Sonny Rollins, Volume 1

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Sonny Rollins, Volume 1
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Studio album by
Sonny Rollins
Released1957
RecordedDecember 16, 1956
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
GenreJazz, Hard Bop
Length41:00
LabelBlue Note
BLP 1542
ProducerAlfred Lion
Sonny Rollins chronology
Sonny Boy
(1956) 		Sonny Rollins, Volume 1
(1957) 		Way Out West
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[2]
DownBeat4/5 stars[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide4/5 stars[3]

Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 is a jazz album by Sonny Rollins, his first effort for the Blue Note label.[5] The original LP record, Blue Note release BLP-1542, did not distinguish the volume number in the title. 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?" (Burton Lane, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - 6:20
  4. "Plain Jane" - 10:00
  5. "Sonnysphere" - 9:36

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ DownBeat: May 2, 1957 Vol. 24, No. 9
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 171. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1232. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Cook, Stephen & Campbell, Al at allmusic


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