962) Soul Samba (1962)
With others	Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Leapin' and Lopin' (Sonny Clark, 1961) Born to Be Blue (Grant Green, 1962) The Latin Bit (Grant Green, 1962) My Hour of Need (Dodo Greene, 1962)