Our Man in Jazz

Studio album by Sonny Rollins

Released

1962

Recorded

July 27–30, 1962
February 20, 1963 Bonus tracks

Sonny Rollins chronology

What's New?
(1962)

Our Man in Jazz
(1962)

Sonny Meets Hawk!
(1963)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	^[1] (Original Lp release)

Our Man in Jazz is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, recorded for the RCA Victor label, featuring July 1962 performances by Rollins with Don Cherry, Bob Cranshaw, and Billy Higgins.^[2] These performances have been described as contrasting from Rollins' previous style by moving to "very long free-form fancies, swaggering and impetuous".^[3]

The CD reissue supplements the original LP's three tracks with three tracks recorded in February of the following year, with Henry Grimes replacing Cranshaw on bass. These recordings originally appeared on 3 in Jazz (an LP also featuring performances by Gary Burton and Clark Terry).

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated

"Oléo" - 25:26
"Dearly Beloved" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) - 8:17
"Doxy" - 15:17
"You Are My Lucky Star" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) - 3:46 Bonus track on CD rerelease
"I Could Write a Book" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:16 Bonus track on CD rerelease
"There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 5:43 Bonus track on CD rerelease

Recorded at The Village Gate in New York City on July 27–30, 1962 (tracks 1-3) and February 20, 1963 (tracks 4-6)

Personnel

References

↑ Down Beat: March 28, 1963 vol. 30, no. 8
↑ Sonny Rollins discography accessed 2 October 2009
↑ Litweiler, John (1984). The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958. Da Capo. p. 127. ISBN 0-306-80377-1.

Sonny Rollins

Prestige	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

Blue Note	Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1 Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 Newk's Time Night at the Village Vanguard

RCA Victor	The Bridge What's New? Our Man in Jazz Sonny Meets Hawk! Now's the Time The Standard Sonny Rollins

Impulse!	There Will Never Be Another You Sonny Rollins on Impulse! Alfie East Broadway Run Down

Milestone	Next Album Horn Culture The Cutting Edge Nucleus The Way I Feel Easy Living Don't Ask Love at First Sight No Problem Reel Life Sunny Days, Starry Nights 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 Don't Stop the Carnival The Solo Album G-Man Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert

Other labels	Way Out West The Sound of Sonny Sonny Side Up Freedom Suite Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders Sonny, Please

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/7/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.