Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2

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Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2
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Studio album by
Sonny Rollins
Released1957
RecordedApril 14, 1957
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
GenreJazz, hard bop
Length40:52
LabelBlue Note
BLP 1558
ProducerAlfred Lion
Sonny Rollins chronology
Way Out West
(1957)
Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2
(1957)
The Sound of Sonny
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide5/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3.5/4 stars[3]

Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 is a jazz album by Sonny Rollins.[4] It was released in 1957 on Blue Note Records, catalogue BLP 1558. It is noted for the appearance of pianists Thelonious Monk and Horace Silver, both playing on the Monk composition "Misterioso". Monk also plays on his composition "Reflections", while Silver handles the piano duties on all the other tracks.

It was reissued in 1999 as part of the Rudy Van Gelder series, remastering done by the audio engineer, also present on the original recording sessions.

British singer-songwriter Joe Jackson paid homage to the album when he mimicked the sleeve for his 1984 album Body and Soul.[5]

Track listing[]

Side one[]

  1. "Why Don't I?" (Rollins) – 5:44
  2. "Wail March" (Rollins) – 6:11
  3. "Misterioso" (Monk, Denzil Best) – 9:24

Side two[]

  1. "Reflections" (Monk) – 7:03
  2. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) – 6:24
  3. "Poor Butterfly" (Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) – 6:06

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 171. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1233. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Palmer, Richard (January 1, 2004). Sonny Rollins: The Cutting Edge. A&C Black. ISBN 9780826469168 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Joe Jackson got to me, Body and Soul". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November 2017.




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