Newk's Time

Newk's Time
Newk's Time
Studio album by Sonny Rollins
Released	Mid-March 1959
Recorded	September 22, 1957; Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Bop; Hard bop
Length	34:14
Label	Blue Note; BST 84001
Producer	Alfred Lion
Sonny Rollins chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

Newk's Time is an album by Sonny Rollins. It was his third album for Blue Note Records, recorded in 1957 and released in 1959. The title of the album is a reference to Rollins' nickname "Newk", which is apparently based on his resemblance to Don Newcombe, a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers.^[6] "Namely You" was taken from the Broadway show Li'l Abner. The release marked the beginning of Blue Note 4000 series: from this album on, the releases would be catalogued as "BLP 4..." (mono) and "BST 84..." (stereo).

Rollins' version of "Surrey with the Fringe on Top", from the musical Oklahoma!, takes the form of exchanges between the drums of Philly Joe Jones and the saxophonist.

Track listing[]

"Tune Up" (Miles Davis) – 5:44
"Asiatic Raes" [also known as "Lotus Blossom"] (Kenny Dorham) – 5:57
"Wonderful! Wonderful!" (Sherman Edwards-Ben Raleigh) – 5:59
"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:32
"Blues for Philly Joe" (Sonny Rollins) – 6:44
"Namely You" (Gene de Paul-Johnny Mercer) – 3:18

Personnel[]

Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Wynton Kelly – piano (1-3, 5-6)
Doug Watkins – bass (1-3, 5-6)
Philly Joe Jones – drums

Additional personnel[]

Producer – Alfred Lion
Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
Photography [Cover Photo] – Francis Wolff

References[]

^ Billboard Mar 30, 1959
^ Allmusic review
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 170. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1233. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Joachim-Ernst Berendt: The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to Fusion and Beyond. Paperback, 6th-1997 revised ed. (1992), p. 541

[1] Billboard Mar 30, 1959

[2] Allmusic review

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 170. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[4] Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[Penguin-5] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1233. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[6] Joachim-Ernst Berendt: The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to Fusion and Beyond. Paperback, 6th-1997 revised ed. (1992), p. 541

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Studio albums	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 Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1 Way Out West Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 The Sound of Sonny Freedom Suite Newk's Time Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders The Bridge What's New? Our Man in Jazz Sonny Meets Hawk! Now's the Time The Standard Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins on Impulse! Alfie East Broadway Run Down Next Album Horn Culture Nucleus The Way I Feel Easy Living Don't Ask Love at First Sight No Problem Reel Life Sunny Days, Starry Nights The Solo Album 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 Sonny, Please
Live albums	Night at the Village Vanguard There Will Never Be Another You The Cutting Edge Don't Stop the Carnival G-Man Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert
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