The Best of Sonny Rollins: The Blue Note Years

~ Release by Sonny Rollins (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Decision
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-12-16)
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1956-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-12-16)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1956-12-16)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1956-12-16)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-12-16)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-12-16)
8:03
2Poor Butterfly
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass [bass]:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-04-14)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1957-04-14)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1957-04-14)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1957-04-14)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1957-04-14)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1957-04-14)
instrumental recording of:
Poor Butterfly (on 1957-04-14)
lyricist:
John L. Golden (in 1916)
composer:
John Raymond Hubbell (composer, co-founder of ASCAP) (in 1916)
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
6:08
3Why Don't I
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass [bass]:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-04-14)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1957-04-14)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1957-04-14)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1957-04-14)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1957-04-14)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1957-04-14)
recording of:
Why Don't I (on 1957-04-14)
composer:
Sonny Rollins
35:45
4Misterioso
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass [bass]:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-04-14)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1957-04-14)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-04-14) and Horace Silver (on 1957-04-14)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1957-04-14)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1957-04-14)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1957-04-14)
recording of:
Misterioso (on 1957-04-14)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
9:23
5Tune Up
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Doug Watkins (on 1957-09-22)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-09-22)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-09-22)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1957-09-22)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1957-09-22)
recording of:
Tune Up (on 1957-09-22)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
5:47
6How Are Things in Glocca Morra?
recording of:
How Are Things in Glocca Morra? (from "Finian's Rainbow")
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Burton Lane
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Glocca Morra Music Corp.
part of:
Finian’s Rainbow (1947 Broadway musical)
6:19
7Sonnymoon for Two
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Wilbur Ware (on 1957-11-03)
drums (drum set):
Elvin Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1957-11-03)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1957-11-03)
recorded at:
Village Vanguard in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-11-03)
live recording of:
Sonnymoon for Two (on 1957-11-03)
composer:
Sonny Rollins
recording of:
Sonnymoon for Two
composer:
Sonny Rollins
8:51
8Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
7:56
9Striver's Row
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Wilbur Ware (on 1957-11-03)
drums (drum set):
Elvin Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1957-11-03)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1957-11-03)
recorded at:
Village Vanguard in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-11-03)
recording of:
Row, Row, Row (Ziegfield Follies of 1912)
writer:
William Jerome and James V. Monaco
part of:
Oh, What a Lovely War! (stage musical)
5:51

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ASIN:US: B000005HFM [info]