Leapin' and Lopin'

Leapin' and Lopin'
Studio album by Sonny Clark
Released	End of April 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
Sonny Clark Trio (1960) Leapin' and Lopin' (1962)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Leapin' and Lopin is an album by jazz pianist Sonny Clark, released on Blue Note Records, recorded in 1961, and issued in 1962 as BST 84091. 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." 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."

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