East Broadway Run Down
| East Broadway Run Down | ||||
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| Studio album by Sonny Rollins | ||||
| Released | 1966 | |||
| Recorded | May 9, 1966 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:37 | |||
| Label | Impulse! | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
| Sonny Rollins chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
East Broadway Run Down is a 1966 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, his last album before industry pressures led him to take a six-year hiatus.[2] The album represents one of his more notable experiments with free jazz,[3] according to The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz illustrating "the furthest extent to which he incorporated noise elements into his playing".[4] It has been critically described as among his 60s "jewels".[2]
Initially released on Impulse! Records, the album has been reissued many times on CD and LP by Impulse!, MCA, Universal International and GRP.
Track listing
Except where otherwise noted, all compositions by Sonny Rollins.
- "East Broadway Run Down" – 20:27
- "Blessing in Disguise" – 12:27
- "We Kiss in a Shadow" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 5:40
Personnel
Performance
Production
- Mel Cheren – artwork, cover painting
- DZN – repackaging design
- Robert Flynn – artwork, cover design
- Nat Hentoff – liner notes
- Joe Lebow – liner design
- Charles Stewart – photography, cover photo
- Bob Thiele – producer, photography
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
- Vartan – art direction
- Viceroy – artwork
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wynn, Ron. (October 19, 1998) Survivors of stature: Rollins, Rush roll on Weekly Wire. Accessed November 15, 2007.
- ↑ Giddins, Gary (2000). Visions of Jazz: The First Century (New Edition. ed.). London: Oxford UP. ISBN 0-19-513241-6., p.418
- ↑ Sonny Rollins. From The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Hosted at PBS. Accessed November 15, 2007.