The Way I Feel (Sonny Rollins album)

The Way I Feel
Studio album by Sonny Rollins
Released	1976
Recorded	August-October 1976
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:55
Label	Milestone
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Sonny Rollins chronology
Nucleus (1975) The Way I Feel (1976) Easy Living (1977)

The Way I Feel is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, released on the Milestone label in 1976, featuring performances by Rollins with Patrice Rushen, Lee Ritenour, Billy Cobham, and Bill Summers with a brass section added on five tracks.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow calls the album "One of Sonny Rollins' lesser sets of the 1970s".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Rollins except as indicated

1. "Island Lady" - 5:51
2. "Asfrantation Woogie" - 3:14
3. "Love Reborn" (George Duke, Flora Purim) - 5:13
4. "Happy Feel" - 3:53
5. "Shout It Out" (Patrice Rushen) - 5:45
6. "The Way I Feel About You" (Duke) - 5:34
7. "Charm Baby" - 7:25

• Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California, August–October, 1976

Personnel

• Sonny Rollins: tenor saxophone
• Patrice Rushen: piano, electric piano, clavinet, synthesizer
• Lee Ritenour: guitar
• Billy Cobham: drums
• Bill Summers: conga, percussion
• Oscar Brashear, Gene Coe, Chuck Findley: trumpet (tracks 1-2 & 4-6)
• George Bohanon, Lew McCreary: trombone (tracks 1-2 & 4-6)
• Alan Robinson, Marilyn Robinson: french horn (tracks 1-2 & 4-6)
• Don Waldrop: tuba (tracks 1-2 & 4-6)
• Bill Green: piccolo, flute, soprano saxophone (tracks 1-2 & 4-6)
• Alex Blake: bass (tracks 3, 6 & 7)
• Charles Meeks: electric bass (tracks 1-2 & 4-5)

References