The Sound Of Sonny
Sonny Rollins
The Sound Of Sonny
Sonny Rollins
In 1959, Sonny Rollins (born in 1930, he is 88
years-old at this writing) declared that he was
dissatisfied with his sound and took the first of his
long sabbaticals to work on his playing. (He would
not record another note until 1962.) Despite his self
criticism, Rollins had already started a daring line of
experimentation on his previous albums. In 1957,
Rollins pioneered the use of bass and drums, sans
piano, as accompaniment for his saxophone solos.
Two early tenor/bass/drums trio recordings are
Way Out West and A Night at the Village Vanguard.
By this time, Rollins had become well known for
transforming relatively banal or unconventional
songs (such as "There's No Business Like Show
Business" on Work Time, or "Toot, Toot, Tootsie,
Goodbye" on The Sound of Sonny) into viable jazz
vehicles. The latter album, presented here in its
entirety along with a tenth tune that completes the
sessions, also contains a piano-less trio track, along
with Rollins' superb unaccompanied sax reading of
"It Could Happen to You".
SONNY ROLLINS, tenor sax
SONNY CLARK, piano (out on A1 & B3)
PERCY HEATH, bass (A2, A3, A5, B1, B2 & B4)
PAUL CHAMBERS, bass (A1, A4 & B5)
ROY HAYNES, drums (out on B3)
Reeves Sound Studio, New York, June 11 (A2, A3, A5 & B1-B4)
& June 19 (A1, A4 & B5), 1957. B3 is an unaccompanied
tenor sax performance.
Original recordings taped by Jack Higgins
& produced by Orrin Keepnews.
*BONUS TRACK: From the same sessions.
Originally issued on the 1957 compilation LP
Blues for Tomorrow (Riverside RLP-12-243).
180GR. / EACH LP HAS ITS STICKER
Media | Music VINYL LP (Vinyl) |
Number of records | 1 |
Released | August 30, 2019 |
EAN/UPC | 8436569193754 |
Label | JAZZ IMAGES (FRANCIS WOLFF SERIES) 37172 |
Genre | Jazz |
Dimensions | 309 × 312 × 7 mm · 342 g |