Sonny Rollins, Volume 1
1957 studio album by Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins | ||||
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Studio album by Sonny Rollins | ||||
Released | March 1957[1] | |||
Recorded | December 16, 1956 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Hard bop | |||
Length | 41:00 | |||
Label | Blue Note BLP 1542 | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
Sonny Rollins chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
DownBeat | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Sonny Rollins, also known as Sonny Rollins, Volume 1, is an album by American jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins recorded on December 16, 1956 and released on Blue Note the following year.[6]
Track listing
- All tracks written by Rollins, except as noted.
Side 1
- "Decision" – 8:03
- "Bluesnote" – 7:01
- "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" (Burton Lane, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 6:20
Side 2
- "Plain Jane" – 10:00
- "Sonnysphere" – 9:36
Personnel
Musicians
- Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
- Donald Byrd – trumpet
- Wynton Kelly – piano
- Gene Ramey – bass
- Max Roach – drums
Technical personnel
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Leonard Feather – liner notes
References
- ^ "Billboard". March 30, 1957.
- ^ DownBeat: May 2, 1957 Vol. 24, No. 9
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 171. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1232. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Cook, Stephen & Campbell, Al at allmusic
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- Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet
- Moving Out
- Work Time
- Sonny Rollins Plus 4
- Tenor Madness
- Saxophone Colossus
- Rollins Plays for Bird
- Tour de Force
- Sonny Boy
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1
- Way Out West
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2
- The Sound of Sonny
- Freedom Suite
- Newk's Time
- Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass
- Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
- The Bridge
- What's New?
- Our Man in Jazz
- Sonny Meets Hawk!
- Now's the Time
- The Standard Sonny Rollins
- Sonny Rollins on Impulse!
- Alfie
- East Broadway Run Down
- Next Album
- Horn Culture
- Nucleus
- The Way I Feel
- Easy Living
- Don't Ask
- Love at First Sight
- No Problem
- Reel Life
- Sunny Days, Starry Nights
- The Solo Album
- Dancing in the Dark
- Falling in Love with Jazz
- Here's to the People
- Old Flames
- Sonny Rollins + 3
- Global Warming
- This Is What I Do
- Sonny, Please
- A Night at the "Village Vanguard"
- There Will Never Be Another You
- The Cutting Edge
- Don't Stop the Carnival
- G-Man
- Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert
- Road Shows, Vol. 1