Sonny Rollins, Volume 1

Sonny Rollins, Volume 1
Studio album by Sonny Rollins
Released March 1957[1]
Recorded December 16, 1956
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre Jazz, Hard Bop
Length 41:00
Label Blue Note
BLP 1542
Producer Alfred Lion
Sonny Rollins chronology
Sonny Boy
(1956)
Sonny Rollins, Volume 1
(1957)
Way Out West
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 is a jazz album by Sonny Rollins, his first effort for the Blue Note label.[4] The original LP record, Blue Note release BLP-1542, did not distinguish the volume number in the tile. It was simply called "Sonny Rollins."

Track listing

All pieces by Rollins unless otherwise noted.
  1. "Decision" - 8:03
  2. "Bluesnote" - 7:01
  3. "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" (Lane, Harburg) - 6:20
  4. "Plain Jane" - 10:00
  5. "Sonnysphere" - 9:36

Personnel

References

  1. Billboard Mar 30, 1957
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 171. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. Cook, Stephen & Campbell, Al at allmusic
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